Alex Koslov

Bodyslams are my bread and butter in this blog (in case you had not noticed), but it's good to mix things up every once in a while and highlight something different.  The shoulder rack is another one of my favorite pro wrestling style moves.  Here we get Alex Koslov putting Davey Richards in a pretty good looking rack during a match at Ring of Honor (more match photos here).  Looks like Alex is using that left hand of his to deliver a little extra punishment to Davey.  You think he's still pissed at Davey Richards for giving him the finger a while back?

Davey Slamfest Concludes

I don't think I've done five posts in a row on one wrestler before, but here we go again with one last look at Davey Richards. While he has dished out a lot of bodyslamming punishment during his time in the ring, he also has been on the receiving end many times. But let's not worry about Davey Richards. He was an accomplished amateur wrestler before going into the pros. He's working towards his black belt in jiu jitsu. He is a trained paramedic and has trained to become a firefighter. This is one tough dude. And he's the current Ring of Honor champion. So, you can bodyslam him all you want, but he's likely gonna come back and kick your ass.

So, I guess this concludes the Davey Richards Slamfest. I hope you guys have enjoyed it. Don't fret, though, because new and exciting posts are just over the horizon. I won't tell you exactly what's in store for you, but I'll give you a hint: "bodyslam".

Davey Press

Davey Richards is 5' 8" and about 210 pounds. He's very well built, and I bet your average male would know better than to start something with him. You'd get your ass kicked. But the world of professional wrestling does not feature your average male. It's filled with huge, muscle bound guys. So the irony is that a stud like Davey Richards may often find himself on the smaller side of things in this arena of supermen. I guess that's why he gets gorilla pressed as much as he does. These opponents of his have to be real bad asses to be able to press someone like Davey Richards overhead. As much as I like these pictures, I would love to see Davey Richards gorilla pressing dudes overhead, so if you happen to come across one, please share.

Davey's Best

I want to keep the spotlight on wrestler Davey Richards. I've already alluded before to his two best physical attributes - his muscular arms and his powerful legs. You can get a good look at them in all the pictures above. These surely must be invaluable assets to him when he's wrestling. If you ever find yourself wrestling Davey Richards, you may not like it when he gets one of his meaty arms through your crotch and picks you up, but you'll be thankful for his tree trunk-like legs that provide pillars of strong support as he parades you around the ring (of course, that's small consolation before the brutal bodyslam that's sure to come). Just be sure not to let him get those thighs of his around you once you're on the mat, or you may end up crushed like Ibushi (R.I.P.).

Davey's Bad Ass Attitude

One great thing about Davey Richards is his intensity. I don't think I've seen a picture of him smiling. He's a competitor who just wants to kick your ass. Davey has attitude. You can see that in these action photos where he's giving the finger with the hand he's got through his opponent's crotch. Not only is Davey publicly dominating another dude with one of the more humiliating holds in wrestling, but he's flipping off the crowd at the same time. That's bad ass, and I love it. The third picture above comes from a Cyberfights match where Davey's got Alex Koslov up with a really nice crotchlift before a brutal slam. The last picture is from Davey's match against Japanese wrestler Kota Ibushi. In that match, Davey effectively used successive bodyslams to soften up Ibushi's bones and muscles. This made it easier for Davey to use his massive thighs to squeeze the life out of the beaten and bloodied Ibushi (R.I.P.), as we saw in yesterday's post.

Davey Richards

Davey Richards is a popular wrestler judging by the amount of face time he gets at blogspots like Ringside and Beefcake. Of course it's easy to see why. He's only 5' 8", but at 210 pounds, that means he packs on the muscle. But I don't need to point that out because it's obvious in these pictures. Davey's solid, muscular body is just built for wrestling. Those powerful, thick arms are impressive looking. If he gets one of those between your legs to scoop you up, you'll be feeling that for days. I don't know why it took me so long to feature this stud in a post.

Davey's strongest feature may be his thighs. You can't bodyslam someone with your thighs, but you can still do some damage with them. We see this below when Davey used his thighs in a match a few years ago to crush the life out of Japanese wrestler Ibushi (R.I.P.).

Gorilla Press

The ultimate of bodyslams has to be the gorilla press (aka military press and overhead press). The strength, the power, the complete domination when a muscleman wrestler hoists his opponent fully over his head. It's an impressive sight. It's one of the best gifts pro wrestling has given to the wrestling world.