10 wrestling finishing moves that don’t work anymore (With Pics)

2. Figure Four Leglock

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Somewhere in the Carolinas in the late 1980s, there’s a wrestler who probably doesn’t realize he was the first person to flip Ric Flair’s Figure Four Leglock over, reversing the pain onto Flair, and forever tarnishing the hold. Yes, his daughter Charlotte is sporting a revised version of the hold that is working for the moment, but when was the last time this move ended a men’s match? Other greats who used this as a finisher included Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and, for a short while, Tito Santana. It’s the cousin of the Spinning Toe Hold, another dead finisher, that was popularized in Texas by brothers Terry and Dory Funk, Jr.