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This neck crank sees the wrestler wrap both hands around the opponent's face and pull back, which applies pressure to the neck and shoulder area.
The move is performed in several ways, usually involving the wrestler trapping one of the opponent's arms:
- Chris Benoit's Crippler Crossface, involved the arm being trapped in a leg scissor as Benoit pulls back, resulting in him taking a seated position.
- Daniel Bryan's YES! Lock is a crossface performed from an omoplata position, which also puts pressure on the trapped arm.
- A third variant is performed in combination with an armbar; an example of this is Batista's Batista Bite, which is performed using a scissored armbar. In this case, Batista performs the move from a prone position instead of a seated position like Benoit and Bryan (although Benoit did not always sit when performing the move; Bryan, however, has to due to the omoplata position the YES! Lock is executed from). Former Cruiserweight Champion Neville also uses this variant as his version of the Rings of Saturn.
- Another variation is performed in a bridging position where the wrestler wraps both hands around the opponent's face and pulls back, which applies pressure to the neck and bridges on the opponent's back for added leverage. This variation is used as a submission finisher by Sasha Banks which she calls the Bank Statement.
- A fifth variant is called the Chickenwing Over-The-Shoulder Crossface. Here, the wrestler goes to a fallen opponent and places the opponent's nearest arm over the wrestler's nearest shoulder before applying the crossface, where the attacking wrestler locks his hands around the opponent's chin (or lower face), then pulls back, stretching the opponent's neck and shoulder. NXT wrestler Johnny Gargano uses this as his finisher named the Gargano Escape, which he adopted from his mentor, indie wrestler Alex Shelley, who calls this move as the Border City Stretch.