Choking the opponent is illegal in female wrestling, yet some girls continue to resort to this move to soften up their opponents. Some of these “dirty” wrestlerettes will pretend that they’re applying a sleeper hold, but they’re actually choking their opponents rather than putting them to sleep. Others do not bother to mask their move, they just grab hold of the victim’s neck and began to squeeze and shake.

The choke is an infinitely simple hold: the attacker grabs hold of the victim’s neck with both hands and begins to squeeze her throat, cutting off her air supply. The choke can be applied from just about any standing or down position. Because the hold is so obvious, the referee will always intervene to break it up. Still, because it takes time to break and because it will not get the attacker disqualified, it can be used efficiently to wear the victim down.

Possible escape: because it is illegal, it is quite impossible to see the choke coming. Once your opponent starts to choke you though, your arms are free so you can slap her or cause some sort of other damage with them to make her break the hold.

Rating: its illegal nature prevents the choke from attaining any sort of efficiency. Because it can be applied for a limited time though, mostly without any consequences, the attacker can use it to wear down her opponent.

Courtesy of sleeperkidsworld.com