The headbutt is a high–impact ladies wrestling move aimed at dazing the victim and setting her up for another move. In ladies’ wrestling, striking the opponent with a closed fist is prohibited. Thus, delivering a blow that can potentially daze the target is quite problematic. The headbutt is the solution to this problem. The attacker simply swings her head and strikes the victim with her forehead. The move carries relatively high risks because injuring the victim is quite easy. The attacker needs to be extremely careful not to deliver the headbutt to the victim’s face. The impact needs to be forehead on forehead, and the force needs to be tempered as well, because both wrestlers may end up knocked down by the blow.

The headbutt will most often knock the victim right off her feet.

Possible escape: if you’re alert enough, you can evade the headbutt by jerking your head aside, provided your attacker is not grabbing your hair. Making sudden movements when about to receive a headbutt is rather risky though as your attacker may miss her target and end up causing more damage than intended.

Rating: the headbutt is efficient at what it’s meant to achieve, which is to momentarily stun and daze the victim. It’s not a finisher and it’s not particularly spectacular either, however it is an integral part of any solid female wrestler’s arsenal of moves.