Bearhug Me Tight

One of the more iconic holds in wrestling is the bearhug. If you haven't heard about it yet, there's a whole online community dedicated to the bearhug in professional wrestling. It's called Bearhugger.net and not only are there galleries, stories, links, uploads, and matches, there's also a huge Wrestling Personals database where you can meet other bearhug and wrestling aficionados from all over the world. Below are some of the bearhug images I've contributed since I became a member 13 years ago. 

Mr. Atlantis bearhugs Rob Rage

 

Mr. Atlantis bearhugs Rob Rage

Anthony Bravado bearhugs John Duginski

Anthony Bravado bearhugs John Duginski

Anthony Nese bearhugs Ricochet

Sylvain Grenier (right) gets bearhugged. 

Doug Basham bearhugs unidentified opponent.

Five Years Ago This Month : Beefcakes (Part 1)

So who were the beefcake wrestlers who were featured here back in January 2011? Here's who. Some of these wrestlers are still around, others have moved on. Which one is your favorite?

Aaron Eagle

Alex Koslov aka Peter Orlov

Alex Riley aka Kevin Kiley

Anthony Bravado

Brett Barnes aka Brett Idol

Brandon T aka TNA Impact's Bram

Johnny Curtis aka WWE's Fandango

Hector Garza

Jackson Andrews

JD Maverick

John Walters

John Duginski (being bearhugged by Anthony Bravado) 

BONUS screencap: Hector Garza (left) vs Latin Lover
Watch them here.

Five Years Ago This Month : Oh, The Agony!

Some of the most dramatic photographs in pro wrestling depict wrestlers in pain or agony. Here are some of the best "suffering" pics that were featured on this blog way back in September 2010.

Rene Dupree

Jason Static

Bobby Fish

John Duginski

Davey Richards

Rob Terry vs AJ Styles

From Jim's Archives - High Octane (The Conclusion)

Here's the tag team of High Octane, i.e. Iron Mike Samson and John Duginski (wrestling as Jack Berzerker), making the obligatory victory poses after winning their match. Regular contributor Jim from Chicago took these shots in 2006.  Flex those muscles, boys!

From Jim's Archives - High Octane (Part 3)

Iron Mike Samson and John Duginski (aka Jack Berzeker) vs. the tag team of "Love Machine" Matt Longtime and Quinson Valentino circa 2006. Thanks to Jim from Chicago for taking and sharing these great shots!

From Jim's Archives - High Octane (Part 2)

Here are more shots Jim from Chicago took in 2006 of the High Octane tag team of Iron Mike Samson and John Duginski (billed as Jack Berzerker then).

From Jim's Archives - High Octane (Part 1)

Jim from Chicago emailed me a batch of fantastic photos he took of the muscleman/beefcake tag team of Iron Mike Samson and John Duginski (wrestling as Jack Berzerker) way back in 2006.  Here are shots of them warming up the crowd. Check out their matching doo-rags! :-)