page_title: Professional wrestling holds
section_title: Camel clutch
hierarchical_section_title: Professional wrestling holds / Stretches / Head, face, chin, and shoulder stretches / Camel clutch
caption_attribution_description: Professional wrestler Tajiri applies a camel clutch hold on Rene Bonaparte in May 2009.
context_page_description: Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by performers to immobilize their opponents or lead to a submission. Some wrestlers use these holds as their finishing maneuvers, often nicknaming them to reflect their character or persona. Moves are listed under general categories whenever possible.
context_section_description: The wrestler begins the hold by standing over a face-down opponent. He reaches down to pull the opposing wrestler up slightly, sits on his back, and places both of his opponents' arms across his thighs, usually locking at least one by placing the arm in the crook of his knee. Once the wrestler has the opponent's arms where he wants them, he reaches forward, cups his hands in a manner so that his fingers are interlocking, then grabs the opponent's chin in his cupped hands and leans back, pulling on the opponent's chin and applying pressure to his back. A camel clutch can also refer simply to a rear chinlock while seated on the back of an opponent, without placing the arms on the thighs. The move was invented by Gory Guerrero in Mexico, where it was called la de a caballo (Horse-mounting choke), but got its more common name from Ed Farhat, who wrestled as "The Sheik" and used it as his finisher. Rusev performs a variation he calls The Accolade, where he stomps on his opponent's back before applying the hold. A standing variation of the camel clutch is also used, with this variation popularized by Scott Steiner in the late 1990s as he used it as his finisher dubbed the Steiner Recliner also A rolling variation of the camel clutch is also used with this variation popularized by Maryse Ouellet dubbed French Pain.
caption: Yoshihiro Tajiri applying a camel clutch to Rene Bonaparte
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