Sharpshooter (professional wrestling)

Similar to several holds such as the cloverleaf leg-lace, the Boston crab and the standing reverse figure-four leglock, the move was invented by Japanese professional wrestler Riki Choshu,[3] and was popularized by Sting and Bret Hart as the Scorpion Deathlock and Sharpshooter respectively.

[8] In Hart's autobiography, he noted that prior to his first major singles push, Pat Patterson asked if he could do the move, which he was familiar with from Japan, but did not know how to execute.

In WWF publications of the era, Bret's father Stu Hart, long known as a trainer in the game, was generally given credit for devising the move.

Edge innovated an inverse variation, which he has dubbed the Edgecator, where he would apply the hold normally, only to face the opposite direction and kneel on the opponent's legs.

This moment would be referenced within kayfabe through various future events; McMahon repeated the action at the next year's Survivor Series in 1998, as part of a storyline, during the "Deadly Game" tournament final between The Rock and Mankind.