Monster Muscle Monday : Ryback

So....Ryback. Perfect for Monster Muscle Monday, huh?

You may already know that before he joined WWE, Ryback, formerly known as Skip Sheffield, was in the roster of Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental territory. Here are some pics from his time with FCW courtesy of this blog's good friend and regular contributor, David. Thanks for the great pics, David!

Sheffield's opponent in this match is Jinder Mahal.

Additional pics of Sheffield care of David.

Cornfed!

Blue-Eyed Bashing

Blue-eyed rookie beefcake faces blue-eyed veteran beefcake in this June 26 Ring Of Honor TV taping held in Baltimore, Maryland. Young up-and-comer Nick Meriman gets crushed by Mike Bennett in what looks like a very short match. Better luck next time, Meriman. (Photos by Scott Finkelstein)

Bennet finishes Meriman off.

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A few days ago, I posted this image in From Behind, a collection of photos featuring the backsides of some of our favorite beefcake wrestlers. Note that Briley Pierce (aka Ryan Nemeth) is wearing his trademark blue ring gear while Brad Maddox is wearing gold.

Regular contributor and good friend of this blog, David, sent me a couple of photographs he took about 6 months ago. He writes, "Interesting to note that the gold trunks on Brad Maddox sometimes show up on Briley Pierce." Why yes, indeed, those are Brad's trunks that Briley is wearing. I guess Briley forgot to do his laundry! Thanks for the pics, David. See more of David's work tomorrow on Monster Muscle Monday. UPDATE!!! David emailed to say that the gold trunks belong to Briley. Said gold trunks have also been spotted on Corey Graves..."so Briley must be a pretty generous guy." Thanks for the info, David!

Picture of the Week

From the NXT archives...Justin Gabriel vs Kenneth Cameron (formerly Brandon T)

Robes, Capes, Jackets

There was a time when professional wrestlers entered the arena decked in full-length robes (and a towel around their necks) or a satin jacket. These days, only a few wrestlers make the effort of entering the arena covered up in something flashy/custom-made/colorful. Here are a few beefcake wrestlers who still care.

John Morrison

Mike Hutter aka Derrick Bateman

Ryan Slade

Nigel McGuinness

6 ft. 9 in. tall Matt Morgan 

David Starr

Wade Barrett

Vic Capri

From Behind

Brad Maddox

Japan's Daisuke Sekimoto

Australia's Mike Petersen

The UK's Timm Wylie

Briley Pierce aka Ryan Nemeth

Daisuke Sekimoto

Thunder aka Mad Turk Hussein

Germany's Adrian Severe

Briley Pierce and Brad Maddox

Mexico's Cruz (but I can't verify this)

Weekend With Capri

If you want to see some exciting pro wrestling action this weekend, go catch Vic Capri this Sunday, July 14th at 120 East Oak Street in Addison, Illinois.

Here are the moves and holds you can expect to see when you go and watch The Icepick in action.