Big Bad Bruce

The other day I received an email from Bruce Ballard of Rock Hard Wrestling, and he threatened to kick my ass if I didn't do more posts about him.  I thought, what a prima donna!  How many posts does this dude need?  Then going over my blog, I realized I've only featured Bruce once.  So, I have to agree with him.  I really do need my ass kicked!  That made me go back through my library of matches to see what I had on the big guy, and I came across a beauty featuring Bruce wrestling fellow RHW alpha stud Alex Waters.  This match has been out for a while.  Why did it take me so long to do a post about it?  Alex has long been a superstar at RHW, and he even earned the highly coveted Wrestler of the Year honors from my blog (Bruce also bitched me out about that, but that's another story).  At 5' 8" and 165 pounds, blond hair and blue eyes, Alex is the golden boy of RHW.  But he's got his hands full with Big Bruce in this match.  At 5' 11" and 190 pounds, Bruce has a definite size advantage here, which he uses to his benefit in the ring.  As the golden boy is being tossed about, Alex repeatedly complains that Bruce is at least two weight classes bigger than he is.  As if that matters in professional wrestling . . .

But don't count Alex out.  Bruce may be larger in size, but Alex has the bigger ego.  Of course, that's not always such a good thing, especially when Alex mouths off and ridicules Bruce for having "thunder thighs."  Bruce respond by calling down the thunder on Alex:

You can actually see the precise moment when the last bit of breath escapes Alex's body.  For more match photos and much better commentary than I can provide, be sure to check out Alex Miller in the Cave.

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!

Alex and Matt

I began the year with a tribute to Alex Waters in naming him Wrestler of the Year, so what better way to bring 2015 to a close than with another tribute to this wrestling stud?  About a year ago the cocky frat boy faced off in the ring against Matt Engel, the young aspiring bodybuilder.  Well, I don't know how well Matt's bodybuilding career is going, but hopefully it's better than his wrestling career.  This was his last match at Rock Hard Wrestling.  The young dude does have some good muscle on him, but from the first pic, I'd say that Alex boasts the more mature, masculine physique.  And the rest of these photos suggest that Alex is the more masculine and mature wrestler in the ring.

Alex Waters was a great pick for the Wrestler of the Year award, but time marches on and a new Wrestler of the Year will soon be named.  Who it will be is anyone's guess at the moment, but all ballots have been submitted and the accounting firm of Ernst & Young is tabulating the vote.  In just a few days we will have our answer, but until then, let's end 2015 like we began it with a spectacular muscleboy flex by Alex Waters.

Happy New Years and see you in 2016!

Alex and Jake

You may recall at the beginning of the year that I announced Alex Waters had won the coveted Wrestler of the Year award.  The funny thing is, despite being a big fan of his, I really haven't featured Alex much in my blog.  Maybe this post will make up for it.  A couple of years ago Rock Hard Wrestling released a match with Alex wrestling Jake Jenkins.  Jake made a name for himself at RHW during the earlier seasons, while Alex has made an impact in later ones.  This promised to be a match of superstars, and I was not disappointed at all.  Don't let these "pretty boys" fool you.  They are also tough wrestlers through and through.  One thing I noticed is that there must be a mirror just outside the ring, because a few times Jake and Alex get distracted by their own reflections (kind of like parakeets).  I guess the "pretty boy" overcomes the "wrestler" in them at times.  Another thing I noticed is how Jake sweats (he says he looks good all sweaty as he admires himself in the mirror).  My experience in wrestling and martial arts has taught me that there are just some guys who really sweat while competing (hey, I'm on of them).  If the sweat is any indication, Jake really gets in a good workout here.  But anyway, since this post is supposed to be about Alex, here are some good action pics of him.  Alex really seemed to enjoy tossing and slamming Jake about the ring, so you know this is a match I really liked watching.  Now remember, Alex is a certified muscle boy, so that's why he gets to flex like this:

Backbreaker Monday

It's Monday.  The first day of the work week. Seems like a good day to have a tribute to the backbreaker because a job can be backbreaking work, amiright fellas?  Too bad we all can't be pro wrestlers.  I know these dudes put in a lot of hard work, but in the ring they make it look like too much fun for it to be just a job.  Have a good week, guys, and keep up the good work!

Still King of the Ring

Although Alex Waters was named Wrestler of the Year in my last post, don't think he had an easy time of it during his Rock Hard Wrestling match against Austin Cooper.  On the contrary, Cooper gets in a lot of good shots against the cocky fratboy, including some spectacular looking bodyslams.  In the end, Cooper can still claim he's king of the ring.  You know, I don't get that look of anguish on Alex's face in the third picture.  He's not enjoying that ride nearly as much as I would.  Maybe he's too worried about how the ride is going to end.

Wrestler of the Year 2014

 

  

With the new year, it's time to honor the underground wrestler most deserving of recognition from last year.  And the winner of the Wrestler of the Year award for 2014 is cocky fratboy Alex Waters from Rock Hard Wrestling.  As I make this award, I am surprised that Alex has been featured in so few posts in my blog over the years.  He really puts on a good show in the ring.  Maybe 2015 will find more of Alex Waters in my blog.  In the mean time, enjoy these pics of Alex dishing out some back punishment on former WOTY Austin Cooper.  The king is dead.  Long live the king!

Wonder Twins

 

I hope you don't mind if I talk some more about the tag team wrestling match at Rock Hard Wrestling featuring the Wonder Twins Alex Waters and Brodie Fisher against Josh Steel and Brian Baker.  I call Waters and Fisher the Wonder Twins because they look so much alike to me.  And like twins, they wear matching wrestling singlets in this match.  Very nice.  I like this match a lot.  It's a fun one to watch.  The numerous lifts, carries, and slams that the Wonder Twins execute during the match provide a nice quality to the action.  Brodie Fisher does most of the heavy lifting, especially by bodyslamming the much larger Brian Baker on more than one occasion.  Fisher also gets a good OTK backbreaker on Josh Steel.  Early in the match you can tell Alex Waters wants to mimic Fisher's feats of strength by dishing out similar punishment, but he appears unsure of himself and switches to different moves.  But eventually Waters gets Josh Steel in a good crotchlift, parades him around the ring, and delivers a very respectable powerslam (is there ever a powerslam that isn't respectable?).  In the end, the Wonder Twins earned the right to flex their muscles over their defeated opponents.  All in all, it is a great match, and it has created some buzz in wrestling blogsphere.  To read more about it, check out Joe's Ringside blog, and there's also a write up at the Neverland blog.  You can see the entire match at RHW.

The Wrestler Factory

Recently I was taking a look at the preview video for a match at Rock Hard Wrestling featuring Brodie Fisher (top photo) and Alex Waters (second photo).  In general there are a lot of similarities among the wrestlers at RHW because most fall into the college jock category, and I think this is especially the case for Brodie Fisher and Alex Waters, who have a striking similarity to each other.  It makes me wonder if there's a factory somewhere in China that churns out these wrestlers for RHW.  Seriously, can you tell these two dudes apart?