The Leg Stepover Hold is one female wrestling hold I can tell you a lot about, because I have been caught in it more than once and I was forced to tap out in it too. The first thing that comes to mind about the leg stepover hold is that it’s a vicious and mean move indeed. The pain it causes is the kind that can make one sweat, and nauseous. The forced leg stepover hold starts out with the victim sitting on the mat/ring floor and the attacker standing behind her. The attacker then steps over the left shoulder of the victim with her left leg, and plants her boot on the inside of the victim’s left thigh. She then leans forward and grabs hold of the victim’s right leg at the ankle and begins pulling it upward. The neck of the victim will be locked between the attacker’s thighs. The attacker can pull the victim’s leg clear over her head if needed.

The move puts extreme pressure onto the leg, from the calves and thighs all the way to the buttocks and even crotch. It does all that while compressing the spine.

Possible escape: the only sure-fire escape from a well locked-in forced leg stepover hold is by submitting. Sloppily executed leg stepover holds are often escapable through squirming out of them, but the real deal is indeed a killer.

Rating: The leg stepover hold is practically guaranteed to yield cries of surrender, so with that in mind, I have to rate it an extremely efficient ladies’wrestling submission hold.