The Snap Mare is one of the most basic female wrestling moves. I remember I read a review about an obviously poor ladies’ wrestling match a while ago, in which the reviewer said, all those ladies did was to slap and to snap mare each other. The snap mare is indeed among the first things would be wrestlerettes learn at the wrestling school but it is by far not enough to carry them through a match.

In order to execute the snap mare, the attacker grabs hold of the neck of her victim then twists around so that she is standing in front of her, facing away from her. She then drops to one knee and pulls her opponent’s neck forward, taking her over and flipping her onto the mat. The victim usually lands on her bottom, with her attacker’s arms still around her neck. The attacker then has the opportunity to take advantage of that fact and to turn the move into a sleeper or a surfboard. She may also opt to dropkick her victim in the back.

Possible escape: if a skilled opponent gets her hands around your neck and she’s really set on snap-maring you, you can’t really do anything about it. You’ll be on your butt before you realize what’s happening. The only way to escape the snap mare is not to allow your opponent to get a grip on you.

Rating: The snap mare is not a high amplitude move, nor is it one that’s supposed to knock a lot of fight out of a victim. If the attacker snap mares the victim several times in a row though, it can be very dizzying and it can take a lot of fight out of the girl.