Seasons Beatings from the Z-Man

After my last post I received tons of comments criticizing me for suggesting that Zack Vazquez is getting too old to wrestle.  Ha ha, just kidding.  I didn't receive any comments, as usual.  But in case anyone thinks the Z-man is too old to provide us with quality wrestling entertainment, think again.  Here are some action pics from matches at Rock Hard Wrestling where he demolishes Kyle Carter and Logan Matthews.  A dude with biceps like the Z-man's still has a long career ahead of him in underground wrestling.

And by the way, the Z-man and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Out with the Old, In with the New

Recently Rock Hard Wrestling posted a match featuring the Z-man going up against a new guy named Chad Daniels who is touted as a college athlete.  Seems like Z-man has been breaking in a lot of the new guys lately at RHW, which makes sense because he's such an experienced wrestler.  And as I thought about it, I realized that Zack has been appearing in underground wrestling videos ever since I have been following them.  I don't want to say he's old, because he certainly doesn't look it, but it makes you wonder how much longer he can continue dishing out and receiving punishment in the wrestling ring against younger opponents.  Not long ago I was wrestling with a cousin who is on the high school wrestling team, and because I'm older, stronger, and more experienced, I stayed in control (well, most of the time, at least).  But the next day I was sore as hell.  This came as a shock because I think I'm too young to be getting old, but I guess that's the way it goes.  Anyway, I suspect Z-man was also feeling it the day after his match with the younger Chad, especially after being slammed a few times.

For more match pics and quality commentary (as always), check out Joe and Ringside.

Power of the Atom

 
In college I loved my physics classes.  I was fascinated by the power of the atom.  Something so tiny that it's measured in picometers (a trillionth of a meter), yet when split through nuclear fission it produces an exothermic reaction to release a large amount of energy.  Ha ha!  Just kidding.  I wasn't really a science geek in college.  I just got that stuff from Wikipedia.  But I am impressed with the power of Atom the wrestler at Thunders Arena.  I've posted before about how deceptively strong he is, and he's at it again with a nice looking gorilla press here of Angel.  I'm a fan of Angel, too, who's a scrapper who really knows how to put the hurt on bigger dudes.  With Thanksgiving just a few days away, I'm thankful to both Atom and Angel (as well as Thunders Arena) for all the entertainment they have provided us.

And I'm also thankful for having finally reached 100 followers.  Thanks guys!

The Champ

One of my favorite pro wrestlers is Austrian Mexxberg, in no small part because he loves to bodyslam and gorilla press his opponents in the ring (and sometimes out as the fourth pic shows).  What's not to like about that?  Mexx is active in at least two European federations, Varsity Pro Wrestling and New European Championship Wrestling.  He makes that VPW championship belt look pretty good.

CameronWrestler.com

As long as I am promoting wrestling websites, I want to feature Cameron Mathews' website today.  Recently Cameron has begun to produce his own wrestling matches and posting them for sale.  Many of the wrestlers will be familiar to you.  The pictures here come from a match Cameron recently made available between Marko and Maverick.  Maverick is none other than indy wrestler Tony Nese, and he suffers from a pretty good looking otk backbreaker here.  There's a lot more on the website than just these videos.  You can get information on how to request custom made matches, and Cameron also has details about "Pro vs. Joe" matches where you can challenge an underground wrestling star to a one-on-one match.  Stepping into a ring against someone like Brad Barnes sounds like a lot of fun . . . at least until he scoops you up and snaps your spine with an otk backbreaker . . .

Molto Lotta Italiana

If you check out Italian Muscle's website, you'll see a link to his wrestling videos.  These matches feature not just him, but several other of his buddies, too.  From the previews, it looks like they are mostly lift and carry videos.  Bearhug fans in particular should find them entertaining.  Our man at Italian Muscle sent me these screen shots to show there's some good bodyslam and backbreaker action, too.  The match between the two guys in the second and third pics really looks intriguing.  Their singlets may not be quite regulation, but I'd love to wrestle them.  I really need to start planning that trip to Italy . . .

Italian Muscle

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