The triangle leglock is a ladies’ wrestling submission hold and it is a rather weird and awkward one at that too. The interesting thing about it is that it doesn’t look like it’s particularly painful for the victim when applied. Once you have the hold put on you though, you’ll understand why it is indeed a more or less legit submission hold.
The hold works via the compression of the internal organs of the victim as well as the strain that it exerts on the glutes, and the thigh of the victim. The attacker knocks the victim off her feet and puts her onto her back on the mat. She then takes one of her legs and crosses it over the other, placing one of her legs in front of it to prevent escape. The attacker then leans forward and places a headlock on the victim, sitting back while pulling the victim’s head forward, toward her own knee. Keep this hold locked in long enough and it’s only a question of when rather than if, till the victim starts flailing wildly or screaming uncle to signal her surrender.

Possible escape: once the Triangle leglock is locked on, there’s little hope left for the victim, other than the mercy of her attacker. The only way to avoid being locked in this hold is to squirm out of it when the attacker tries to lock it on.

Rating:it may not be particularly spectacular, but the Triangle leglock is actually a rather efficient submission hold. If locked in properly, it is almost guaranteed to yield a submission. It is seldom used in main-stream women’s pro wrestling though.