Wrestling Moves List

As kids, every week we eagerly used to await the wrestling programs to be telecasted on the TV. Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Terminator used to be the subject of shock and awe. Apart from this version of wrestling, which is very aggressive and sometimes even fatal, you also have a version which is a part of the Olympics and other major sports events. In that there are these moves which are legitimate and have been given a green signal by the concerned governing authorities. Now the list is definitely not a teeny weeny one.

List of Professional Wrestling Moves

As mentioned earlier, there are a number of techniques under which the moves fall. From take downs to grappling to throws, targeting specific body parts, you have it all!

Upper Body Moves

• Anaconda vice
• Camel clutch
• Chinlock
• Clawhold
• Shoulder claw
• Stomach claw
• Cobra clutch
• Bridging cobra clutch
• Crossface
• Front sleeper
• Front facelock
• Bite of the Dragon
• Head and neck rake
• Mandible claw
• Nelson hold
• Side headlock

Arm locks

• Armbar
• Crucifix armbar
• Fujiwara armbar
• Headscissors armbar
• Seated armbar
• Hammerlock
• Wrist lock

Chokes

• Arm-hook sleeper
• Arm triangle choke
• Corner foot choke
• Double choke
• Dragon sleeper
• Figure four necklock
• Guillotine choke
• Koji Clutch
• Leg choke
• Rear naked choke
• Sleeper hold
• Straight jacket
• Thumb choke hold
• Tonga death grip
• Triangle hold
• Two-handed chokelift
• Bear hug is one of the body locks
• Body scissors is one of the waist locks.
• Back and torso stretches
• Lotus lock

Moves for Attack Preparation

• Arm trap
• Butterfly
• Electric chair
• Fireman's carry - this is one of the common moves for beginners.
• Gorilla press
• Gutwrench
• Wheelbarrow

Coming up next are the leg locks, which are self-explanatory I guess!

Locks Involving Legs

• Ankle lock
• Argentine leglock
• Cloverleaf
• Cloverleaf with armlock
• Leglock cloverleaf
• Rivera cloverleaf
• Cross kneelock
• Inverted figure four ankle lock
• Kneeling figure four leglock
• Modified figure four leglock
• Indian deathlock
• Kneebar
• Scorpion hold
• Spinning toe hold

These were some of the moves in the list. A lot of these have been inspired by martial arts and could be as lethal as them.

The moves in World Wrestling Entertainment are perhaps somewhat similar but those wrestlers have somewhat their own sets of moves and wrestling rules. Which are normally not used otherwise. In fact there are clear instructions that people should not use them for fun and should not attempt them at home.

All in all, this list will be considerably long and I guess if we had to combine both these, it would have required nothing less than a big fat ledger! I guess I will make a move here! Take Care!