Every wresting federation included a few vicious Asian heels who came into our country just to hurt our handsome young wrestlers. These foreigners always had a few dirty tricks up their sleeves. Of course they knew karate kicks and judo chops, but their sneakiest and most deadly attack was their strange nerve holds. They all knew just how to dig into the anatomy of their American opponent, pinch his neck nerves, and totally disable and paralyze him. Even the strongest, most muscular American hero could be reduced to a quivering, whimpering rag-doll with the most profound expression of agony on his face once a talented Asian grappler sunk his claws into his shoulders.
When a Mr. Saito or a Kendo Nagasaki would repeatedly break out his paralyzing nerve claw, the level of frustration and excitement could be overwhelming for a young wrestling fan: Oh no, not again! The good guy is totally helpless in that hold, what can he do to break free?!
And there were few answers provided for the many questions going through the viewer’s head: Does that really hurt? If not, why is the good guy submitting to it like a dog on a leash? Where do the Asians learn that cool trick? Can you really paralyze someone by pinching their nerves? (And if so,how can I learn it??)
Our American lads simply weren’t prepared for these mysterious, magical, and strange attacks, and had no effective defense. They were therefore quickly overwhelmed and rendered helpless whenever a foreign invader chose to claw into their neck muscles. The hero would groan and grimace as the attacker slowly pinched, massaged, and stroked his flesh, deeper and tighter and harder. It was as if more than just an Oriental Massage was going on in the ring! And it was seldom just one treatment per match — instead the nerve torture would be repeated several times during each match for maximum effect. Each repeated dose of nerve stimulation would increase the excitement of the young wrestling fan (yours truly) at home, watching in awe, soaking in the graphic images of man-on-man torture and suffering.
Oh, those evil yellow devils rendering our white boys helpless. Like kryptonite to Superman. The chest claw in the hot blond guy is still enuf to produce stirrings.