I think that Jim Breaks trick of slapping his arm against his own 'sweaty' side while twisting his opponents wrist was one of the best and most deceptive moves in wrestling. It sounded just like his opponents wrist had broken or dislocated or something similar. It was so convincing and had me completely fooled as a kid watching it.
When followed by his arm submission Breaks special it was just brilliant and is why I earlier voted this as my favourite finishing move.
The snap/crack (no pop) sounded absolute vicious agony John and certainly had me fooled at the time too. Jim Breaks was a brilliant wrestler and also had the odd distinction of being a humorous heel at times.
Many thanks Bernard & bkendo for confirming the cause of that "snapping" noise, it caused many a facial wince in our home. 😮 The body sweat required to produce the sound makes sense.
Below is an unusual submission/finishing hold by a masked man known as The Crusader, taken from the May 1964 edition of The Wrestler.
Some beauties been named already. What about Jackie Pallo's speciality, looked spectacular to me.
I'd completely forgotten about Gwyn Davies wrist suspension hold until i saw him use it on an old repeat on The Wrestling Channel. Painful looking hold. The Gator and the Chicken wing were also two cracking finishers. I've got a vague recollection that Shirley sometimes used his Double Elbow to pin an opponent before he decided to rely on it as a finisher.
A question about the Jim Breaks special. How did he create the cracking/snapping noise that accompanied Breaks initially twisting his opponents wrist? It always sounded hideous and often brought out the AGHHHHHHHHS from the audience. Was it brought about by Break's own elbow slapping his own side while twisting his opponents wrist?
My favourites have all been mentioned (Albert Wall's flying headbutt; Kendo Nagasaki's kamikaze crash; Andy Robins' powerlock) and I would add Les Kellett's swing back from the middle rope into a headbutt to his opponent's stomach.
Am I allowed to cross the pond and mention Bob Backlund's cross face chicken wing?
For me the best finishing move was definitely Jim Breaks arm submission special.
Other impressive fininishing moves were the Big Daddy double elbow, Marty Jones powerlock (Andy Robin was before my time as a fan), Zoltan Boscik's 3 in 1 grapevine, Mark Rocco's piledriver and pinfall and Brian Maxine's rolling leg-lock (when somebody had been trying to post him).
Kamikaze Crash - Kendo Nagasaki, always looked the business.
Big D's double elbow backdrop actually looked like a real finisher, much more than the splash.
Haystacks guillotine elbow, same as Mal Kirk's.
Big Bruno Elrington's finisher, was it call "The Hangman" or something like that, a straight arm choke,while lifting the opponent off of his feet. I think Gwyn Davies had something similar.
The Breaks Special, of Jim Breaks was a classic, and 9 times out of 10 would signal the end of the match.
Hi alanapaily. You will find the identities of top masked men in the article "20 top masked men" in wrestling heritage.
I can't remember where it is exactly but I am sure someone will direct you to it.
I think that Jim Breaks trick of slapping his arm against his own 'sweaty' side while twisting his opponents wrist was one of the best and most deceptive moves in wrestling. It sounded just like his opponents wrist had broken or dislocated or something similar. It was so convincing and had me completely fooled as a kid watching it.
When followed by his arm submission Breaks special it was just brilliant and is why I earlier voted this as my favourite finishing move.
Many thanks Bernard & bkendo for confirming the cause of that "snapping" noise, it caused many a facial wince in our home. 😮 The body sweat required to produce the sound makes sense.
Below is an unusual submission/finishing hold by a masked man known as The Crusader, taken from the May 1964 edition of The Wrestler.
Is that a certain Mr.Hussey on the receiving end?
Never done early Alan it needed sweat to produce the
And Alanapaily, yes you got that last comment right.
Bernard Murray's Victory Roll, George Kidd's reverse surfboard and Geoff Portz' Areoplane spin.
Like jokes, the old ones are the best
Some beauties been named already. What about Jackie Pallo's speciality, looked spectacular to me.
I'd completely forgotten about Gwyn Davies wrist suspension hold until i saw him use it on an old repeat on The Wrestling Channel. Painful looking hold. The Gator and the Chicken wing were also two cracking finishers. I've got a vague recollection that Shirley sometimes used his Double Elbow to pin an opponent before he decided to rely on it as a finisher.
A question about the Jim Breaks special. How did he create the cracking/snapping noise that accompanied Breaks initially twisting his opponents wrist? It always sounded hideous and often brought out the AGHHHHHHHHS from the audience. Was it brought about by Break's own elbow slapping his own side while twisting his opponents wrist?
Josef Kovacs’ reversed aeroplane spin, releasing his opponent in mid-flight and sending him crashing to the canvas.
Dangerous Danny Lynch lifting his opponent head high and dropping him on the top rope.
Brian Maxine’s single leg boston.
My favourites have all been mentioned (Albert Wall's flying headbutt; Kendo Nagasaki's kamikaze crash; Andy Robins' powerlock) and I would add Les Kellett's swing back from the middle rope into a headbutt to his opponent's stomach.
Am I allowed to cross the pond and mention Bob Backlund's cross face chicken wing?
For me the best finishing move was definitely Jim Breaks arm submission special.
Other impressive fininishing moves were the Big Daddy double elbow, Marty Jones powerlock (Andy Robin was before my time as a fan), Zoltan Boscik's 3 in 1 grapevine, Mark Rocco's piledriver and pinfall and Brian Maxine's rolling leg-lock (when somebody had been trying to post him).
Andy Robin Powerlock was good. Enjoyed John Naylor's rope somersault and pin.
Davies was The Suspension Hold. My number one , Albert wall's flying headbutt.
Kamikaze Crash - Kendo Nagasaki, always looked the business.
Big D's double elbow backdrop actually looked like a real finisher, much more than the splash.
Haystacks guillotine elbow, same as Mal Kirk's.
Big Bruno Elrington's finisher, was it call "The Hangman" or something like that, a straight arm choke,while lifting the opponent off of his feet. I think Gwyn Davies had something similar.
The Breaks Special, of Jim Breaks was a classic, and 9 times out of 10 would signal the end of the match.
You beat me to it Peter, and it looked good
Straight arm lift Jim Breaks