The buttdrop is a high-impact, highly spectacular female wrestling move which punishes the posterior of the victim. Besides being highly spectacular, the move is somewhat funny as well, as at the end of it the victim lands flat on her bum, often from considerable heights. There is nothing funny about the potential for spinal injury that it carries though. I personally find it puzzling to this day how some ladies can pull off positively hair-raising buttdrops without injuring themselves.

There are several ways the buttdrop can be set up. One variant sees the attacker get behind her victim as they’re both in an upright standing position. The attacker reaches down and slips a hand between her opponent’s legs, lifting her up by the crotch. At the peak of the motion, instead of falling backward, she pushes forth on her opponent a little, letting her drop onto her bum.

Another – more spectacular – version of the buttdrop has the attacker bending her opponent forward (as if setting up a pile-driver), putting both arms around her waist then suddenly lifting her upward while falling backward. The victim will flip over completely and eventually she’ll land flat on her bum.

Possible escape: like so many other women’s professional wrestling moves, the buttdrop requires cooperation from the victim. She can’t really be slammed onto her bum unless she voluntarily holds both her legs straight out. Thus, the escape is simple: don’t hold your legs out and you won’t be buttdropped.

Rating: though extremely spectacular, the butt-drop isn’t exactly an efficient move, in the sense that it doesn’t weaken any of the limbs of the victim in order to set her up for a submission hold, nor does it leave her sufficiently stunned to facilitate a pin. It is a medium efficiency move, which the audience seems to enjoy greatly, therefore it is sometimes included in the moves repertoire of matches to give some additional salt and pepper to the action.