The armdrag is one of the most basic female wrestling moves. If you go to wrestling school, this one is sure to be among the moves they teach you before just about anything else.

The attacker grabs hold of one of the defender’s arms and pulls the victim towards herself while twisting to the site and leaning forth in the same time, putting all her body-weight into the move. The victim will thus be lifted off her feet and tossed forward eventually flipping over and landing on her back. The armdrag toss will not take the wind out of the victim it will most likely just frustrate her. A series of armdrags though can have a pretty good effect of taking the fight out of the girl. On top of that, being the high amplitude move that it is, a well executed armdrag is also pretty spectacular.

The armdrag is a relatively easy move to botch (by not getting enough swing and amplitude it will end up looking flat and fake).

Possible escape: the defender can dig her feet in and prevent her attacker from sending her flying. She can also reverse the move and execute an armdrag takedown on the initial attacker.

Rating: the armdrag is a great move to add momentum to a match. It all depends on how well it’s executed though. It is by no means suited as a finisher as it lacks impact and it doesn’t cause pain either (unless it goes wrong and someone gets hurt by mistake).