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Sleepers Then and Now |
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<<<<< Peter Szakacs, the stud with the tattoo on his bulging bicep, is gradually sapping the strength from his cute young opponent in this vintage photo. |
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| It's about 30 years later,
and this tatooed wrestler kneels down into a very similar position to
send his victim into Dreamland with a flexed bicep against his neck. >>>>> |
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<<<<< Back in the good old days, Mike Rotundo slapped a tight sleeper on Ric Flair. As Rotundo scowls and looks up at the ceiling, I think he is cheating by gripping some hair to maintain his hold on the sleeper. |
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| Even to this day, wrestlers
are still grabbing hair for leverage in the sleeper hold. This bully
squints his eyes and tightens his grip on the dude in the Superman T-shirt,
while entangling his fingers in the guy's long hair. >>>>> |
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<<<<< David Schultz was a sadistic cheater, so the ref is watching closely to make sure he isn't choking the helpless barefoot wrestler. |
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| The modern ref is also
careful to watch the helpless victim, testing the arm to see if he is
out cold. Compare the similar expressions of the cruel heel on the
right, scowling as he applies this sleeper, to Schultz's evil frown! >>>>> |
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| Jerry Brisco was a skilled grappler from the old days.
He escapes this fat dude's clutch by driving an elbow into his soft
belly, then he applies a deadly sleeper of his own. |
| Fast forward about 40 years,
and we see a modern pro wrestler on the Indy circuit also using an elbow
smash to the belly to escape this big black brute's tight sleeper. |
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<<<<< Cocky Ric Flair and Magnum T.A. were two of the biggest stars in the NWA 25 years ago. Check out Magnum's hot pose of suffering! |
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| Now, A.J. Styles and Jeff
Jarrett are the big stars who wrestle often for the NWA championship belt.
Jarret strikes a sexy pose of sleeper agony. >>>>> |
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<<<<< Mark Lewin, an old master of the sleeper, is the dark haired stud forcing a beefy blond to sink to the mat, weak in the knees thanks to his tight standing sleeper. |
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| Glen Gilberti is a modern stud
with dark hair and big biceps. He is also dominating a blond pretty
boy with a tight standing sleeper, slowly dropping the woozy man down to
the mat. >>>>> |
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<<<<< Bob Armstrong drifts off to sleep as Piper grits his teeth and tightens his sleeper hold. Piper was so sadistic and cruel, you had to love him back then! |
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| I'm glad to see that punishing
sleeper holds have not gone out of style, as this cruel bully makes the
cute kid in the two-tone speedo suffer in similar agony. >>>>> |
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| Manny
Fernandez reclines on the mat, laying down with Wahoo's bloody face gripped
tightly in his arms. The ref watches closely to make sure the heel
doesn't try anything dirty on the bleeding victim. |
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| A young grappler
from Ring of Honor also takes
his victim down to a laying position as the poor guy grows weaker by the
minute. I like how he also hooks a leg across the victim's groin. That
ref looks very similar to the ref in the above picure, I wonder if he is
the older ref's son. |
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<<<<< This stud slaps on a tight sleeper and calmly waits for Saito to drift off to sleep as the ref checks Saito's arm. |
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| Check out the eager expression
on the blond rookie, waiting for his opponent to pass out. "Is he
out yet? Is he asleep?? Ask him ref!" >>>>> |
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<<<<< The more things change, the more they stay the same. 30 years ago, we were turned on by big brawny wrestlers putting each other away with tight sleeper holds... |
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| and today, we are still
aroused by sexy pro grapplers using sleepers to dominate and control their
handsome victims. >>>>> |
