re: Strategically speaking, isn't the Figure-4 Leg Lock a terrible finishing move?

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Like the Iron Sheik, he was really a champion wrestler from Iran and they say if he had wanted to he could have tied Hulk Hogan into a knot

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And so, these two wrestlers met -- each undefeated -- in the gold medal round of the Olympics. The American coach turned to his guy and said, "You're good enough to beat him, but keep out of that Pretzel Hold. No one has ever gotten out of it."
Full of pride and youthful enthusiasm, the American wrestler nods and walks out on the mat to confront the Iranian. The whistle blows, and then SUDDENLY, in two seconds, the American is in the pretzel hold. The coach covers his eyes and hears the count -- 1 - 2 - 3 BANG!

He looks up and the American wrestler has won!!!!

The Coach grabs him. "You were in the pretzel hold! How did you break free?"

"Well," the American says, "he was faster than I could have imagined. BAM! I was in the Pretzel Hold. And as things started to go dark and I knew the end was near, I looked up and saw these TWO BIG HAIRY BALLS. And so I craned my neck as far as I could and I bit those BALLS."

"Oh my god," the Coach cried.

"Yeah," the American said, "you don't know how strong you are until you bite your own balls."