How to Do a Cheap Tilt in Wrestling

In wrestling, pinning an opponent is a way to end a match immediately, and therefore is the main goal of many competitors during matches. While most moves designed to turn an opponent over to their back have pinning as the end goal, the cheap tilt is designed to turn an opponent over to score back points, but not to get an opponent flat enough to score a pin.

Instructions

1. From the top position, break your opponent down to his stomach and grab one of his arms with both of your arms from underneath his body. This is known as a two on one, because you use two arms to control and overpower one arm.

2. Work the two on one backward so that your opponent's arm is underneath his own belly.

3. Switch your two on one grip so that one of your hands is grabbing his arm at the wrist, and the other is not grabbing, but acting as a bar in the crook of his elbow. Use the grip on his wrist to pull his arm hard across his body and your other arm to pressure back the other way so that the tension keeps the bar in tight to his elbow.

4. Place the knee on the side of your barring arm next to your opponent's hip, just a little bit above it. Then rock back and to the side, pulling him on top of that leg with the arm you have isolated. Keep your grip on his wrist and the bar in his elbow taut.

5. Let your opponent dangle with his back facing downward for 5 seconds or until the referee has stopped counting off seconds for back points. Then simply roll forward and you will be back in your two on one position with your opponent flat on his belly.

Tips & Warnings

• Utilizing cheap tilts can rack up points quickly. If you get 15 points or more ahead of your opponent, the match will end in a technical fall.

• After coming out of a tilt, don't immediately go back into one, as the referee might not count it as a new move. Instead, try to keep his arm pinned under him and work a different move for a little while, then go back and do another tilt.