The over the shoulder back breaker is a true power-move in ladies’ professional wrestling. It is a submission move with rarely if ever misfires. It is also more than spectacular enough to be used as a finisher. The difference between the torture rack and the Over the shoulder BB is in the victim’s position in the hold. In the case of the torture rack, she’s is in a sideways position, her spine being bent to the side. In the case of the over the shoulder BB, her back is parallel to the ring-floor and her spine is bent backwards.

The attacker needs to stun the victim somehow before she can set up the over the shoulder backbreaker. She then approaches the victim from the side, and she basically sticks one of her shoulders into the victim’s lower back, as she hoists her up by grabbing her neck with one hand and one of her legs with the other (right above the knee). As the attacker stands up, the hold is locked in for good. Once the victim is up on her attacker’s shoulders, she’s quite helpless. The attacker can then pull her chin and knee downward with her arms, while bouncing up and down with her burden. This allows her to bend her victim to the point where she’s forced to admit defeat.

Possible escape: from a well sunk-in over the shoulder back breaker, there’s just one way out: screaming Uncle. From a sloppily applied hold, the victim can escape by turning sideways and rolling off her opponent’s shoulders. She can then even go for a rollup or some other similar offensive move.

Rating: while the over the shoulder backbreaker is extremely hard on the attacker (she bears the entire weight of her victim) the distress it causes for the victim far exceeds that, thus the overall efficiency of the hold remains very good. Due to its spectacular nature, the over the shoulder back breaker can be used as a finisher without a second thought.

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