A hold designed to make your opponent tap out. Armbars, leg locks, chokes, crossfaces. A great submission specialist can make a match feel like a legitimate fight. Bret Hart's Sharpshooter, Ric Flair's Figure Four, Asuka's armbar, John Cena's STF (which never actually looked tight but that's a different conversation). The drama of a submission is in the struggle, will they tap or reach the ropes?
"He's got the crossface locked in dead center of the ring. Nowhere to go. The ref is checking the arm."