The kneeshot on the ring-post is one of my least favorite ladies’ wrestling moves. It may be on account of the fact that I consider my legs to be my most vulnerable assets when in the ring, or maybe because the kneeshot – besides the fact that it’s not particularly spectacular – can inflict a horrendous amount of pain, provided that by mistake, the attacker does manage to hit a bone or that painful soft-spot in the victim’s knee. If you need a reason to wear a kneepad for your women’s wrestling matches, this move has got to be it.

The attacker starts out by getting the victim onto her back (through any of the moves that lead to this result). She then grabs her by her ankles and drags her into the corner of the ring. She slips outside, grabs one of the victim’s ankles again and pulls her close to the ring-post. She then proceeds to slam the victim’s knee into the ring-post. Being a women’s pro-wrestling move, the kneeshot is obviously not looking to hurt the victim, but it can do so by accident, and getting this move  wrong is rather easy.

Possible escape: don’t let that girl drag you into the corner and if she does don’t let her grab hold of your leg after she slips out of the ring. Oh yeah: wear those kneepads, will you? I know wrestling is supposed to be built on trust, and it is, but kneepads will definitely not hurt you and they don’t look bad either provided you pick the right pair.

Rating: the kneeshot on the ringpost is a move which is mainly used to set up the victim for a submission hold involving her legs (her knee-joint in particular). A kneeshot followed by a fig 4 leglock targeting the victimized knee is a more than reasonable setup. Everything considered, I’ll have to say the kneeshot is an efficient women’s wrestling move.