Backbreaker Sunday

The dudes at Rock Hard Wrestling, No Rules Wrestling, Thunders Arena, and other internet based wrestlers make wrestling look like a bunch of fun and games, all for our entertainment.  But truth be told, like the above pictures show, sometimes wrestling can be hard, backbreaking work (ha ha, get it?  backbreaking?).  But then other times, as we see below, it's just pure unadulterated fun.

Backbreakers

 

Sometimes there's no need to say much about the wrestling photos I post to my blog.  The action caught on camera just speaks for itself.  Each and every one of these pictures is a study in awesomeness.  I love the OTK backbreaker.

No Samson Effect

Josh Steel showed up at Rock Hard Wrestling as the long haired blond surfer boy, so I didn't even recognize him at first in RHW's newest match where he appears sporting a hair cut.  This brought to mind the story of Samson from the Bible and how he lost his strength once his hair was cut.  Such a tragedy did not befall Josh Steel.  According to the write up for his new match against Ethan Andrews, Steel has bulked up with thirty pounds of added muscle.  And the match preview shows him having no trouble demonstrating his power by lifting and tossing around Andrews in the ring.  I'm not sure who ultimately wins the match, but the shorter hair adds up to added strength for our buddy Josh Steel.

Life of Brian

I want to revisit the theme of my recent post about the tag team match at Rock Hard Wrestling featuring Brian Baker and others.  The gist of my last post was that Baker may be a jock, but that doesn't make him a wrestler.  He really seemed out of place in the ring while he got owned by Brodie Fisher and Alex Waters.  The whole match is a fun one to watch, and there's one part in particular I liked.  Brodie Fisher (I think) scooped up the much larger Baker and parades him around the ring.  Baker's tag team partner is Josh Steel, who has a wrestling background according to his bio at RHW.  He just looks on and taunts Brodie, and the two of them exchange barbs (Alex in the background joins in, too).  All the while, Baker has this "what the fuck am I doing here" look on his face as he awaits the inevitable bodyslam.

The Boys of Winter

This week on ESPN I saw something about spring training starting up and how the baseball season and the "boys of summer" are just around the corner.  It reminded me of back in high school when during wrestling season we liked to call ourselves "The Boys of Winter" (the guys on the hockey team probably had a difference of opinion).  It still being February, it's much too soon to be thinking baseball, so this is a tribute to boys who like to wrestle, and in particular the dudes at Rock Hard Wrestling.  There's no stupid drama here, no glitzy outfits or fancy light shows.  It's just a bunch of athletic dudes who don't mind dishing out some pain (or even receiving it) in that great competition that is wrestling to prove who the better stud is.