Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2013 Wolf Hawkfield was a gimmick based on the Virtua Fighter character of the same name, the same character was in the Sega Saturns AJPW game. Â I know. I have both DC versions of Giant Gram - GG2000 is possibly my favourite wrestling game ever. I did like how there was both the Jim Steele real-life version and the VF version on the first one, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted February 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2013 Seeing as the full nelson hasn't been answered yet, I just wanna add that it probably never will be. It's a common move in amateur/olympic wrestling, or at least it used to be, and has apparently been used for at least 200 years, if not longer. So I doubt we'll ever find out the true source. I'm pretty sure the half nelson was then invented by some indy wrestler thinking, I'm so good, I only need half a nelson. Farmer Burns' infamous book on wrestling training - published in 1914 - demonstrates the quarter, half, three quarter, and full nelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2013 Seeing as the full nelson hasn't been answered yet, I just wanna add that it probably never will be. It's a common move in amateur/olympic wrestling, or at least it used to be, and has apparently been used for at least 200 years, if not longer. So I doubt we'll ever find out the true source. I'm pretty sure the half nelson was then invented by some indy wrestler thinking, I'm so good, I only need half a nelson. Farmer Burns' infamous book on wrestling training - published in 1914 - demonstrates the quarter, half, three quarter, and full nelson. And there's an amateur wrestling book (I forget the title) published in the 60s which details the power half-nelson - instead of staying behind the opponent with one arm in the half-nelson and the other wrapped around the torso, you move to the side, and lock the free hand with the nelson hand - similar to a cravat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffingtonClyro Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 The Death Valley Driver originated in Japan didn't it? It looks Japanese, but why is it called the DVD? It first came to my attention when Perry Saturn started using it, although I'm assuming a previous Westerner would've used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 16, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 16, 2013 It was one of the ladies in All Japan Women who came up with it, I think - someone once posted about it on here. I don't think there was any specific rationale behind the name of it, though - as you've seen through this thread, they frequently don't need any particular reason to name a move in Japan, hence why you end up with move names like Sternness Dust and Premium Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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