Pillow Fight

Right before my computer crashed last summer, I was getting ready to blog about a match from Underground Wrestler featuring Cena (aka Tanner Hill) and Kasee.  Luckily I still had the video saved on a thumbdrive and didn't lose it, so although it's now several months late, here are some scenes from "Gym Buddys".  This is less of a wrestling match than (what I like to call) a wrestling scenario.  There's no ring or mats or the usual set up for an official wrestling match.  Instead, the scene we have is a hotel room being shared by Cena and Kasee.  The two had been at the gym, but Kasee left early taking the car, forcing Cena to walk back to the hotel alone.  Cena of course is mad at Kasee when he gets back to the room, and the inevitable wrestling starts as Cena decides to punish Kasee for leaving him behind.  I like these little scenarios.  They don't need much detail or set-up to create, but they are a good way to add a little twist to your typical match up, making the wrestling a little more entertaining.  And in this case, we get to see two muscleboys wrestling on beds.  It doesn't get much more entertaining than that! 

I also like this match because it brings back some memories.  If you've ever been on a middle school or high school sports team (especially a wrestling team), you have probably found yourself in a hotel room with your teammates, and horseplay inevitably breaks out.  It's a natural way to let off steam and promote buddy bonding.  Now, if I only had Cena and Kasee for teammates when I was younger . . .

Cena is king of the pillow fight!

For additional match commentary, check out Joe's blogpost at Ringside.

Spartan Warrior

I'm sure you all know that Marco from Thunders Arena started his own wrestling production company called Underground Wrestler.  I'm just getting around to checking it out.  I know, bad on me for taking so long.  But I think I picked a good time to see what UW has to offer.  A recent addition to its roster is one of my favorite wrestlers, Tanner Hill (who goes by the name Cena at UW).  Tanner made a name for himself at Rock Hard Wrestling at 88 Wrestling, and I'm stoked to see him expanding his portfolio by wrestling for Marco's company.  Recently released is a match called War of Empires featuring Tanner/Cena against Kasee, another dude I like to see wrestle.  It starts with both guys in costume, ready to do battle.  I like the costume idea.  A big feature of pro-style wrestling is role playing, so I like how this match tips its hat to that concept.  Have one wrestler dress up like a Spartan Warrior?  I like!  Have that Spartan Warrior be Tanner Hill?  I really really like!

The role-playing and costumes really don't overpower this match.  Instead, it just adds a little extra flavor to it.  Kasee is dressed in an emperor's robe, and after a few moments of playful sword fighting, the robe gets ripped off.  Tanner mocks Kasee for wearing a dress while Kasee whines about losing his favorite robe.  After that it's all wrestling.  But while Kasee looks like any other wrestler at this point, Tanner remains in his Spartan warrior outfit.  Wow.  As I said above, I like.  And I think Tanner likes it, too.  It seems to give him just a little bit of extra swagger (as if he needs any).  Tanner goes Spartan warrior all over Kasee's ass in this match.  Of course, I've learned that you never count Kasee out, but this match is like many of his others where Kasee almost seems to offer his body up to his opponent.  You know, I think Kasee likes Tanner in his Spartan warrior costume, too, especially late in the match when the Spartan scoops him up and delivers a glorious OTK backbreaker.  Well, to be honest, I can't be sure Kasee actually enjoyed it, but I sure loved it.  Wow.

Tanner Hill in a wrestling match dressed as a Spartan warrior . . . I hate to say it out loud, but this is the stuff of fantasies.  And to help out your own personal fantsies, here are some more pics of our favorite Spartan wrestler:

That's right, Tanner.  Flex those big biceps of yours like the Spartan muscleboy you are!

Lucky for us, it being Backbreaker Monday, Tanner is happy to oblige us by showing how a bad-ass Greek warrior gets it done:

Over the knee backbreaker . . . Spartan-style!

For more pics and commentary, be sure to visit Joe at Ringside.

Kasee Likes It

I'm still trying to figure out Kasee of Thunders Arena.  To borrow a phrase from my grandfather, Kasee is a real piece of work.  He was all kinds of goofy and playfulness in his matches against Scrappy.  I thought maybe it was just a thing Kasee had for Scrappy, but here we see him at it again in his Vegas Battles 59 match against Jake.  The blond bodybuilder Jake has got a good twenty pounds of extra muscle to lord over Kasee, and Kasee doesn't seem to mind letting Jake do so.  As the match begins, muscleboy Jake already has Kasee ready for an overhead press.  We're not sure how we got to this point, but Jake seems to be punishing Kasee for something he's already done.  Kasee keeps saying he's sorry for whatever it was, but Jake is not moved by the apologies.  He just wants to dish out punish and make Kasee pay for whatever it was he did.  And for most of the match, Kasee really doesn't seem to mind being Jake's whipping boy.  At one point, Jake taunts Kasee and says, "I think you like it."  That's when it hit me.  Kasee likes it.  When Jake holds him over his heaad, Kasee likes it.  When Jake gets him in a fireman's carry, Kasee likes it.  When Jake crushes his head between his massive thighs, Kasee likes it.  So, that's really all we need to know about Kasee when he's being punished on the wrestling mat.  He just likes it.

You know, I think Jake likes it, too.

No Mercy

There's a match at Thunders Arena from earlier this year featuring Scrappy and Kasee.  I've been sitting on it for a while trying to figure out just what to say about it.  It's Kasee, really, that I'm struggling with.  I mean, what's up with Kasee?  I can't quite figure him out.  This isn't the first match from TA between these two wrestlers.  I blogged about the other one, talking mostly about how Kasee treated the match as just fun and games.  In that first match, it looked like Scrappy really didn't know how to react to Kasee.  The touching, the flirting, the goofy grins . . . Scrappy seemed to be caught off guard by it, and in the end he paid for it.  Here in their second match up, it looks like Kasee wants to pick up where he left off, but this time Scrappy is prepared.  Kasee maybe wants to play mind games and put Scrappy on his heels by wearing the skimpiest of wrestling gear, but our little blond muscleboy won't fall victim to Kasee's shenanigans in this match.  He shows no mercy.  Kasee never stands a chance against Scrappy who is in total beast mode.  The repeated over-the-knee backbreakers is enough to sell me on this match, but there's so much more to love about it, especially if you enjoy a wrestling match where one young jacked muscle dude totally squashes another.  Scrappy usually doesn't get to be the heel at Thunders Arena, but he gets to showcase his heel persona in this match.  I like it.

This may be Thunders Arena, but Scrappy is all Muscleboy.

For more photos and commentary about this match, check out Joe at Ringside.

Play Time

Thunders Arena released some special matches for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, one of them being a match between Scrappy and Kasee.  I've watched Scrappy wrestle many times, but this is my first look at Kasee.  And boy, am I a big fan!  At 5' 9" and 170 pounds, Kasee has the looks I like in a wrestler with his muscular, aesthetic physique.  He's even wearing the type of trunks I like to see on wrestlers.  Because TA generally features big bodybuilders, I fear Kasee is destined to be a smaller dude who gets thrown around a lot by the bigger guys.  That's a problem Scrappy has at TA, too, so it's nice to see the two of them featured together in this match.

I have to admit, this is kind of a strange match, but I really enjoyed it, and Kasee in particular.  The best word that describes him is "playful."  It's like he doesn't see this as a serious wrestling match, but instead it's just an opportunity to have some fun.  He sees Scrappy's body as something to play with.  His own body is something for Scrappy to play with.  The wrestling is play time instead of a contest.  I love how Kasee is always grinning, like when he checks out Scrappy's thighs.  Scrappy claws his pecs, and Kasee grins.  Trapped in Scrappy's bearhug?  No problem!  It's just fun and games for Kasee.

Scrappy seems only to tolerate Kasee's playfulness to a point.  TA bills this match as muscle worship, and you see a good bit of it, mostly with Kasee trying to play with Scrappy's muscles.  Scrappy will let the playful Kasee do his thing for a few moments, but then Scrappy tries to get this back to a wrestling match.  Yet even when Scrappy breaks Kasee's back over the knee, or when Scrappy gorilla presses him (and it's impressive how he does so), Kasee just takes it all in with a grin like you see on the face of a kid in the sandbox on the playground.

The wrestling action for much of the match has Scrappy controlling Kasee, but Kasee eventually decides to make some moves of his own.  But even then, it's still all a game, like when he playfully gets Scrappy in an over the shoulder carry, or when he catches Scrappy in a sleeper.  The innocent, happy grin rarely leaves Kasee's face.  Wrestling in it's most primal form is just a game, something to be enjoyed, which Kasee understands.  That's why I like Kasee and look forward to seeing much more of him at TA.

Now there's a wrestler who knows it's all about the fun!