The electric chair has got to be one of the scariest women’s wrestling moves. A high amplitude throw I personally have never had the “pleasure” of being on the receiving end of, the Electric Chair is a devastating yet simple throw, which is used almost exclusively as a finisher. It does require cooperation from the victim, but the result is indeed visually impressive.

The attacker approaches her victim from behind, the then crouches and sticks her head between her legs. She then stands up, with the victim sitting on her shoulders. At this stage, the victim will usually flail and plead, but the attacker is merciless: she grabs hold of the victim’s feet and pulls them upward, unseating the victim and causing her to fall backwards – all this while standing straight up. The victim usually hits the ring floor back first and, having fallen from such a height, she immediately becomes a sure mark for the pin.

The electric chair used to be Sue Sexton’s finisher in the LPWA. Allison Royal fell victim to this finisher more than once I think, and not even Heidi Lee Morgan, a much hyped face wrestlerette was able to avoid having her leg curled to her chest for the 1-2-3, following one of Sue’s electric chairs.

Possible escape: Provided she has enough fight left in her, the victim can reverse the electric chair into a victory roll.

Rating: The electric chair is one of those ring shaking, pulverizing moves that just have to be used as a finisher. It just wouldn’t seem plausible that a girl walk away from a hold like that without being pinned then nursed back to consciousness first.