The figure four leg-lock is a submission move used in pro wrestling, made famous by Ric Flair. The wrestlers do this as part of the show that is pro wrestling. Wrestlers do not actively try to hurt one another, yet the moves that they use are capable of inflicting an enormous amount of pain if applied with full force.

Who started the figure 4 leg-lock?

According to various sources, including a Buddy Rogers biography, the original "Nature Boy" is the one credited as the inventor of the figure four. The move was used for the first time somewhere in the late '50s or in the early '60s.

What wrestler did the figure four leg-lock?

Ric Flair Is Cool With Any Wrestler Using His Signature Figure 4 Leg Lock: 'Good Luck With It'