The oil check is positively among the meanest women’s wrestling holds. It is a semi-legal hold, which means it’s not exactly legal but no referee is going to stop a match on its account. Wrestling coaches all over teach wrestlerettes to use it as a means of exerting not just physical but psychological pressure on their opponents too. As dirty a weapon as it is, the oil check is definitely part of the darker side of female wrestling.

The oil check is basically about the attacker inserting her finger into her opponent’s anus.  The move is sometimes used in professional wrestling, and it is surprisingly frequent in freestyle women’s matches, even on the highest levels (Olympics). The flexible singlets worn by the wrestlerettes in freestyle matches make it possible for their opponents to use the oil check on them.  The attacker’s goal is usually to force her opponent to switch position, but it is used for intimidation too.

Whether  it’s a weapon for bullies or those desperate to gain an edge, the oil check remains in the moves arsenal of some of the world’s best and most respected female wrestlers (Olympic medalists and so forth).  In women’s professional wrestling, the oil check can be used in a stealthy way to achieve control, or in an open manner to humiliate. Though it’s extremely rare, professional wrestlerettes have been known to reach into their all but defeated victims’ bikinis/bathing suits to give them a full oil check (this usually happens in special interests matches, never in public, live audience ones), with devastating effects for the victim’s morale.

Possible escape: Try to keep your bottom away from your opponent’s reach and wear gear (hose under your bathing suit) which will ward off such despicable attacks.

Rating: The oil check is extremely efficient both in achieving physical control and in securing psychological dominance. I have to say it’s amazing what some people would resort to in order to secure a win…but believe it or not, it does happen.