The Go Behind is part of the most basic set of female wrestling moves. In ladies wrestling, the girl who positions herself behind her opponent gains a position of advantage. In women’s freestyle wrestling, the wrestlerette who executes a successful go behind earns a point, which may prove to be important in the overall economy of the bout.

The attacker gets behind the defender and clutches her arms around her waist. That’s what the go behind is all about. How you get behind your opponent is your own business. Whether you reverse a hammerlock or whether you duck under a grabbing or a clothesline attempt, doesn’t matter. The fact that you’re behind her and that you control her, opens up a wealth of possibilities for you to continue your offense. You can slip a hammerlock on her, you can apply a full nelson, or you can try for a german suplex. You can also just lift her up and bearhug her or slam her to the mat onto her stomach in order to backmount her.

Possible escape: skilled lady wrestlers have zounds of tricks up their sleeves to reverse a go behind. You can see an example of such a reversal in the gif below.

Rating: the go behind is not supposed to achieve anything big in a bout. It merely offers the attacker a position of advantage over her opponent. Basically it offers her multiple options of holds/moves she can do to put her opponent in greater peril. If one looks strictly at the objective the go behind is supposed to achieve, it can in fact be considered an efficient maneuver.