Gallery 28 -  Iron Claw

 
 
 
 

Here's a young stud putting his opponent away with a devastating Iron Claw.  The victim's arms are laying limp on the floor. I think he passed out from the lack of blood flow to the brain.

 
 
 

	Fritz von Erich is credited with inventing this awesome hold.  Here he clamps his powerful grip on the temples of some husky bearded jobber.  The victim arches backwards in a dramatic pose of suffering. Check out the ref who forms his own hand into the claw shape.
	An angry looking Fritz brutally crushes another victim's face in his powerful grip. This time he applys the claw with both hands, while the ref again mimics the claw shape with his hand.

 
 

Fritz's muscular son Kerry learned the devastating secrets of the Iron Claw from his father Fritz.  Here he slaps it on a suffering Ric Flair.  Kerry hugs the champion's blond head into his chest for better leverage. Slick Ric better think fast or he's going out!
	Now we see Kerry -- looking too sweet in those tight white trunks -- clamping it on "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, who suffers as if his head is being pinched in a vice.

 

A big bad heel easily dominates this wimpy jobber, dropping him to the mat and pinning him just with the crushing power of his fingers.	The kid is out cold, the bell is ringing, and the ruthless heel maintains his grip. His tag team partner guards the perimeter so no one can rescue the poor kid.

 
 
 

Husky brute Harley Race is suffering in the Iron Claw applied by some young pretty boy.  The big heel is rendered helpless by this devastating hold, and he starts to pass out in his young opponent's lap while the ref raises his limp arm to see he is still conscious.

 
  

This dude braces the baby face's skull against the wall for leverage, so he can apply maximum pressure to the Iron Claw hold.

From JPWA