Gallery 76 - 
Abdominal Stretch 
(Ricky Steamboat)

 
 
For some reason, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat's matches often involved long ab stretches. Maybe it was because he knew his lean body looked sexy all stretched and twisted, and he really knew how to suffer, as he does here jobbing to Ric Flair.
In another match, Ricky gets revenge by stretching out the Nature Boy's body and showing him how it feels.  Flair also knew how to sell the holds, moaning and shouting "OH GOD!" as if his internal organs are being torn loose!

 
  
Ricky is in big trouble now as Larry Zbysko applies a devastating ab stretch.  The camera zooms in on the hero's tortured gut, chest, and shoulder as his face is contored in pain.
Hey, what's this?  The hairy chested cheaters join hands to stretch poor Steamboat's smooth torso even further!  This is awful!
This ref is so busy staring at Ricky and jabbing a finger in his face, that he doesn't see this blatant cheating by the beefy heels.  Come on ref!  Wake up, before this kid is injured!

 
 
This is actually Ricky's father, Sam Steamboat, clamping the same painful hold on some hairy brawny wrestler. Ricky really takes after his father.

 
 
Ricky is recovering from rib injuries, but Steve Austin doesn't care!  He slaps on an ab stretch and punishes those damaged ribs. This is why Austin is called "Stone Cold!"  He bends Steamboat to the limit, trying to re-injure him.  He cheats by gripping Ricky's tights in his fist for added leverage.

 
 
Oh please, the pain is too much to bear!  I don't know how much more of this agony poor Steamboat can take!  Austin is relentless, pulling the tights to streeeetch out those sore ribs.

 
 
  
Now this is getting ridiculous!  Stunning Steve digs in and grabs a handful of the Dragon's rib meat, twisting and kneading the muscles until Ricky wails in pain.  This is so ruthless!  Doesn't Austin have any mercy?