Gallery 357
Vintage Cobra Clutch

   


In the Cobra Clutch, you choke out your opponent with his own forearm pressed into the side of his neck as this hairy brute is doing to the dazed victim. You use his own arm against him.
































This classic grappler locks fingers with his victim, pressing into the carotid artery with his wrist and the back of his opponent's hand.


Even if you prefer classic wrestling to the modern action, you've GOTTA admit the trunks they wore in this match are pretty unflattering. Come on, those look like Depends or something!





So far Psycho Mike is able to keep his free arm in the air, showing the ref that he is still awake.  It won't take Koloff long to make that arm sink like a balloon that's slowly deflating.





Barefooted Antonio Rocca apears to be fast asleep from this brute's deadly Cobra Clutch, his face relaxed and calm.  The caption is hard to read, but it says Rocca somehow broke free and won the match, his 301st consecutive victory!



This veteran brawler watches his victim's face as he tightens down the Cobra, waiting for the dude with the powerful legs to grow dizzy and sink into a deep slumber.

"Come on big guy, time for your nap.  Thaaaaat's right, don't fight it.  Go to sleep, you big baby."







Check out this hot picture of the Masked Superstar.  I don't remember the Superstar being this huge and muscular!  Nothing is hotter than a buff dude wearing a mask.

The masked man puts those powerful muscles to good use, sending this opponent off to Dreamland with his patented Cobra Clutch.



When the fat cowboy travelled to the Orient, he figured he could easily beat down all the little Jap wrestlers.  He didn't realize they know how to apply deadly nerve holds and sleeper variations, which has him groggy and sinking quickly into a slumber while the fans cheer and laugh at him.



The ref watches closely as this blond hunk forces his opponent down to one knee.  Why is he just standing there staring at the blond brawler?  He should snap a picture -- it would last longer.






This ref doesn't seem to realize the Cobra Clutch is a perfectly legal hold.  Maybe he's never seen it before, because it looks like he's ordering the angry stud in command to release his grip on the big man in black tights.