![]() After Vince McMahon bought out WCW, the company held its final show on March 26th, 2001. One of the most prolific wins of his career came in 2001. Sting also captured his 6th Championship with the submission move, against Hogan once again, when he applied the hold while his opponent was unconcious, thanks in part to an assault with a baseball bat. On December 28th, 1997, Sting locked on the Scorpion Deathlock on “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan, forcing him to tap out, and capturing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Title for the first time in five years. Sting has defeated several opponents via the Scorpion Deathlock throughout his illustrious career, including such names as Diamond Dallas Page, Steven Regal (who many now know as William Regal), and Arn Anderson. While information on where Sting actually learned the move is unavailable, he did wrestle in Japan in 1989, working one match in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Riki Chōshū, who was also working the Japanese circuit at that time, could have made himself available to teach the 30-year-old Sting the submission move, however, we don’t have conclusive evidence to show for it, thus making it speculation. ![]() On January 2nd, 1990, Sting defeated Hacksaw Higgins via submission, when he locked in the Scorpion Deathlock for the first time in his career, on television, at 2:55. In today’s debate of Who Did It Best: the Sasori-Gatame, we bring forward the two superstars that became infamous for it’s rise in popularity, Sting and Bret “The Hitman” Hart. If done right, the move is excruciatingly painful and has caused numerous wrestlers to tap out. The move is a submission hold, consisting of a wrestler grabbing his fallen opponents legs, placing his own leg between the opponent’s, wrapping the opponent’s legs around his own into a vine-like structure, and twisting him into a Boston Crab-like pose, applying pressure to the lower-back. The Sharpshooter was passed on through family as well, with Bret’s brother, the late Owen Hart, and the daughter of Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, Natalya. Since then, the move has been utilized by dozens of wrestlers from The Rock and Shawn Michaels, to Canadian superstars like Edge, Chris Jericho, Trish Stratus, and Tyson Kidd. The name for Bret’s use was altered, from Scorpion Deathlock to Sharpshooter, a hommage to his nickname, “The Hitman”. Over in the WWE, dubbed the WWF at the time, Bret Hart adopted the move into his arsenal. Ronnie Garvin is credited for being the first to use the move in North America, during a submission match against Greg Valentine, at the 1990 Royal Rumble. The Sasori-Gatame’s immigration to North America started in the WCW when Sting adopted the submission hold into his move-set, dubbing it the Scorpion Deathlock, a tribute to the scorpion used in his persona and attire.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |