Hold
Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
Submit to
Both terms in one sentence
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He restarted the match and Sting got Hogan to submit to the Scorpion Deathlock (which is the same hold as Bret's "Sharpshooter", and the move that HBK used on Bret when he was "screwed") to win.
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Busted open, bleeding like crazy, and locked in Hart's signature Sharpshooter submission hold, Austin refused to tap out; instead, he passed out from the pain in a puddle of his own blood rather than submit to Hart.
Source: Wrestling / WrestleMania -
He seemingly broke the curse by instead making Equinox submit to the hold in a rematch.
Source: Wrestling / Chris Hero
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