How to Do the Figure Four Leg Lock

Last Updated: March 20, 2021

The figure-four leg-lock is a wrestling submission hold that affects the leg and ankle of your opponent. This move was made famous by Ric Flair and now too is often used by most of the wrestlers in WWE and other franchise. There are variants of this move such as Shawn Michaels' version of this move and more to follow. Just follow the simple steps given below and give your opponent a very good blow with this effective submission attack.

Steps

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Get your opponent on the floor. You can achieve this by pushing him/her down on the ring or hitting with any other move that makes your opponent fall down.^{[1]
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Take his/her left leg and place your left leg on the right side of his/her leg then spin 360' so that you are facing your opponent. During this stage the opponent will get a good pressure on his legs. Do this one safely before you break the leg.^{[2]
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Put his/her left ankle on his/her right kneecap so it looks like the digit 4.^{[3]
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Lie back facing upwards.^{[4]
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Put your left leg over his/her left foot.^{[5]
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Apply pressure as hard as you can till your opponent taps out.
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And there you have it, your opponent has tapped out.. clap to you my friends and Congrats on winning the match.

Warnings

Do not apply too much pressure as it can break your opponent's ankle.

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Make sure your opponent is fine with this.

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