College Wrestling

Don't lament the closing of college football season, because college wrestling is just getting into full swing. Here's a great scene from a college wrestling match to show what you have to look forward to. This stud wrestler from Rutgers gets some pretty nice air on his Army cadet with a great rear crotch lift. Be sure to support your local college wrestling team this year if you got one. You may not see some pro-style bodyslams, but you will see some bodies get slammed.

For the Fans

I love this action shot, and not just because of the sick crotch hold that the one wrestler has on the dude in yellow (and note how he's grabbing his butt, like all good wrestlers should do). As you can see, this is going to be an extreme bodyslam as the alpha wrestler is jumping off a platform to slam his hapless victim onto the concrete floor. Wrestling in Japan can be fun to watch because wrestlers there will do some pretty crazy shit. It's amazing the risk they put their bodies in, and they do it all for the enjoyment of the fans.

Renaissance Man

In college I took a class in art history, and we of course covered the Renaissance in some detail. One day, the professor was going on about the idealized artistic male body of Renaissance art. Michelangelo in particular used highly muscular male models, and for him the muscled body of a man personified beauty and perfection. The professor noted that Renaissance art had rediscovered classical Greek art which celebrated very muscular, very athletic, and essentially perfect looking male bodies. As class was concluding, the professor lamented, almost to himself, that modern art was lacking in its appreciation of the muscular, athletic male body. This elicited a considerable amount of snickering among my classmates. But in my mind, I immediately thought of wrestling as a celebration of just these same traits. Here are some pictures from a NRW match moments after Dave Calbrese crotch lifts fellow lanky wrestler Flash. Unfortunately the quality of the photos is not as good as I would like, but the muscular, athletic male body clearly is on display, from the bulging biceps, flat abs, trim waists, and particularly Calbrese's powerful thighs. The wrestler in action is a true work of art.

EDIT: This link shows that Dave Calbrese is someone Michelangelo would have been proud to work with.

Powerslam

In the past I have spoken about my admiration for Dave Calbrese, a wrestler at No Rules Wrestling. On a recent visit to the NRW website I was pleased to see that a few new matches featuring Calbrese. In one of the bouts he beats up on a scrawny opponent named Carlo. At one point Calbrese flattens the little dude with a pretty nice looking powerslam. Carlo learns a valuable lesson in what happens when you step into the ring with a muscle boy. I know I've over used this term of late, but Dave Calbrese is awesome.

Awesome Bodyslam

This is an awesome picture of a bodyslam. It comes from an awesome match at Rock Hard Wrestling between Austin Cooper and Lucas Payne. If you like to bodyslam guys, this is the best part of the slam. You got your victim up high. His body is parallel to the floor. Your arm is deep through his legs for an awesome crotch hold (and when your opponent has got muscled thighs, getting your arm in for a good crotch hold is even doubly awesome). You grab a handful of muscled butt. Your own muscles are working hard to hoist this dude up like that, so your awesome ripped body is on display. To play up the drama, you walk the dude around for all to see, and because you know you are the alpha stud, you say to yourself, "This is fucking awesome!" Now, if you're a guy who likes to be scooped up for a slam, this is the best part of it for you, too. Some awesome muscle stud has got you high up in the air. You can barely contain your excitement at the awesome crotch hold he has, especially as he squeezes your ass. To play up the drama, you put on an anguished look, and you move your arms and legs about in a useless fashion. But all along, you think to yourself, "This is fucking awesome!" (Please feel free to comment on anything else you think is "awesome" about this pic.)

Bodyslammed

It was the championship match at the underground beach wrestling tournament. Yoshi knew he had something to prove. Ivan the Russian had been talking smack beforehand, telling everyone how he was going to take apart his little Asian opponent. But after the match started, Ivan found himself surprised at Yoshi’s technique and agility. This was going to be tougher than he had expected. The action was back and forth with neither wrestler gaining an advantage. Then, about six minutes into the match, Yoshi saw the opening he was looking for, one that would bring this match to a decisive end. He got his arm in through Ivan’s crotch and lifted the Russian high off the ground. Yoshi held Ivan up for about five seconds, and the Russian found himself breathless at this unexpected display of power by his Japanese opponent. Then Yoshi brought his opponent down for a backbreaker, and Ivan’s back cracked against Yoshi’s knee. Extreme pain racked Ivan’s body. Yoshi shouted out with the spirit of the samurai as he crotch lifted Ivan back up high, then he brought his opponent down once more for another painful backbreaker. With one more gargantuan yell, Yoshi crotchlifted Ivan up high, carried him around for a few seconds for all to see, then bodyslammed the Russian down so hard that his body made a deep impression in the sand. The last thing Ivan saw before he passed out was Yoshi dancing around his broken body in a victory celebration.

The Dominator

I decided to see what our friends over at Thunders Arena are up to, and I came across a new match that had been posted of Dominic vs. Sirus. Dominic is one of those all American muscle boys who I like to see wrestle and dominate. Even though Sirus has got a few inches on him, Dominic packs on the muscle, and it appears he has little trouble dominating his opponent in this match. Here Dominic has got Sirus in a pretty impressive looking overhead press. I'm not sure I want to read too much into those shiney gold briefs Sirus is wearing, but it looks like he's getting a kick out of being manhandled like this. I gotta admit, I wouldn't mind wrestling Dominic and finding myself in this position.

Robert Anthony

Robert Anthony is a wrestler who has appeared in several matches with Cyberfights. What interests me about him is his size. At 6'3" he's tall and lanky and someone you'd expect to find on a basketball court. It brings to mind the kind of rivalry back in high school between the wrestlers and the basketball players. Real men wrestle, you know? Robert Anthony looks like a basketball player, but he chose wrestling, so props to him. And I've always enjoyed seeing a tall dude bodyslam someone. It may just be a few extra inches in height, but it just seems to magnify the domination of the poor dork being slammed.

Backyard Wrestling

You know, as much as I love the bodyslam, it can be hard to find interesting things to blog about on a regular basis. This leads me often to search around other blogs for ideas, and one I like to visit is Ringside at Skull Island. On that blog the other day there was a link to OCWO backyard wrestling, which is well worth a visit. I checked a few matches out, and there's a lot of action. Bodies are flying all over the place. I was especially impressed at how well they choreographed each of their moves to land on a surprisingly small piece of wrestling mat. Forget WWE. All you need are a few of your buddies, a section of an old wrestling mat, and a backyard.