Double Team

A time honored tradition in wrestling is the double team.  Get two dudes together to direct all their aggression against a third guy.  Usually the lone wrestler ends up taking a beating (although not always like we see here).  You can find several of these matchs at No Rules Wrestling, including one where alpha stud Tiki Pepper teams up with Matt Meadlock to take on Reggie.  Of course, with Tiki on one side of the double team, there's little doubt about where the beatdown is going to occur.  Tiki looks especially alpha in this match up since he's a lot bigger than Meadlock and Reggie.  You can easily imagine him taking on and demolishing Meadlock and Reggie on his own (see here if you don't want to imagine).  But Meadlock does a good job, too.  Despite his relatively small size, he does an impressive job of being an alpha wrestler in this match, punishing Reggie with bodyslams and other power moves.  Meadlock sets the pace and Tiki follows along.  And there's also plenty here for you bearhug fans to like, because both Tiki and Meadlock really do a good job of showing off some great alpha wrestling moves in this match.

Maybe I should start calling this the Bodyslam and Bearhug Fan blog.  Anyway, let's give a big hand to Tiki Pepper for taking the time to appear in my blog this month.  You're welcome back anytime, Tiki!

Ring Wrestling

New match from Thunders Arena!  Why is this one worth posting about?  Well, last year TA began producing some of their matches in a pro style wrestling ring.  Most TA matches are filmed on a small wrestling mat, and while the products TA has produced over the years are (in my opinion) top notch, there's something about wrestling in a ring that seems to open up so many more possibilities.  This is really true for someone like me who likes the lift and carry aspect of pro wrestling.  You get a lot more of that kind of action when you put two studs in a ring to battle it out.  So I'm glad TA has added ring wrestling to the kind of matches they produce.  And this new match in particular is worth a look at.  Brian Cage versus Dozer.  Holy fuck!  Talk about a celebration of male muscle.  All I know about the match is from what TA teases us with on its website, but Brian Cage's gorilla press is enough to show that this one is a masterpiece.  It would be nice to see Dozer return the favor, but even if he doesn't, this match is destined to become a TA classic.

PS - I'm not done with Tiki Pepper.  Stay tuned!

Tiki Pepper

Not long ago I had a post about Tiki Pepper at No Rules Wrestling tossing around a really little dude named Skeeter.  I think you guys enjoyed seeing this stud in action, so here you go with some more wrestling pictures.  Tiki had some matches against longtime NRW wrestler Matt Meadlock who probably offers a better match up than Skeeter since he comes in at 5'10" and 165 pounds.  But Tiki is a big dude at 210 pounds, so it still doesn't take much effort on his part to dominate Meadlock.  These photos come from a match called Slam School where, you guessed it, Tiki uses Meadlock as a wrestling dummy to practice his bodyslams.  One thing I like about NRW is how they sometimes produce a video that features a particular wrestling move over and over again.  It should come as no surprise that I like the bodyslam ones.  Tiki looks spectacular as he repeatedly lifts and slams Meadlock.  I wish I could offer my services to NRW and have Tiki practice on me.

The NRW website calls Tiki an "exotic" wrestler from the Carribean who has disappered but is welcome back.  This dude is truly alpha and I hope he reappears in the ring someday soon.  Like any good alpha wrestler, Tiki knows other power moves as well.  NRW says forget about it if Tiki slaps on a bearhug, so that must be his signature move.  Even in the Slam School video, Meadlock has to endure some awesome looking bearhugs.  Bodyslams and bearhugs.  It doesn't get much more alpha than that.

Super Bowl of Wrestling

It's Super Bowl Sunday, a day for a battle of champions!  The Super Bowl is a pretty big deal, but champions battle it out in other sports all the time.  Rock Hard Wrestling has created a series of matches called King of the Ring where champion caliber wrestlers meet in the squared circle.  About a year ago the second in the KOTR series featured Alex Waters against Dash Decker.  Alex Waters has a lot of ring experience with RHW, while at the time of the match Dash was a relative newcomer.  But Dash's size, power, and skill are not to be overlooked.  Both wrestlers fight hard and liberally use bodyslams and other high powered moves in the struggle to establish their Alpha dominance.

Can Alex's experience overcome Dash's strength and power?  Or is it time for a new king to ascend the throne at RHW?

UPDATE: And speaking of the Super Bowl, Thunders Arena is offering a free download today with $50 in purchases in honor of Super Bowl 50.  Check it out!

The Sport of Men

Younger wrestlers like to point out that boys play basketball but men wrestle.  That's all well and good in high school, but sometimes a wrestler can find himself to be just a boy among men.  That happens in a wrestling video at No Rules Wrestling when a little dude named Skeeter steps into the ring to face Tiki Pepper.  Before the action begins, Tiki warns Skeeter that this is a man's game, but Skeeter insists he's ready.  Of course, it doesn't take long for the much larger Tiki to take control.  The size disparity really becomes evident when Tiki picks Skeeter up for a bearhug.  The dude is huge.  Tiki is 6' 2" and 210 pounds, and in his arms the little 125 pound Skeeter looks like a child.  It's the classic big versus little wrestling match which I like to see now and then.  At one point, Tiki really wants to gorilla press Skeeter, but he's prevented from doing so by the low ceiling at the NRW studios.  That's too bad because I wanted to see it as much as Tiki wanted to do it, but the ease with which Tiki holds little Skeeter in the air is pretty impressive.

NRW put Skeeter and Tiki together in the ring in a couple of other videos, too.  Surely there has to be some violation of child labor laws in doing this, but I won't complain.

The wife beater and military fatigues in the first picture is a good look for Tiki as he carries Skeeter around the ring.  And he's impressive in another match when he effortlessly scoops Skeeter off the ground and hoists him high into the air.  There can be no dispute that Tiki Pepper is the true alpha wrestler in these match ups.

Summer Down Under

We are in the midst of winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, and some of us have had to put up with cold temperatures and a lot of snow.  So to help warm you up, enjoy these sizzling hot bodyslam action pics from Australia, where it's the middle of summer.  If these photos get you in the mood to travel Down Under to enjoy the warmer temps and the wrestling action, be careful.  They got some strange creatures down there, so if you make the trip be sure to prepare yourself in case you run into one of these: