The senton used to be one of the most basic ladies wrestling moves backs in the heydays of wrestling, but is seems to have lost popularity with female wrestlers lately. One can barely see a match where a senton is executed these days. It still seems to be fairly frequent in Mexican and in Japanese women’s wrestling.

In order to execute a senton, the attacker needs to get the would-be victim onto her back, in a condition that will allow her to take a few steps back and to execute a move over her. Once the victim is on her back and fairly dizzied, the attacker steps back, then runs towards the victim and leaps into the air feet forward. Mid-flight, she curls her body up a little, landing on her bottom/lower back right beyond the victim’s prone body, thus hitting her target with her upper back basically. The senton is a relatively risky move in the sense that the attacker needs to be accurate about where the bulk of her weight lands. It cannot land on the victim, or she may seriously injure her.

Possible escape: the senton is relatively easy to escape. All the victim needs to do is to roll out of the way. When rolling away from a senton, always make sure you roll towards the attacker and not away from her, as that way she may end up hitting you with her entire weight and injuring you.

Rating: although it’s rather spectacular, unless executed in cascade by several tag-team members on one victim, the senton is not considered a move suited to be used as a finisher. It’s more of a wear-down move, which sets up the victim for something worse to come.