Continuing on yesterday’s “Long Winter’s Nap” theme, I’ve noticed many wrestlers have been treating the Headlock as if it’s a Sleeper lately. Randy Orton’s opponents, for example, will often begin to drift off to sleep — their facial muscles relaxing, their eyelids drooping — as Randy pumps, grinds, and twists on the neck.
Dean Ambrose does a masterful job positioning himself as Randy’s helpless little bitch, letting his arms drop like deflating balloons. I guess our take-away is that Randy is so strong, his bicep so powerful, that his Headlocks actually have the effect of a Sleeperhold.
Dolph Ziggler always seems to fall asleep when he’s locked in a Headlock too.
Some of you are probably thinking: “How boring — to watch a guy just lay there taking a nap while the other guy holds onto his neck.” Well, when it’s Dolph taking that nap, my cock doesn’t seem to think it’s boring at all.
Some jobber in tights nearly gets his head ripped off. Why do I love seeing that??
If you want your Headlock to have the same powerful sedative effect as a Sleeper, you need to have big, hard, flexy arms, and you need to work the hell out of the hold.
You need to twist your body, pump your hips, and really pour on the pressure with every ounce of your being. That hard work pays off when you have your opponent at your mercy.
I guess Extreme Headlocking is not a totally new innovation in the wrestling world. Here is a vintage photo of Austin Idol using his massive bicep to cruelly smother everybody’s favorite Baby-Face, Ricky Steamboat.
Tomorrow we will continue this tribute to Extreme Headlocking by reviewing a recent match that featured one of the longest, most awesome Headlocks I’ve seen in the past decade.