Editing Boston crab (section)

{{short description|Professional wrestling hold}}
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[[Image:Wallsofjericho@Commons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Chris Jericho]] with his ''Walls of Jericho'' ([[Boston crab#Elevated Boston crab|Elevated Boston crab]]) on [[Shawn Michaels]]]]
The '''Boston crab''' is a [[professional wrestling holds|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 process. The final position has the wrestler in a semi-sitting position and facing away from the opponent, with the opponent’s back and legs bent back toward their head.<ref name="WWEcrab">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/classic-lists/who-did-it-better/page-3|title=What a maneuver! But who did it better?|date=2013-10-07|access-date=2013-10-07|publisher=WWE}}</ref> The original name for the maneuver was the ''Backbreaker'', before that term became known for [[Backbreaker|its current usage]]. In modern wrestling, the Boston crab is not treated as a lethal submission maneuver, even though it was considered a match-ending hold in the past.

In submission grappling, the Boston crab (generally the half Boston crab) can be used to set up a [[Leglock#Straight ankle lock|straight ankle lock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQjiCuKUyrY| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305200652/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQjiCuKUyrY| archive-date=2016-03-05 | url-status=dead|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> On September 30, 2017, [[Jonno Mears]] became the first fighter in [[mixed martial arts]] history to win a fight with the Boston crab.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/videos/fighter-fcc-19-boston-crab-submission-mma-wwe-pro-wrestling-chris-jericho-walls/|title=VIDEO - This Fighter Just Pulled Off a Boston Crab Submission in MMA - BJPenn.com|date=30 September 2017|website=bjpenn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gcJ8XajgU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/x7gcJ8XajgU| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Jonno Mears talks getting the first recorded 'Boston Crab' win in MMA history at FCC 19  last night|last=MMAPLUS TV|date=1 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>