A question concerning the Double Grapevine (a.k.a. Saturday Night Ride)

therick · 04-29-2008, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by quick_single

It happens all the time when guys either slip off a gut wrench or the top man knows how to defend it to force this position.

I agree that it's not something that planned, but it does happen to even top level wrestlers.

http://www.thewrestlingtalk.com/vBTu...id=GbOgIvynRbY

example is Schultz transitioning to it in order to pin Nate Carr.

M Richardson · 07-11-2008, 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by M Richardson

A guy was pinning my daughter with this move when his coach yelled "If it's a boy, name him after me!" Absolute silence for about 5 seconds until I broke up laughing. I don't know if there is a counter for the move, but my daughter was laughing too hard to try and fight out of the hold. After the match, during the handshake, he tried to apologise. She stopped him by kissing him on the cheek and telling him "It's O.K., grandpa."

I just caught all holy h3ll tonight - my memory was faulty (an excusable aspect of old age!) My daughter was pinning the guy with the Saturday Night Ride, when the guy's father (a good friend of mine) yelled out. She says she wasn't laughing too hard to fight out of the hold, but rather, laughing so hard she forgot to grab and control his head. She applied enough pressure with her back-arch (girls have great hips!) that he pinned himself. She does, however, remember kissing the coach, so I got that much right.

RYou · 07-11-2008, 06:05 PM

I wouldn't even consider lining up that move on the collegiate level because you'll never pull it off. It's a move thats not even practiced because the opportunity just doesn't exist. The only way you see that move in Div I is if someone funks their way around and stumbles into it.

shankbob · 07-11-2008, 08:06 PM

It won't work on the really good guys because they be able to adjust themselves before you settle in and the only way it would work on a good guy is if they got caught in a scramble.

Spider · 07-14-2008, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by RYou

I wouldn't even consider lining up that move on the collegiate level because you'll never pull it off. It's a move thats not even practiced because the opportunity just doesn't exist. The only way you see that move in Div I is if someone funks their way around and stumbles into it.

Here's how I sometimes [used to] get into it. I've got a Jacob's ride with my right leg hooking my opponent's right leg, and my right arm around his head (or with a whizzer on his right arm). My left knee is posted away on the mat, and the sole of my right foot is tight against my left instep. I'm tight hip to hip against him, I'm pulling on his head, and my back is arched with my hips down. If he tries to get his right leg out by stepping over my feet and my left leg (he can't get his right leg between mine because my feet are touching), I scoop up his right leg with my left leg, and step over and scoop up his left leg with my right leg. Voila - double grapevine!

RYou · 07-14-2008, 03:55 PM

And there my freinds, is how Jack became Spider....

ajj712 · 07-19-2008, 08:37 PM

Personally, I go for it whenever it is there. This isn't the kind of move you force, you just have to be aware of your position relative to your opponent's and sometimes you'll see it open up.

A question concerning the Double Grapevine (a.k.a. Saturday Night Ride)

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