Professional wrestling organization AEW (American Extreme Wrestling) has, in the aftermath of a frightening injury suffered by “Hangman” Adam Page, has indefinitely outlawed all maneuvers in the clothesline and lariat family. 

Page was knocked unconscious, suffered a concussion, and defecated slightly in his trunks after being clotheslined by Jon Moxley during a recent AEW bout. 

AEW boss Tony Khan announced during a press conference following the match that “clotheslines and lariats are clearly dangerous and have no place in professional wrestling.”

The company than issued a full list of banned maneuvers: 

  • Short-arm clothesline
  • Rebound clothesline
  • Springboard clothesline
  • Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza clothesline
  • Three-point stance clothesline
  • Crooked arm lariat
  • Flying lariat
  • Discuss larait
  • Northern lariat
  • Enzuilariato
  • Western lariat
  • Collar-and-elbow tie-up

Khan said AEW has a “zero tolerance policy” for clotheslines, and has even banned its performers from drying their laundry outdoors on a taut rope. 

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