Meant to wear the victim down, the Splash, also known as the Big Splash is a high impact wrestling move used quite frequently in professional ladies’ matches. The victim is lying face down or face up on the mat. The attacker throws herself upon her with all her weight, knocking the air out of her thus setting her up for a subsequent move, throw, submission hold or pin.  The attacker can execute the splash standing next to her victim on the ring floor or from one of the ring ropes. In order that the move shouldn’t backfire, the attacker needs to make sure her opponent is numb enough not to roll out of the way or pull her knees up.

Jumping onto the victim from the top rope carries huge risks for the attacker but huge potential rewards as well.

If the victim rolls away the attacker will hurt herself hitting the floor, and if she pulls her knees to her stomach the attacker will get hurt even worse.

As any high impact wrestling move, the Splash is definitely not something to be used in fun wrestling matches.

Possible escape:  rolling aside or pulling her knees up will not only get the defender out of trouble, it’ll make the Splash backfire and give her an advantage. A Splash is probably the easiest wrestling move to escape from.

Rating: if carried through successfully, a Splash is an extremely efficient wrestling move, therefore it is used quite often despite the varying success-rates.