Gallery 182
Classic Standing Bearhug

 
 
 
 
These Japanese fans don't enjoy seeing their big hero crushed in the center of the ring by the strong hairy American.  Bruno was known for his powerful squeeze, and he has no mercy on the big Asian once he gets his arms locked around him.

  
I think the guy in the black briefs let the other man clamp on a tight squeeze, either to see how much he could take, or to get close to that stud's strong body to feel the power in his arms and chest.

 
 
This looks like an old circus show, where the strong man challenges someone from the crowd to come up and get punished.  The cute farm boy foolishly stripped off his shirt and climbed on the stage.  All his friends are watching him suffer now.

 
 
 
Why do boxers climb in the ring with pro wrestlers?  They should know they are going to get destroyed by these wrestling brutes!  This boxer finds out how it feels to have the air hugged out of you by a sadistic heel.

 
 
 
Usually Bruno is the one applying the breath-taking hug, but here he gets a taste of his own medicine from muscular Billy Graham.  Check out his agony, suffering in the rock-hard arms of the smooth body builder!
Billy's long embrace was so intense, they put it on the cover of this magazine! Bruno grips Billy's massive shoulders as their bellies press together.

 
 
  
Koloff catches the American boy in a deadly squeeze.  I think the kid likes being hugged, as he squeezes the Russian back almost as hard.
Nice bicep on the young lion as he flexes with all his strength to hug the burly Russian tightly against his chest.  They almost look like lovers hugging after being apart for a long time.
The Russian presses his cheek against the rookie's hard chest as they continue their man-on-man embrace.  Both wrestlers seem to be content to continue this mutual hug for the next half hour or so.

 
 
These grapplers are against the ropes, so the ref needs to call the bald daddy off, but the sadistic veteran does not want to release his hug on the handsome young stud.

 
 
 
Whoa, look at the beef on this massive brawler.  He rests the much smaller wrestler on his huge gut as he bearhugs the little guy with all his might.  I think they need weight divisions in pro wrestling!

 
 
 
Here is Ski Hi Lee, who loved to wrap up his opponents and squeeze them until they passed out.  These guys embrace belly to belly for several minutes as the giant rests his head on the victim's shoulder.
The victim is weak and gasping for air.  He desperately reaches for a tag from his partner, but the bearded hunk doesn't want to suffer in this bearhug too, so he refuses to tag in.

 
 
 
Finally the bearded man climbs in the ring, and finds himself being hugged to death by this powerful giant.
The giant keeps applying the bearhug over and over, as if he can't get enough of it.  The bearded man is able to break the rib crushing grip by pressing on the giant's face.