
From the Vault: Like a Circle in a Spiral, Part 2
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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Wrestling
The airplane spin is when one wrestler puts another in a fireman's carry, you know, up on their shoulders. And then they spin around, more or less a whirling dervish, before dumping them over. The other version is the giant swing - where one wrestler grabs the legs of the other inlike a wheelbarrow hold, and then spins them around like a centrifuge. In propro restling, both of these moves generally play out this way: You spin your opponent around until they're dizzy, you're dizzy as well. But then you take advantage and you either pin the person or or it gives you a chance to do another manoeuvre on them
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