Top 5 Gayest Wrestling Moves

[Destor]

Originally Posted by Know Your Role Best exponent of the bear hug I ever saw was Spiros Arion (before most of your time). Now he would lift his opponent up and squeeze tight. You actually felt like he was inflicting pain - not like today's wrestlers who are so lame with it's application. It's now just another rest-hold.

I think a lot of the problem is as time's progressed people have obviously wised up to the game so now guys don't work as stiff as they used to leaving a lot of the holds that require some rough housing to look good being nothing but unimpressive and laughable. Bear hug being a main offender but it's not alone. The abdomnale strecth was one of the most feared holds in wrestling when Inoki used and to look at it today and it's a move you can hit in the shine and no one will complain. Ludicris. Figure Four. Used to a finish used by houndreds. Now? Everyone uses it no one wins with it. The list goes on.