JoshH has been intentionally provocative in a series of comments on my post about Rio Garza’s journey through the world of wrestling. In short, the question comes down to who brings what to the table in comparing the products of competing homoerotic wrestling companies. While I don’t really think of NHB has particularly homoerotic, it has to be said that homoerotic wrestling kinksters (present company included), must comprise most of their business. The bouts are generally sincere little mat scraps with an air of a frat house throw down. Clearly, NHB is playing to our tastes, though, as evidenced by the very, very brief trunks that typically have a hard time covering the young athletes’ sweet asses.
What makes me think of NHB with respect to my conversation with JoshH, is that Denny Webb (aka Cameron Matthews) is in their recent release of Battling Bodies 54. Danny/Cameron has shown up a lot for BGE work in the past couple of years, in both their homoerotic and straight products. He’s also prolific as an indy pro, and he just did a new product getting pummeled by a massive bodybuilder for Thunder’s Arena.
With each incarnation, Denny/Cameron brings a different performance. I think that’s impressive, in and of itself. The indy pro work of his that I’ve seen has him as an adolescent never-say-die scrapper who’s often outweighed and outmuscled, but who nevertheless gets his licks in. For BGE, he’s the babyface who sells suffering like the pro he is, showing off that astonishingly round ass as he’s pummeled convincingly. I confess that when I saw Cameron wrestle in a jock strap for the first time, I actually swooned for just a moment! For NHB, though, Denny/Cameron sticks to the goods that make all his performances work: his strength, speed, and impressive skills. It also doesn’t hurt that his speedo just can’t resist climbing up his crack.
On the same recent release that Denny stars in, I can’t help but take a second look at the other bout starring gorgeous, tall hardbody Connor Flynn and the ass-tastic sensuality of Chuck Rowen. Chuck’s ultra skimpy speedo never stood a chance of covering the muscled expanse of his glutes (thank God!).
It seems like I’ve been jonesin’ for shorter-than-average swimmer bodies lately, so it should be no wonder that Chuck is giving me whiplash. Squeezed and tossed by his much bigger opponent, Chuck is a delight to watch. Mounted on top of Connor with his thick legs and round ass on display, Chuck connects all the dots between frat house romp and homoerotic wrestling kink.
Back to my conversation with JoshH, I’d say that NHB is on the opposite end of the homoerotic wrestling kink spectrum from Can-Am. There really isn’t much fantasy at all in NHB, just hard, sweaty boys, silently battling it out with nothing but their barely clad bodies. Can-Am, on the other hand, invests in sets, scripts, costumes, and the thoughtful display of pornboys telling a crowd pleasing story. BGE seems to me to be somewhere in the middle, with a little fantasy and lovely body worship counterbalanced with a general emphasis on athleticism and an indy pro feel. I think that JoshH and I are in agreement about the scope of the playing field. Our sparring appears to break along the lines of where some talents may be wasted by one company versus another.
As JoshH and I battle it out over relatively fine distinctions of homoerotic wrestling kinks, I just want to clarify for all that I’m a supporter of the industry and all its contributors, particularly those who generously show off their gorgeously round glutes (I’m looking at you, Cameron!).
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