Full Nelson

If you are a fan of the full nelson (and who isn't), then this match is for you.  Underground Wrestler  produced a match between Cena (aka Tanner Hill) and Blayne feeaturing the full nelson.  As Blayne confidently climbs into the ring, he boasts to Cena, "I'm going to full nelson the fuck out of you!"  Well, Blayne clamps on the first full nelson when the match begins, but it doesn't take long for Cena to power out of it.  Thereafter, Cena makes Blayne regret even mentioning the full nelson in the first place.

Over the remaining course of the match, Cena subjects Blayne to multiple full nelsons, and Blayne tries in vain to break free time and time again.  And after he realizes Cena is just too strong for him, Blayne begs Cena not to do it anymore.  But of course, as any wrestler can tell you, when your opponent begs you to stop doing something, you just want to punish him more.  So, if you like seeing Cena being the badboy (and who doesn't), or if you like seeing Blayne made to suffer (and who doesn't), then this match is for you.

Although this video is all about the full nelson, Cena's a total badass and knows that the bodyslam is where it's at, especially when he wants to be featured in this blog.  He can't help but give Blayne a little extra pain and punishment before the match is over with.

And speaking about Underground Wrestler, they've been a little quiet lately.  Anyone know what's up with Marco and his crew?

The New Boy Toy

Back in the earlier days of Thunders Arena, there was always one wrestler who was what I called the "Boy Toy" -- a smaller wrestler who often was no more than just a play thing for the bigger muscle studs at TA.  The Boy Toy often found himself high in the air, pressed overhead by the many powerful bodybuilders on the TA roster.  Older examples of the Boy Toy included Tak and Angel.  But I thought TA had moved beyond this gimic, and the Boy Toy character was no more.  Well, the other day while looking through some of my favorite photos from TA, I had a "holy crap!" moment.  It hit me that Blayne is the new Boy Toy!  How could I have missed this?  Blayne is no newcomer at Thunders Arena, and he's been gorilla pressed by some of TA's finest.  I am a professionally trained blogger, so I need to start paying better attention to these kind of things!

Fright Night

It's Halloween, and Thunders Arena was nice enough to give me a look at their Halloween Havoc series.  This year it features four matches.  The first one I checked out has Blayne against a Mystery Man.  The two begin wrestling wearing colorful carnival style maskes.  You'd think that would not be scary at all, but you'd be wrong.  Or at least for me.  I was surprised to find the masks kind of creepy, but in a good way, you know.  The kind of creepy you want to have for Halloween.

Then I moved on to another match that features our All-American Eagle being ambushed by a guy wearing a Ghostface mask (from the Scream movies).  Holy shit!  Those movies really scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, and even today seeing Eagle getting attacked by Ghostface has the potential to give me nightmares tonight.  As much as I hate to admit it, I have always been a wuss when it comes to horror movies.  Luckily, in this match Eagle eventually removes the mask to reveal his good buddy Cason.  The video then progresses into a good old fashioned wrestling match between two muscleboys in the pool at night.  That's guaranteed to give just about any guy sweet dreams at bed time.

There are two more matches that are part of this year's Halloween Havoc, but I did not have time to review them.  But you can check all four matches out at the TA website.

Text Book Wrestling

I gotta say I like this new guy Cason at Thunders Arena.  Here are some more pics from his match against Blayne.  One of my favorite wrestling moves is the over-the-knee backbreaker, and Cason is kind enough to demonstrate it for us here.  There's really nothing complicated about the move.  You just scoop your opponent up into the air, then you drop him over your knee for the backbreaker.  Simple, yet effective, and when done right like Cason does here, it's fucking beautiful!  The fourth picture above shows it best with Cason in full flex, the sweat glistening on his body, while the hapless Blayne is sprawled across his knee, his body nothing more than a human sacrifice to the muscle god that is Cason.  This proves that when done right, wrestling truly is art.

The otk backbreaker is a great move to force your opponent to submit and reveal himself to be the bitch that he is.  Now, ever so often you get a guy who is stubborn and won't coorperate, but Cason shows us how to deal with a dude like that.  Just a little grab in that special place, and it won't be much longer before your opponent is begging for mercy.

And when all is said and done, your opponent is nothing more than a quivering mass of flesh on the mat while you stand above him, flexing and reveling in your alpha male status.  Thanks Cason!  And don't stop flexing like the muscleboy that you are!

Cason

For the past few months I haven't had the opportunity to follow Thunders Arena very much, but this week after receiving an email from TA about recent matches, I went back to their website.  And I'm glad I did.  A recent addition to the TA roster is a bodybuilder named Cason.  At 6' 1" and 235 pounds, this strapping 20 year old kid is all muscleboy.  Very much intrigued, I decided to check out Cason's match against Blayne.  Wow.  It features probably the best crotchlift for a lift and carry that I have ever seen in a TA match.  It's the beautiful bodies involved that help make this such a spectacular scene, but it's how long Cason carries Blayne and how Blayne begs as he is carried around the room that puts it over the top.  To be fair, this 19 minute match does not feature a whole lot of wrestling action, but the action it does show is f-ing awesome!  And the time in between the action mostly features Cason flexing, which is also f-ing awesome!

I had an itch when I watched this match, and seeing muscleboy Cason put Blayne in some dominating holds totally satisfied that itch.  By the end, this is how I felt:

If Mr. Mike is reading this post, here's my suggestion for TA for 2018:  more of Cason doing more of this to more wrestlers.  Thanks!

Eagle Uncaged

I was glad when Thunders Arena began filming matches in a real wrestling ring.  Being in a ring opens up possibilities for the wrestlers to try more high flying and pro-style moves that they can't really do on the small wrestling mat where most of TA's matches are filmed.  And some wrestlers in particular I REALLY want to see go pro-style, with Eagle being one of them.  Lucky for us, TA gives Eagle some ring time, including in a recent match where he goes head to head (hand to hand?) with Blayne.  He does not disappoint.  Over a year ago when Eagle made his debut at Thunders Arena, I hoped we would get to see this muscle stud gorilla press other dudes, and we get our wish granted in this match.  Eagle also delivers other awesome wrestling moves and holds, too.  I would make a comment about a soaring Eagle, but in this match it looks like Blayne is the one who gets the most air time. But to be fair here, Blayne is no pushover.  He's got some great wrestling moves and techniques himself.  Both Eagle and Blayne perform really well in the ring.  All in all, it's a fun match to watch (if only the camera man could learn how to film around the ropes . . . a hazard of staging matches in a ring, I guess).

This is one certified Grade A muscleboy here!  You can see more match photos and excellent commentary from Joe at Ringside and Alex in the Cave.

Shoulder Day

Today was shoulder day at the gym, so I got to work with my new instructional weight lifting video from Thunders Arena.  Now I'm sore as fuck but can't complain about the results I'm seeing.  I'm getting swoll, dudes.