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Arm wrestling (also spelled "armwrestling") is a sport in which two participants, facing each other with their bent elbows placed on a flat surface (usually a table) and hands firmly gripped, each attempt to "pin" their opponent's hand by forcing it to the surface.
Arm wrestling John Richard Brzenk (born July 15, 1964) is a professional armwrestler from the United States, who is universally acknowledged as 'the greatest armwrestler of all time'. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During his career as a professional armwrestler, Brzenk has won more than 500 championship titles.
Shortly after, he took a break from arm-wrestling to focus on powerlifting. [15] A year after his informally announced retirement, Denis set the strict curl world record in 2015 with a lift of 113 kg (249 lb). [16] Cyplenkov returned to arm-wrestling in 2016, defeating Michael Todd in a right-arm supermatch in the Vendetta All Stars #46 ...
Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by performers to immobilize their opponents or lead to a submission. This article covers the various pins, stretches and transition holds used in the ring. Some wrestlers use these holds as their finishing maneuvers, often nicknaming them to reflect their character or persona.
Levan Saginashvili, nicknamed the Georgian Hulk, is a Georgian professional arm-wrestler who holds the World's number 1 ranking on the Right Hand. Winner of the World Armwrestling Championship seven times, the European arm-wrestling championship six times, the Vendetta Top 8 four times, and the current holder of the East vs West Super Heavyweight Championship, Saginashvili is widely regarded ...
An arm wringer or spinning wristlock is a move in which the wrestler grabs the opponent's wrist with both hands and twists it over the wrestler's head to spin the arm around, either with enough force to flip the opponent to the mat or just to hyperrotate the joints while standing.
In 1978 he won world wrist wrestling championship without losing a single match. On a supermatch which was held on 15 November 1978 at Silver Slipper casino in Las Vegas , Dean who weighed 480 lb (218 kg) defeated the 6 ft 5 in, 245 lb (111 kg) undefeated world champion Virgil Arciero, 2–0 to become the undisputed king of the table.
Voyevoda reclaimed the WAF championship in 2004 (left- and right-handed) and won the European Championship the same year. After a left-hand vendetta match with Alexey Semerenko (winning 4–2) and Travis Bagent (losing 5–1) in 2005, Voyevoda took a break from his professional arm wrestling career to return to bobsleigh training until 2007.