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| Sexy Kev |
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| Tyler Hawke |
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| Eddie Ryan |
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| Hugo Knox |
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| Eddie Lee |
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| Brian McCarthy |
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| King Konstantine/Radomir Petkovic |
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| Tyler Hawke (again) |
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| Scott Dawson |
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| Unidentified |
Friday, June 3, 2016
Apron Strings
I think we all know that in a wrestling ring, the apron is the area that "extends between one and two feet beyond the ropes (source: Wikipedia)" What is the apron typically used for? Well, it's where a tag team competitor stands and waits to be tagged while his partner battles their opponent in the ring. In matches like a Battle Royale, the apron is considered a safe zone, meaning a wrestler who is tossed outside the ring but who does not fall off the apron can still participate in the match. Check out the photos below to see some beefcake wrestlers on the apron.
Can you share any clues about Unidentified? Source? Location? Promotion? Date? Anything?
ReplyDeleteI want to say he's European (English? German?), but I'm not absolutely sure.
DeleteI am also curious. Are there some tattoos on his left hand and forearm, or is that a trick of the lighting.
DeleteThere are. But I can't make them out. bruno, do you have any other Images of him? Particularly ones that give a better view of the tats? They could be useful for an ID.
DeleteThe tat looks like a snake wrapped around his arm with the head on the back of his hand. And, of course, there is large star on each side of the trunks. Anon.
DeleteMy first thought when I saw apron strings was the tightening strings that wrestlers use to tighten their trunks around their waist that sometimes dangles in front of them.
ReplyDeleteYou know you've been staring at Radomir too much when you notice in this pic he doesn't have kneepads. Santa, all I want for Christmas is him.
Ring Aprons: I thought they were for
ReplyDelete(1) slamming an opponent's forehead into; (2) slamming an opponent's sometimes already seriously injured shoulder into; (3) supporting a jobber's thighs as his junk is rammed into the ring post; (4) ramming the small of a jobber's back into; (5) sling-shotting a jobber back into the ring off the ropes via his neck, which his heel holds tightly as he jumps off the apron; and many other ad hoc moves of punishment too numerous and unique to describe.
Reprise on SASTO. The answer was correct, but FOB remains unsolved. The latter is closely related to the former.
TT
Also: the oldest trick in the book: jumping from apron to floor while pulling down on the in-ring opponents neck and whiplashing him off the ropes; and putting the opponent on the apron with a body part sticking out an guillotining said part with and elbow or leg drop. Anon.
DeleteIf there's only one camera, you often can't tell what's happening on the opposite side of the ring., especially if the action is outside the ring. And it can be overdone.
DeleteI have low tolerance for too much use of the apron or stairs, barriers, tables, chairs, etc. After all,, there's the posts, turnbuckles, and ropes that can be used. That's what they're there for, no?
Entirely agree on all points made by Almatolmen. TT
DeleteThanks, Tom Thumb.
DeleteAgree on the non-ring weapons. Never much thought about the rest, so I guess that doesn't bother me.
DeleteReally well-trained pro wrestlers generally know where the camera is at all times, and play to it. Anon.
Love Sexy Kev's stripping gimmick!
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