The Giant Swing is an extremely spectacular and in the same time very efficient women’s wrestling move. The goal of the Giant Swing is to daze the victim, by taking advantage of the motion-sickness nausea that most people experience when moving around in a circle repeatedly at a high speed. As someone who has experienced the Giant swing first hand, I can personally attest to the efficiency of this move.

The attacker gets the victim onto her back, by bodyslamming or suplexing her into position. She then grabs hold of both her legs, and hooks her feet under her arms, the same way she would if she were to move into a Boston crab. If the victim is positioned near the ropes, she will have to drag her into the middle of the ring.  Once in position, the attacker picks the victim up off the floor and begins to swing her around over and over. The more full circles the attacker manages to get into the move, the more efficient it will be. When she considers she’s dished out enough punishment, she just lets go of her victim allowing her to crash to the mat on her back. Apparently, single-leg giant swings are also done in women’s pro wrestling, which means the attacker only needs to hook one of her victim’s legs in the above detailed way, before she begins swinging her.

Possible escape: once the swinging starts, you can only pray that your aggressor tires out and lets you go. Before that, you can break the hold by not allowing your attacker to hook your legs the way she’s supposed to.

Rating: I can certainly attest to the fact that the Giant Swing is one of the meanest ladies’ wrestling moves. It turns the victim’s stomach upside down killing all fighting spirit in her. Then, to top it all off, she lands on her back in a less than delicate way. The giant swing can literally make you sick!