Last week, we saw Roderick Strong accept a “No Holds Barred” challenge from up-and-comer Adam Cole during Ring of Honor’s 2012 Homecoming event. Roddy soon established himself as the Bully in the ring, with Cole in the role of Tortured Geek.
The punishment continues as Roderick yanks his victim’s powder-blue trunks to toss the poor Ragdoll around. This is reminiscent of the humiliating “wedgies” that the Quarterback might have given to the Nerd back in high school.
Sexual abuse and emasculation are implied when someone’s skivvies get stretched and scrunched up into their most sensitive areas and his cheek is exposed.
Our wrestling heroes, our “Baby-Faces,” are born from suffering. The more agonizing and degrading the Pretty-Boy’s suffering, the more the fans will love and care about him.
When Roderick Strong (known as the “Messiah of the Backbreaker”) slams poor Adam Cole spine-first into a chair, a wrestling star is born! Keep your eyes on this handsome young Adam Cole (as if you need me to remind you to do that…)
Roderick Strong must read my Blog because I just recently posted an article describing how a chair can greatly increase the pain of a Camel Clutch. He applies one of the most sadistic versions of the Camel I’ve ever seen, grasping the metal frame of a chair so the seat is driven into poor Adam’s throat. Now do you see why Roderick is one of my favorite wrestlers?!
Next Roderick lays the poor kid’s handsome face on the chair, where the ass belongs, and begins stomping on his lower back. Damn, I love Ring of Honor…
And all these cruel moves — all the hair pulling and chair slamming — is all LEGAL. It’s a “No Holds Barred” match, so Roddy is permitted to be as vicious as he wants to be. Why did poor, young Cole agree to put his body and his safety on the line like this?
In the end, Roderick rolls up the rookie (pulling on his trunks again) to secure the victory. This match and Roderick’s viciousness were just too much for young Cole to handle.
But then a funny thing happened on the way to the showers. The fans stood and cheered — for the LOSER. They gave brave young Adam Cole a standing ovation in honor of the punishment he absorbed, and to thank him for sacrificing his body to entertain them (and because he looks so darn good.) Like I said, keep your eyes on Adam Cole!