Boston crab
Wrestling back bend
A Boston crab is a wrestling hold in which one wrestler flips a face-down opponent onto their back, straddles them from behind, hooks both legs under their arms, and leans back to apply pressure to the spine.
Common in professional wrestling, where it's a dramatic submission move: He locked in the Boston crab and the crowd went wild.
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- painfulCausing hurt or ache
- submissionYielding to another's will
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- reversalComplete change of direction
hold · lumbar · walls of Jericho · finishing move · aching · biomechanics · hamstrings · quadriceps · maneuver · leg lock · spine · bent over · adversary · discomfort · back pain · pinning · tactics · professional wrestling
wrestling hold mechanics
Boston crabcamel clutch
Wrestling hold arching spine
ankle lock · armbar · full nelson · sleeper hold · headlock