This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Boston crab" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(January 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Chris Jericho with his Walls of Jericho (Elevated Boston crab) on Shawn Michaels
The Boston crab is a professional wrestling hold that typically starts with one wrestler lying in a supine position on the mat, with the other wrestler standing and facing them. It is a type of spinal lock where the wrestler hooks each of the opponent’s legs in one of their arms and then turns the opponent face-down, stepping over them in the process. The final position has the wrestler in a semi-sitting position and facing away from the opponent, with the opponent’s back and legs bent back toward their head.[1] The original name for the maneuver was the Backbreaker, before that term became known for its current usage. In modern wrestling, the Boston crab is not treated as a lethal submission maneuver, even though it was considered a match-ending hold in the past.
In submission grappling, the Boston crab (generally the half Boston crab) can be used to set up a straight ankle lock.[2] On September 30, 2017, Jonno Mears became the first fighter in mixed martial arts history to win a fight with the Boston crab.[3][4]
^"What a maneuver! But who did it better?". WWE. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
^"YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
^"VIDEO - This Fighter Just Pulled Off a Boston Crab Submission in MMA - BJPenn.com". bjpenn.com. 30 September 2017.
^MMAPLUS TV (1 October 2017). "Jonno Mears talks getting the first recorded 'Boston Crab' win in MMA history at FCC 19 last night". Archived from the original on 2021-12-12 – via YouTube.
The Bostoncrab is a professional wrestling hold that typically starts with one wrestler lying in a supine position on the mat, with the other wrestler...
opponent's legs underneath their own armpits as if performing a reverse Bostoncrab, then reaches down and underneath the opponent's chin with both hands...
to submit to the "Brazos Valley Backbreaker" (Hansen's version of the Bostoncrab). In 1986, Martel returned to the WWF, with his tag team partner Tom...
Look up crab mentality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket mentality, or the crab-bucket effect...
American Bash in a submission match, but lost while being held in a bostoncrab, as Chase threw in the towel on her behalf. In response, on the following...
stabilization of one or more joints at their normal extreme range of motion BostonCrab: A type of spinal lock originating from catch wrestling and mostly employed...
Jinder Mahal). Brawler won the match for his team via submission with a Bostoncrab on Mahal. At the July 15, 2013 Raw taping from Brooklyn, in a match taped...
breathtaking aerial assaults". Her finishing moves have included a modified Bostoncrab (dubbed the Spring Roll) and a fujiwara armbar. She utilizes "an array...
The Barking Crab is a seafood restaurant in Fort Point, Boston. In 2008, they opened a location in Newport, Rhode Island. It has since closed. In 2014...
The Boiling Crab is an American restaurant chain serving food from Cajun cuisine. Founded in 2004, the chain has 30 restaurants, mainly centering them...
resulted in a nearfall, Flair countered an armbar attempt by Rousey into a BostonCrab, but Lynch performed a bulldog on Flair. Lynch then performed DDTs on...
Anderson went for a body scissors on Martel but Martel turned it into a Bostoncrab. Blanchard interfered and hit Martel with an eye rake. Blanchard tagged...
Cornette's tennis racket; he then forced Roberts to submit with a single leg Bostoncrab. After the match, Roberts and Johnson attempted to put Roberts' python...
(w/ the Grand Wizard) defeated Johnny Rivera via submission with the BostonCrab at 7:01; after the bout, Vince McMahon interviewed Patterson & Wizard...
Global Information
