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Jamar Shipman was born on April 29, 1985, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. [10] He is the middle child of Ronald and Shirley Shipman, with two brothers and two sisters. [14] In July 2001, aged 16, Shipman won a contest held by Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) which entitled the winner to a lifetime of free training in the JAPW professional wrestling school. [14]
The Boston crab is a professional wrestling hold that typically starts with one wrestler lying in a supine position on the mat, with the other wrestler standing and facing them. It is a type of spinal lock where the wrestler hooks each of the opponent’s legs in one of their arms and then turns the opponent face-down, stepping over them in the ...
The Sleeper Hold was originated in professional wrestling by Evan Lewis in the 1880s when pro wrestling was still a legitimate contest. Lewis earned the nickname "Strangler" for his use of the hold and was an accomplished catch wrestler using the hold defeating Ernst Roeber for the world championship before eventually losing the title to Martin ...
Creed and Lethal wrestling Suicide in an X Division King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary. In March 2009, Lethal Consequences and Machineguns continued their rivalry, as they exchanged victories in tag matches. [8] [9] They would also battle for the latter team's one half, Alex Shelley's TNA X Division Championship, which would be won by ...
The first match ever announced for a Lockdown pay per view was the Lethal Lockdown, a variant of the WarGames match popularized in World Championship Wrestling. The match features a multi-man competition in which opponents from each team enter in alternating fashion. Victory can only be gained after everyone has entered the cage.
One of the most well known spine cranks is the Boston crab, which is usually seen in pro-wrestling. Similarly to neck cranks, spine cranks are illegal techniques in most combat sports, excluding some submission wrestling and mixed martial arts competitions, where they are used as submission holds.
Here, Whitmer's head is positioned below Bennett's legs and is unprotected. The impact from the move gave Whitmer a neck injury. The piledriver is generally considered a dangerous maneuver in wrestling because of the potential impact on the head and compression of the neck.
A simple and effective chokehold, it is the most common finishing hold in mixed martial arts competition. [17] Triangle choke – Applied from full guard or from mount, the opponent's neck is trapped in a triangle formed by their own arm and the attacker's thigh and calf. A common finishing hold in mixed martial arts. [17]