Gallery 828 Boston Crab Variations A fan sent me a nice donation and requested more Boston Crab pictures.  You keep donations like that coming, and I'll give you all the Boston Crabs you could ever want! Dean Malenko was a stud as well as the Man of 1,000 Holds.  Here he is giving the fans a nice view of Alex Wright's blue trunks with this painful Single Leg Crab. Batista uses a Single Leg Crab on Chris Benoit.  He also plants a knee on the victim's neck for some added punishment.  Even if you hate the WWE, you gotta love the Animal Batista! I forgot this wrestler's name, but I love his kneeling Boston Crab variation, all his weight on the victim's neck.  That's so brutal, check out the cute victim, Jimmy Rave, about ready to cry. The kneeling stud breaks another victim in two pieces thanks to his deadly Kneeling Crab.  Judging from those sexy trunks and that lean body, I think the victim is Sexxxy Eddie.  You can see much more of him in Gallery 448. Whoa, take a gander at Brett Barnes, looking all hard and ripped in his tight blue speedo.  He even wrote "Muscle" on his trunks in case you weren't sure what was in them.  That's pretty cocky -- I'd say he's just begging for a Boston Crab. Sure enough, Brett's opponent rolls him into a standing variation of the Boston Crab, even stepping on his face as the ref watches.  (Nice body.) That's got to be very humiliating for a stud like Brett Barnes, to be helpless on the mat as another man wipes his shoe on your face!! Wow, I knew Matt Sydal was in shape, but I never knew he was that ripped!  The veins pop out on his arms like the Incredible Hulk as he spreads his legs and cranks on the Boston Crab pressure. This grappler gains extra leverage by holding the victim's thighs instead of his shins.  I'd say the big boy in the blue speedo is enjoying this Boston Crab variation! This rookie probably thought those white shorts would conceal his body.  Instead, everything is on display for the fans as his beefy opponent stretches out his bulging body in the dreaded Texas Cloverleaf variation.   Here is hunky Chad Collyer using the Texas Cloverleaf variation on Nigel McGuinness.  Collyer was trained by the great Dean Malenko, who loved hurting guys in this hold. This guy slaps on the Texas Cloverleaf as his two bald buddies strike some kind of cocky gang pose.  These two brutes are preventing anyone from rescuing the helpless guy in the white gear. Poor barefoot Kevin is helpless in some cruel Jap's Boston Crab.  Brother Kerry rushes to his rescue, which happened all the time when Kevin and Kerry tagged up. Here is a cool Boston Crab sketch by some awesome artist.  He really captured the intensity of this hold. Damn, I wish I could draw like that! Probably my favorite wrestling cartoonist is the great Bazotter.  He really knows how to show masculine real-men in intense, exciting struggles.  You can see more of his masterpieces at his Yahoo Group. Here is another drawing by Bazotter featuring a hot Boston Crab variation.  The dude applying this hold seems to really enjoy his dominant position. In case you aren't sure how to apply this devastating hold and you want to try it on your wrestling buddies, the folks at How Stuff Works offer this step by step explanation. DAMN!  Either this victim is very flexible, or his cruel attacker is bending him to the breaking point!  He can almost kick himself in the back of the head! Here is Sexxxy Eddie again, locked in yet another Boston Crab.  This time he is draped over the corner turnbuckles as his opponent Crabs him in the ropes.  OUCH! Poor Eddie howls in pain until you can see his tongue piercing.  His opponent should NOT be allowed to use the corner buckles like this! This stud Tajiri always applied a Boston Crab in the ropes, which they called a Tarantula.  That is such a sweet hold!  You can see more of this hot Crab variation in Gallery  243 and 504. Yet another cheater uses the ring ropes to add extra pain and punishment to this deadly hold.  Check out the red pants on this stud, in agony with his leg locked over the top rope. How would you describe this interesting Boston Crab variation in the ropes??  These young lions are getting out of control looking for creative ways to snap the opponent's spine. I think I've seen everything now!  This big stud uses the wall instead of the floor for leverage as he bends his victim's body in the wrong direction. The Mexican fans love to see  Boston Crabs.  Santo looks so good putting this punk's whitie tighties on display, that they featured him on the cover. Here is a rough old-school scene from the wild world of Lucha Libre! It looks like the ref is trying to pull off the dirty cheater who refuses to release the deadly Crab. Another great image from the Golden Age of Mexican wrestling.  The caption says something like:   "Don't slow the pace and "The Great Venom" continues to fell his rivals.  Anibal, Fantasma, and Hamada will be tough." Probably the hottest Mexican Wrestler of all time was Hector Garza.  Here he is kissing the mat, suffering in some big brute's painful Crab. Another big bad killer tries to injure poor Hector.  The victim slaps the mat and kicks his red boots around, demonstrating the agony of this most painful hold. Hector gets the last laugh, flexing his muscles as he reverses the Boston Crab.  Damn, I wish this stud still wrestled in the USA somewhere... One of the greatest young talents on the Indy scene is Roderick Strong.  He calls his kneeling Boston Crab variation the "Stronghold" and the fans call him the "Messiah of the Backbreaker." If you've never seen Roderick in action, be sure to check out some Ring of Honor videos, he's awesome.  Here he makes C.M. Punk suffer, which C.M. Punk does so well, with a standing Boston Crab. Roddy plants a knee in Punk's lower back and kneels down into the "Stronghold", trying to break Punk in two pieces. Looking like he's posessed by the devil, Punk is able to escape and scramble for the ropes.  Oh well, this will just give Roderick a chance to punish his back some more. Wow, what would you call this Boston Crab variation?   I don't know, but it's sure a cool hold.  I need to try that on someone and ask him if it hurts... This built stud refuses to submit to the Boston Crab.  His opponent will just have to find a way to make it more painful. Sure enough, some other thug gets in the ring and applies a Camel Clutch.  They stretch the hotter guy to the breaking point with the dreaded Boston Camel (one of my favorites!) Finally the cheaters release their deadly hold, and the gorgeous victim lies beaten and helpless on the mat.  The expression on his cute face shows the fans how agonizing this hold really is.  Clearly the Boston Crab is one of the most devastating and frightening holds in wrestling!