While sorting through my fan email this week, I came across one message asking me to name a favorite wrestler who has not yet been featured in my blog. Ha ha, just kidding! I never get any fan emails. But if someone ever did ask me this question, Brad Barnes would be a good answer. Sure, he's made appearances here and there in my blog, but I've never actually done a post to celebrate the wrestler. I like Brad Barnes, and there's a lot about him to celebrate. He's got good masculine features and a muscular physique, especially when he's in bodybuilder mode. You expect a wrestler at 5' 9" and 200 pounds to be a powerful dude, and in the ring Brad can deliver power. There are plenty of places to see him in action because Brad has made the rounds to several different wrestling websites, including BG East, Thunders Arena, Muscle Domination Wrestling, and recently he's been wrestling with Cameron Mathews' group at Wrestler 4 Hire. It looks like Brad serves as a jobber more often than not, but in some matches he shows a heel side. And even when he's a jobber, Brad still gets in several good alpha wrestling moves. Brad's got muscles, and he knows how to use them. I guess that's why I like him so much as a wrestler.
I certainly haven't come close to watching all of Brad's matches, but I have to admit that one of my favorite all time wrestling matches features Brad, and it's his match at Thunders Arena against Tak. The main reason this one is a favorite is because Brad delivers one of the best over the knee backbreakers I have seen. The whole sequence lasts almost two minutes and begins with Brad flat on his back on the mat. It's a testament to his strength and power that from a prone position he takes hold of Tak, scoops him into the air, brings him down across the knee for backbreakers, and ultimately ends with a bodyslam. It's hard to describe in words, but you can check the match out at Thunders Arena. If you do, you'll be treated to awesome scenes like this:
