Gallery 646
Body Language


After entering the ring, many wrestlers take a few moments to strike a pose, allowing the fans to check them out before the action begins. Good posers can express their attitude and wrestling style just by the way they stand. These masked hotties, The Eagle and The Falcon, try to look tough, and it's working.

Here is an interesting ring pose by this Tag Team.  The beefy dude kneels before his partner, who places a hand on his head.  The caption says they're "trying to impress fans with their muscular builds."  You can tell by their hair and bodies that these are flamboyant cheaters.

The handsome younger guy lets his partner take a seat on his knee, one leg hooked between the younger man's thighs.  I guess these leather-vested studs are trying to demonstrate how well they work as a team.  Their pose says alot about their close relationship.
These two Mexican wrestlers are giving the third man in the white gear a nice long shoulder massage as he rests against their beefy bodies.  Maybe he was hurt so they are helping him to his feet.  These are clearly good guys who enjoy helping others and always obeying the rules.

I don't speak Spanish so it's hard to translate the caption.  It's also hard to translate the body language going on in this photo.  Maybe in Mexico, it's customary for men to kneel down and pat one another on the ass.

The ref can't help but smile as he stands between two great looking Tag Teams in matching gear. The good guys in speedos are about to take a beating from the cruel dudes in tight black singlets.

Bockwinkle and Stevens, the older fatter beasts, try to intimidate the brave young High-Flyers before their historic match.  You can see action photos of this battle in Gallery 376.
Here is Peter Cortez ready for action while Jon Cortez can't wait to tag in.  Clearly we can tell these lads are energetic young High-Flyers who use wild aerial tactics to win their matches.
Check out these flamboyant blonds, strutting around the ring in their matching gear after winning the match.  You can just tell there is more going on in their locker room than just a shower and a shave!  The implication is that these studs are "partners" in the modern sense.

Lex Lugar kneels for several seconds after entering the ring.  He saw cameras flashing rapidly when he struck this pose, so he decided to pause and allow the fans to take plenty of photos of his huge muscles.

Curt Hennig, a personal favorite of mine, is glistening with sweat as he pauses on his way back to the locker room to allow everyone to check him out.  He wasn't the most muscular wrestler, but damn!
King Ben and Kid McCoy from British Pro Wrestling were one of the few father/son Tag Teams to climb in the ring together.  As their positions in this picture imply, King Ben was constantly rescuing his eager young son from the ruthless tactics of their opponents.
These brawny studs look powerful with their thick gold belts strapped around their bellies.  The dirty Tag Teams often held secret conversations before the match to plot their cheating maneuvers.  You just knew they were up to no good when they started whispering!

These wrestlers are proud of their shiny gold Championship belts, and of their husky bodies.  They show off both as they prepare to get it on in the ring. Clearly, they are no-nonsense veteran brawlers jusding from their gear and poses.

Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin are chubby and hairy and they don't care what people think about that.  They also wear eye make-up and strut around like they're the hottest studs in wrestling.  Their flamboyant arrogance seems to drive the fans crazy.
Here is the entire Guerrero clan in the ring, looking mean and waiting to kick some Gringo ass.  They were one of the most dominant families in Pro Wrestling, as you can tell from their fierce poses.
Just from the way they stood in the ring, you could tell that you didn't want to mess with the dangerous Malenko Brothers. They seemed like they might calmly and patiently rip off one of your arms or legs if you got on their bad side.

Barefoot Kevin Von Erich is looking ripped in this photo.  His body looks like chiseled stone.  Being lean, with just a speedo as his only protection, Kevin is clearly a vulnerable Baby-Face who will have to pull out all the stops to win.
Greg Valentine was Inter-Continental Champ for many years.  I'm sure his beefy body and vicious no-nonsense attitude had a lot to do with him keeping that belt around his waist.  His pose, as he peels off his robe, says "What a stud!"

Rick Martel formed the team "Strike Force" with Tito Santana, two handsome baby-faces who climbed in the ring wearing all white gear to show off their innocence and honesty.

Later Martel partnered with hottie Tom Zenk as the "Can-Am Connection", but the gimmick was the same:  two handsome young studs decked out in clean white jackets and trunks, ready to take a long beating but maybe win in the end.

Nobody gives off a macho vibe in the ring like Hector Garza.  Maybe it's the way his beefy body barely fits in those tiny speedos, or maybe it's just the way he stands ready for action, fully expecting to be worshipped by the fans.  Whatever, this Latino just screams "SEX!"


OK here is a quiz to see if you've learned how to read the wrestlers' poses.  What kind of Tag Team are they:

(a) Ruthless beasts with savage tendencies who like to use chairs and tables in their matches

(b) Innocent boy scouts who obey all the rules and suffer prolonged abuse

(c) Cocky, flashy, (and possibly gay) bad-boys who often show off and double-team the opponents
_____________

If you answered "(c)", give yourself a gold star!
This hottie in the black bikini strikes a tempting pose to entice the fans to want to wrestle him.  He locks his arms behind the ropes, putting his body in a self-imposed trap as if he is inviting the opponent to do anything to him.

Yowza!!  It's not often you see a face that handsome stuck on a body that incredible, but this Skip Roberts from Can-Am Wrestling is the total package!

Shane Styles takes an arrogant position on the ropes, forcing his anxious opponent to wait a just bit longer before locking up with that lean, pierced physique. This demonstrates his personality as a sadistic bad boy.
This long-haired stud from Indy wrestling wears some interesting trunks into the ring.  I think they are laced together in front like a pair of football pants.  He stands for a while to give the fans time to fantasize about untieing those laces.


Many of the young heroes like Chris Sabin climb on the ropes to strike their Warrior Pose so they can be seen and worshipped by all the fans. This gives the impression that they are agile and quick like Tarzan.
That design on Sabin's hip is pretty interesting, so let's zoom in for a closer look at the dirty details here. What do these trunks tell the fans about Chris Sabin?

One of the cutest little guys on the Indy scene is "Spanky," also known as Brian Kendrick.  This kid may look like a pretty-boy wimp, but damn he takes some big bumps in the ring!

Clearly this monster is NOT a pretty-boy jobber who will let you walk all over him!  I'll bet anyone that this beast will toss his smaller opponents around like rag-dolls, often injuring them and drawing blood.

Flex Falcone and Shawn Spears, also knowns as "Models, Inc.," carry on a conversation in their corner.  Gotta love when the wrestler outside the ring puts his foot up on the bottom rope!