Bridging is one of the most basic women’s wrestling moves, pro, amateur, freestyle, whatever. If you’ve ever attended a gym-class in your life, you’ve probably done the bridge. In women’s professional wrestling, the bridge is used both by attackers and defenders. Bridging is one of the most common ways to escape a pin (see the gif attached below) but it can also be used to secure one.

When attempting to escape a pin through a bridge, the defender is on her back with her opponent on top of her, trying to pin her shoulders to the mat. The defender then arches her back and pushes down with her legs while flexing her neck in the same time to get her shoulders up off the mat.

When bridging to secure a pin, it is the attacker who arches her back in order to keep her opponent’s shoulders on the mat. Such bringing pins can occur after an underhook suplex, and some folding pins are executed while bridging too.

Possible escape: On one hand, the bridge itself is an escape maneuver, so there’s no sense in even considering the idea of an escape here. On the other hand, when used to secure pins, the bridge can be escaped relatively easily. Because the attacker places herself in a precarious position through the bridge, the defender can just roll to her side and collapse the hold.

Rating: as a means to escape, the bridge is extremely efficient, provided the defender has enough strength left in her. As a way to secure a pin, the bridge is less efficient, however bridging pins are always extremely spectacular.

Courtesy of sleeperkidsworld.com