La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XI-511

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section XI-511 - Holds

A. Any hold, grip, lock or trip is allowed except as herein listed: stranglehold, scratching, eye gouging, striking with knuckles, pulling hair, kicking, butting in the face, cutting off breath by shutting nose and mouth at the same time; the inserting of fingers in the mouth, deliberate throwing of opponent over top rope or through the ropes. In addition, the following moves or throws are strictly banned from all wrestling events:

1. all variations of the pile driver;

2. all variations of the power bomb;

3. the "moonsault", "shooting star", or "450 splash" or any variation thereof which involves one wrestler, leaping or flipping off the ropes or turnbuckles to contact the head or neck of the opponent with any part of his body;

4. the "stungun" of any variation thereof which results in the one fighters head or neck being dragged, draped or "close-lined" across the ropes;

5. the striking of a wrestlers head with any object, chair, trashcan lid, etc., and

6. no wrestler shall throw, push, shove or force another out of the ring or over the top rope.

B. The commission official may, at his sole discretion, allow wrestlers to perform prohibited holds, moves or maneuvers listed above, provided permission is sought and obtained prior to the event by both wrestlers and the requesting wrestlers have sufficient training, athletic ability and experience to perform the maneuver without endangering one another and wrestling outside the ring is specifically prohibited.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XI-511

Adopted by the Department of Commerce, Boxing and Wrestling Commission, 1967, amended 1974, Amended by the Office of the Governor, Boxing and Wrestling Commission, LR 45546 (4/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Adopted in accordance with R.S. 4:61(D) and R.S. 4:64.