The fallaway slam is one of the most spectacular and dominant female wrestling throws. Its high amplitude and spectacular nature make it a great wear-down move, possibly even a decent finisher. The impact delivered to the victim’s body by the fallaway slam is quite possibly bigger than the one produced by a regular body-slam, so the efficiency of the fallaway slam should theoretically be better too.

The fallaway slam starts out the same way a regular body-slam does. The attacker slips a hand between her victim’s legs and picks her up by the crotch, turning her sideways so her body becomes approximately perpendicular to the victim’s body. Once the lift is secured, the attacker can elect to take a few paces with her victim in her arms to showcase her dominance. She then suddenly jerks her victim upward and back as she bridges backward in the same time, throwing the victim over her head. The victim hits the floor sideways and rolls over after the initial impact.

Why is the fall away slam so impressive? It requires quite a bit of physical strength from the attacker to maneuver her victim into position, and then to throw her backward. The way the victim hits the floor is one that deals tons of spectacular “kayfabe damage” too.  

Possible escape: the would-be victim can attempt to unbalance her attacker before she tosses her, simply by squirming around in her grip. Once the throwing motion gets underway though there’s not much more one can do but to brace for the impact.

Rating: due to its high amplitude, spectacular nature, the fall away slam is supposed to take a lot of fight out of the victim, so in that respect it is indeed an extremely efficient throw. The size of the impact involved and the amount of strength and energy required on the part of the attacker make it a decent finisher too.