Jobbers In Sleepers 4

Jobbers In Sleepers, the Thunder's Arena Edition!

All sleepers (in complete matches) available at www.thundersarena.com.

It's jobbers.  It's sleepers.  It's jobbers in sleepers.

Iceman vs. Joey Meatballs

Specimen vs. Vinny

Maximus vs. Z-Man

Knock-Out Christmas

Aw!  Just like an exciting Christmas present, Rock Hard Wrestling sent me an e-mail with a download code for Ethan Andrews vs. Zack Johnathan.  Why, thank you so much!

I think there's something here for everybody.  If you like hard-fought, back-and-forth matches, this one has plenty of give-and-take.  If, like me, you're a bigger fan of jobbers, and post-match humiliation, this has plenty of that too, towards the end.

But MY absolute favorite part of this match comes right between the give-and-take and the humiliation.  The knock-out piledriver!  The unconscious victim being unceremoniously hoisted up and dragged into position by the victor!  This is the true heart and soul of the match for me.  (In order to show my favorite parts, but still not give too much away, I've used cheap computer trickery on the images to make them look cartoony.  Besides, it makes it feel like an animated Christmas special.)

Happy holidays, everybody!

Happy Dog

You'll remember that my favorite part of Halloween Havoc 2010 was Big Sexy choking Z-Man with a chain?

Well, I've been informed that Halloween Havoc 2013b took that part and extended it: We have Z-Man vs. Red in the first Thunder's Arena dog collar match.

I know that this kind of gimmick isn't for everybody.  But this is definitely a good find for people like me, who like a little, you know, fantasy with their wrestling.  I mean, when you've got tombstones and jack-o-lanterns and axes and two ripped guys joined at the collar by a length of chain, you can pretty much kiss "old school" goodbye!

Chain Wrestling

In Halloween Havoc 2010 from Thunder's Arena, there is a point (as described in their online catalog) when Big Sexy "even walks Z-Man around the mat like a PET DOG!"

I'm just here to state, as a satisfied customer, that this part goes on for longer than I thought it would, and is much hotter than I thought it would be.  It's not just dog walking going on, there's some basic puppy training in there, too.

Now, this IS just one part of a much longer match.  But the rest of the match is pretty hot, too.

I love Halloween.

Still Time To Vote

During the presidential elections, I was getting REALLY fed up with all of the invasive phone calls I was receiving.  This year seemed worse than usual.  So I'm a little disappointed that for BG East's Fan Poll, nobody's been calling me at dinnertime, asking my opinions about bulges and abs and heels and jobbers.

It's an interesting poll, to be sure.  But in no way do I want to sway YOUR vote!  So I'm not going to tell you how I voted.  I'm just going to illustrate my blog with random pictures of random wrestlers.

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Now, write-ins may feel like you're throwing away your vote (I was too young to vote at the time, but my father DID vote for Ross Perot, incidentally), but I did write-in my vote for ONE category: Best Abs.

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And when it came to Best Bulge, ironically that one wasn't hard at all.  (I crack myself up.)

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As far as Top Heel is concerned (as discussed at Ringside at Skull Island), I knew that I would end up voting for a heel who was suave and handsome and vicious and comfortable and provided a steady stream of trash talk.

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Other categories dear to my heart (Best Squash, Top Jobber) were more difficult for me.  If I pick one jobber over another, then I'm taking sides, and the jobber I chose becomes a little LESS of a jobber, and the jobber I DIDN'T choose becomes a little bit MORE of a jobber, making me have to rethink my decision.

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I'm pretty sure nobody expects people to have seen EVERY release from 2012.  But surely familiarity with certain wrestlers, supplemented by being able to browse the BG East website to become more familiar with the rest, is enough to make one a qualified voter.  (I HAVE to believe that.)

So...yay!  Go vote!  And MAYBE, when it's all said and done, I'll share some of my own picks with you.

"Bamm, Bamm!"

Conan vs. Angel, Bodybuilder Battle 19

Today we take another look at Conan from Thunder's Arena.  Because my mind kind of works in cartoons, here is who I equated Conan with:

Bamm-Bamm Rubble (left) and Pebbles Flintstone

Bamm-Bamm Rubble.  The strength!  The blond hair!  The animal print, even!

Conan vs. Z-Man, Mat Wars 21

Of course, nothing is ever simple.  Complicating my shrewd deduction is a wrestler at Thunder's Arena who goes by the name of BamBam.

BamBam vs. Antonio, Mat Wars 26

Alright, he's cute, and he's got the animal print, even.  But to me, he may be BamBam, but only Conan is Bamm-Bamm Rubble.

Conan looks unimpressed; Conan vs. Angel, Bodybuilder Battle 19

Angel digs deep; Conan vs. Angel, Bodybuilder Battle 19

Conan...!  Conan vs. Angel, Bodybuilder Battle 19

Johnny teaches Bamm-Bamm a lesson; Conan vs. Johnny Bravo, Bodybuilder Battle 26

Bamm-Bamm hot doggin'