Ananzi

There was a post on this blog the other day that featured a photo of Brett Idol (wrestling as Richy Rich) and Max-A-Million in a tag team match with The South African Connection, Jason Steele (featured on this blog last week) and Ananzi. So just who is this Ananzi anyway? Born in Johannesberg, South Africa, he's the nephew of a famous pro wrestler there by the name of Danie Voges. Ananzi made his pro debut in 2000 and is a multi-time All-Africa Champion and head of the Ananzi Punishment Wrestling Academy. He's also the founder of the African Punishment Wrestling Association (APWA). Ananzi retired from pro wrestling this year to focus on his wrestling academy.

Beefcakes Identified

Last week, this image was featured in a Beefcakes in Action post and some people wanted to know who the wrestlers in this photo are.

Good news! One of this blog's resourceful readers emailed me with the answers. Chris writes: "I figured out who that is in the picture from the PWA.  I believe it's from a 2007 match between The South African Connection (Ananzi and Jason Steele) and The Trump Twins comprised of Max-a-Million (pictured outside of ropes) and Richy Rich (Brett Idol/Brett Barnes)."

Chris also pointed me towards a video on YouTube which features highlights of this match. Poor Brett Idol (wrestling as Richy Rich) gets a pretty bad beating from his opponents in this bout. You can watch it here.

Ananzi Stretches Brett (aka Richy Rich)

Jason Steele was featured here last week. I'll post something on his tag team partner Ananzi in the next couple of days. As for Max-A-Million, I haven't been able to find anything on him. Has anyone heard about this guy?