What's In A Name?

In the world of wrestling, it's always hard to find out that you're not the best.  There are always other dudes out there who are bigger and stronger.  Cena (aka Tanner Hill) is one of my favorite wrestlers.  I hate to see him lose, but during a match at Underground Wrestler, he runs into someone bigger and stronger in the form of Brian Cage.  A bodybuilder and experienced professional wrestler, at 260 pounds of solid muscle Cage is a formidable opponent for anyone.  Our poor golden boy Cena doesn't stand a chance.  Things get off to a bad start when Cage learns Cena's name.  "You mean like John Cena?  That's awful!"  Then Cena makes the mistake of questioning how strong Cage really is.  Talk about a dumb blond moment.  For the rest of the match, Cena finds out just how strong his opponent really is, and our favorite blond wrestler becomes little more than a play thing for big, bad Brian Cage.  Oh, well.  You can't win them all.  Let's hope for his next bout, Cena/Tanner finds himself matched up with a guy closer to his size.

Cena takes his beating like a man!

Full Nelson

If you are a fan of the full nelson (and who isn't), then this match is for you.  Underground Wrestler  produced a match between Cena (aka Tanner Hill) and Blayne feeaturing the full nelson.  As Blayne confidently climbs into the ring, he boasts to Cena, "I'm going to full nelson the fuck out of you!"  Well, Blayne clamps on the first full nelson when the match begins, but it doesn't take long for Cena to power out of it.  Thereafter, Cena makes Blayne regret even mentioning the full nelson in the first place.

Over the remaining course of the match, Cena subjects Blayne to multiple full nelsons, and Blayne tries in vain to break free time and time again.  And after he realizes Cena is just too strong for him, Blayne begs Cena not to do it anymore.  But of course, as any wrestler can tell you, when your opponent begs you to stop doing something, you just want to punish him more.  So, if you like seeing Cena being the badboy (and who doesn't), or if you like seeing Blayne made to suffer (and who doesn't), then this match is for you.

Although this video is all about the full nelson, Cena's a total badass and knows that the bodyslam is where it's at, especially when he wants to be featured in this blog.  He can't help but give Blayne a little extra pain and punishment before the match is over with.

And speaking about Underground Wrestler, they've been a little quiet lately.  Anyone know what's up with Marco and his crew?

A Pectacular Performance

I like it when guys make the rounds among different productions in the underground wrestling scene.  And I love it when one of those guys is Cena, who wrestles for Underground Wrestler as well as 88Wrestling (as Tanner Hill).  Another prolific wrestler is the Z-Man who appears at both Underground Wrestler and 88Wrestling (plus a whole lot of other places).  And it's interesting when the same guys meet up at different productions, which is what we see here between Cena and the Z-Man.  My last blog post features the two of them at 88Wrestling, and now we get them again in the ring for Underground Wrestler.  The set up for both matches is pretty similar by playing up on each wrestler's muscular bodies.  In their prior match both wrestlers flexed the hell out of their biceps to see who was the best in Flex City.  Now we get the two in a match at Underground Wrestler called Perfect Pecs where the two studs spar over who sports the best chest muscles.

In a match called Perfect Pecs, you expect to see a lot of attention given to that part of the body.  And here, it's Cena's chest that gets the most of it.  The Z-Man is quick to target Cena's powerful pecs, but Cena powers through the punishment before launching an attack of his own.  The Z-Man is left in a state of shock and awe as he's unable to best Cena in the battle of the pecs.  But this is not just a pecs bashing match.  We also get other good wrestling action, too, especially when Cena shows off some big boy wrestling moves by tossing the Z-Man about the ring.

In the end, Cena flexes his big boy muscles.  Spectacular pecs and all, Cena knows it's his biceps that bring in the money, so he can't pass up the opportunity to show them off to all his adoring fans.

So, in many respects, this match is very similar to the one at 88Wrestling.  But does that make this match any less entertaining  No fucking way!  It seems with every new appearance, Cena gets more muscular, more cocky, and more confident, leaving me wanting more.  Z-Man, buddy, you know I love ya.  But I can't get enough of seeing you suffer at the hands of this beautiful blond muscleboy!

Cena introduces the Z-Man to Backbreaker Monday!

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.