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The S.T.F.

The STF, or Stepover Toehold Front-facelock, is a complex move where you scissor the opponent's leg, then wrap your arms over his face to bend him up, as this karate dude is doing to his shirtless opponent.

Here is another Asian wrestler with his opponent's boot scissored between his thighs.  Maybe this unique hold was invented in Japan, like so many cool wrestling holds.

Check out the agony on AJ Style's handsome face as his tatooed opponent locks his arms around AJ's neck to twist his lower abs.
The same tattooed blond is now locked in a chinlock variation of the STF by the dude in the Superman t-shirt.
Blood is gushing down the victim's face as Superman tightens his chinlock and leg scissor.  The agony makes the poor guy's eyes cross!

This beefy young man applies a traditional STF, his forearm locked over the victim's brow.

The beefy stud from Ring of Honor must enjoy applying this painful hold, because now he is torturing some younger guy, as the ref asks if he is ready to submit.

GRRRR!   The big guy bends the little guy up off the mat, trying to rip his head off his neck.
Chris Benoit squints his eyes in suffering as Steven Regal flexes his biceps and tightens the pressure.
"Give it up, Benoit, or I'll snap your neck!   This will teach you to bust my forehead open!  Next they will be calling me The Crippler!"

This dude presses his crotch tightly against the victim's white boot as he cranks on greater pressure to the deadly STF.

These bald dudes are cheek to cheek as the man on top locks up both legs in the dreaded STF position.

Another bald dude lays on top his victim in the STF and presses his face against his victim's bald dome.
This poor guy can't even see, as his young opponent covers his eyes with his forearms.
Now the clever kid rolls to the side, bending his bigger opponent's head painfully to one side.  Will the big man submit to this skinny kid??

You can tell this hold is agonizing by the way the victim has clenched his fists.  The shirtless stud on top screams in his ear:  "Submit, NOW, or I'll break your pencil neck!  SUBMIT!!"
Jamie Noble keeps technical wrestling alive in the WWE, slapping this complex leglock on some guy in superhero gear.
The goateed stud whips his head back for greater leverage, bending the super hero's body off the mat.