Wrestling commentators can make a match distinctly sexy. Of course, there are the loudmouth commentators who pump their own storyline and serve little purpose other than to distract from the action in the ring. But the commentator doing his job, commenting, describing in detail, focused intently, can kick up the sexiness. The role of the commentator is by default the perspective of the voyeur. He observes the muscled fighters from a distance, uninvolved directly in the action. He’s like the guy in the shadows, the third man who gets off on sitting in the corner of the room watching two others go at it. He has the ability to heighten the sexuality for all involved, appreciating the details, bringing the bird’s eye view of the intimate moment that the two grapplers themselves are too close to perceive. The British commentator for this old match from the UK is clearly engaged in some spontaneous body worship of the very hotly muscled Japanese wrestler, Fuji Yamada. “13 and a half stone of solid muscle,” (07:05) is both true and perhaps a little gratuitous. One might think that the commentator is drawn to note Yamada’s muscles in comparison to his scrawny, ugly Brit opponent. But then in a moment of watching Yamada just circling the ring, the commentator sounds almost beside himself, noting from out of the blue, “the musculature there… look, just look at the body on that Japanese guy!” (00:15). Of course, we were already looking! But the excitement from the voyeur on the sidelines publicly confirms what we’ve privately recognized. This is a body to be marveled at, remarked upon, admired and worshipped.