Wrestling Schizophrenia

A funny thing about pro wrestlers is how they change their names and personas during various stages of their careers. I'll just take Alex Koslov as an example. His real name is Alex Sherman, born either in Los Angeles or Moldova (Internet says both). In addition to Alex Koslov, he's been known as Aleksandr Vladimirovich, Alex Pinchek, Carlos Sanchez (!), and currently Peter Orlov with Florida Championship Wrestling. I wonder if he even gets confused about who he is sometimes. The bodyslam pictures above come from Cyber Fights, where he wrestled under the name Alex Pinchek. I would love to find photos of all his different personalities doing a bodyslam.

Fade

Fade is a wrestler featured in several CyberFights matches. At six feet, he's perhaps of average height among a stable of tall wrestlers like Kurt Sterling and Robert Anthony. But on that six foot frame he packs on 220 pounds of muscle. This allows him to easily scoop up and slam many opponents. Fade's bodyslamming technique is notable. He gets his arm in square and deep through his opponent's crotch (the third photo shows this well). His muscles let him hoist his opponents up pretty high. And I like how he places his hand on his opponent's butt. There's really no better way to get to know your opponent in wrestling than the slide your arm through his crotch and squeeze his butt. When you hold him up off the ground like this, he's really in no position to complain about it.

Travis Lee

When I think of Travis Lee and wrestling, I think of the wrestler from Cornell who won a couple of NCAA championships a few years back. This guy here in the Cyber Fights match against Suicide Kid definitely isn't the same person. I haven't learned a whole lot about him, other than it looks like he and Suicide Kid had a rivalry going back in the early days of Cyber Fights. Other than some more Cyber Fights matches, it doesn't look like he's done much wrestling in the past ten years. Which is too bad. At 5'11" and a lean, muscular build, he cuts a pretty good figure in the ring, especially in those blue wrestling shorts. He showed great strength by tossing around Suicide Kid several times in this match. If anyone has an update on the whereabouts of Travis Lee or Suicide Kid these days, please share.

More Suicide Kid

My last few posts have featured squash jobs, but the match here is different. This is another old Cyber Fights match featuring Suicide Kid, and this time he wrestles Travis Lee. Although a good squash job can be entertaining, I like better those matches between muscle boys of roughly equal size. It gives the appearance of being a real wrestling match with two guys competing in the same weight class. This match gives us Suicide Kid and Travis Lee who are both heavily muscled and advertised at about 195 pounds. There's a lot of good give and take in this one with the action going back and forth before Suicide Kid takes the match by winning two out of three pin falls. And of course he gets in a few good bodyslams in the process.

The Butt

So, you lift up your buddy into the air, and you want to humiliate him just a bit before the bodyslam. What do you do with your hand in his crotch? Sometimes a guy will ball his hand into a fist, but most times you just place the palm of your hand on the other guy's butt. And don't be afraid to squeeze his butt while you walk him around in dominating fashion. Wrestling is not a sport for the squeamish. Show your victim who's boss.

Scotty Mac

Scotty Mac is an indy pro wrestler who appears a lot on Cyber Fights videos. Compared to other pro wrestlers, he looks kind of small in stature, but he's powerfully built and doesn't back down in a match. It's especially fun to watch him scoop up a much bigger opponent and bodyslam him hard onto the ground.