Rewind: Leo Kruger

Longtime contributor and good friend of this blog David dug through his archives and emailed me these photos he took of former FCW/NXT Superstar Leo Kruger. David says that after I made that post about the first beefcake wrestler who was featured on this blog back in 2010, he also got to thinking who was the first wrestler he ever photographed. Kruger was the first wrestler on the card of the event he was shooting and David says that of all Kruger's other incarnations/personas, his clean-cut, easygoing look is his favorite (I agree with David). Kruger went on to the main roster of WWE as Adam Rose and it was then that his look changed (long hair, mustache and beard). He retired as an independent in 2019. Thanks for these pics, David! 

Kruger's official FCW/NXT portrait.

What's NXT?

A good friend and longtime contributor to this blog, David, emailed me a set of photos he took while attending a few NXT events in Florida. First, here are some great shots of Jason Jordan in action.

Next up is Leo Kruger, but before we check out the South African-born wrestler's new image, let's reacquaint ourselves with his old look.

And this is what Leo looks like now...

Your thoughts? (Thanks to David for taking these awesome pics.)

Mason and Leo : Round 2

Look what Florida-based regular-contributor-to-this-blog David sent me via email today. Brand new photos of Mason Ryan and Leo Kruger! David took these photos last Saturday night, but it's not the first time he's shot these two wrestling each other.

Below is another set of pics he shot of the two when he first started taking photos of these events. David asked me which of these two beefcakes has held up better physically. Compare these pics from around a couple of years ago with the ones above and tell us what you think.

Another Gift For The Holidays

One of this blog's contributors, David, emailed me a set of awesome pics he shot last Nov. 28 of an FCW match between uberbeefcakes Mason Ryan (aka Barri Griffiths) and Leo Kruger (yes, Mason still makes appearances in FCW, in fact, he's still on their roster). A week after this match, David was on a flight to Tokyo and guess who was also on the same flight? Mason and many other wrestlers on WWE/FCW's roster. Now that's serendipity! Thanks, David for these great pics! By the way, you didn't tell me who won this match, but I'm guessing it was Mason.

Leo's Back

David, a regular contributor of this blog, emailed me three match photos (see last three pics) he took of hunky FCW wrestler Leo Kruger who's back in action after a fight-related injury. Thanks for the pics, David!

Jim "Shoots" Leo Kruger (Part 2)

Here are the rest of the photos Jim from Chicago took of hunky Leo Kruger in action (FCW, Florida, February 2011). Nice work as always, Jim. Thanks!