Gallery 77 - 
Octopus

 
 
This painful variation of the abdominal stretch is called the "Octopus."  Grapevine your right leg around his left leg, bend him over, but then throw your left leg over his head.  If it's applied right, your feet won't even be touching the ground at all, and he'll be crying like a bitch.

 
  
This veteran heel grabs onto his white boot.  His baby face foe, forced to support all that extra weight on his spine and neck, whimpers for mercy.  I think the pretty boy is starting to cry! How humiliating.

 
 
You can't see his face, but that is Davey Boy Smith being tortured by his own partner, the Dynamite Kid.  They were forced to fight each other several times in Japan.  Here, Dynamite shows the fans that he was the strongest link in their tag team when it came to hot, complex holds.

 
 
 
Nice action shot from the glory days of wrestling in Japan.  One guy locks on a painful Octopus, his body totally supported by the bent and twisted body of his victim.  I think his partner just gave the other American wrestler a right cross to convince him to not get involved.

 
 
 
More awesome vintage action! The tag team in long tights suffers double ab torture from the studs in trunks.  One guy is punished with a traditional ab stretch, while the other gets the Octopus treatment from his smiling opponent.  Ring the bell, the boys in tights have had it!

 
 
 
  
This dude stretches his opponent all the way over until his boot touches the mat. This is just brutal, the victim's spine is being twisted and bent.  That's GOTTA hurt!

 
 
The fans have been teasing and booing this blond bad boy, calling him a cream puff because of his bleached hair.  No one is making fun of him now, as he bends his wiry opponent over and grapevines his leg.
The blondie shows he may be pretty, but he is still ruthless!  He rides his victim like a bucking bronco, his calf muscle locked over the dude's neck.  He takes out his anger and frustration from the fans' insults by punishing the victim's neck and back bone.

 
 
 
 
 
 
This intense grappler hooks his huge calf right around the opponent's neck for maximum pressure.  Now that's GOTTA hurt!

 
 
The ref doesn't like what he sees, so he orders this bully to release the hold.  The guy refuses to release his grip, and angrily argues with the ref.