The Stretch Muffler is a pretty exotic and spectacular female wrestling submission hold. The hold looks vicious enough to be efficient although it is a little difficult to apply and without some cooperation from the victim, some girls may not be able to apply it at all. Te defender (victim) is lying face down on the ring floor. The attacker squats down beside her and picks up the leg of the victim that is on her side. She then bends the leg at the knee and wraps it around her own neck, while stepping over the victim’s head with her left foot (or right one, depending on which side of the victim she positions herself). This is necessary to prevent the victim from simply spinning out of the hold.

As soon as the attacker has the leg of her victim around her neck, she holds on to it with both hands. One hand close to the foot of the victim and the other on her upper thigh. She can even elect to get her arms around the leg at the specified points and to clutch her hands. All she has to do from that point on is to pull her arms together and to lean back a little. Soon cries of “Uncle” will be forced from the victim.

Possible escape: if the attacker fails to step over the victim’s head, she can use her free arms to just spin free of the hold moving her upper body away from the attacker’s foot and then eventually sitting up. If the hold is locked on properly though, there’s little one can do to escape.

Efficiency: when properly locked on, the Stretch muffler will almost always result in a submission, or at least it should. In women’s professional wrestling miraculous escapes are possible though.