WARNING ... SPOILERS BELOW. There's no way to talk about this match without talking about the storyline. However, the catalog description does reveal the same info in words and pictures, so it can't be too big a deal.
Brute/Matt Thrasher vs. Morgan Cruise/Damien Rush is an interesting video. While the first two matches on this compilation played off what is great about classic tag matches, this one is all about the story and has a twist that I don't ever remember seeing before. At least not in a wrestling ring. I have seen it play out in bars, parties and the dinner table, but not as part of a tag match.
Brute telegraphs his plan when he shoves Damien out of the way in the initial posing |
So if it's not an action-packed battle between four big men, what is it? It's a story-driven video that's really a metaphor for the dynamics of couples.
On one side are Brute and Matt Thrasher. Brute is big, bald and beefy. Less ripped than he is in Thunders Arena nowadays, the guy still looks great to me in his shiny white trunks with the red star. His partner Matt is a handsome, goateed man. He's wearing a pair of trunks that in no way connect to Brute's. This is our first clue that these two are not a committed
Act I sets the stage. Brute is the alpha partner here. He starts out as a caring partner, showing the inexperienced Matt the ropes around the ring. He's cool with his beta-male partner, but it's clear that he's the stud in the relationship. Matt is just along for the ride and drafting off the big man's greatness.
Their opponents are Morgan Cruise and Damien Rush. Cruise has little to no respect for Rush, so we've got another
Brute speaks for many viewers I'm sure as he mocks Cruise for his over-the-top, overly scripted, corny way of making pronouncements when he speaks. The big alpha male and Cruise disrespect their partners almost immediately, saying they could win on their own without them, but it only makes two beta males want to prove themselves.
Act II is Brute and Cruise facing off. The smaller stud impresses the bigger man. Brute heaps praise on Cruise every chance he gets, while deriding Rush. And Cruise eats it up. He's obviously honored that a mega-stud like Brute would be into him and is easily seduced by the sweet talk.
The action is okay, but it's mostly basic stuff. This is where the story overwhelms what we see. I get where it needs to go, but nothing impressive happens that would make Brute fall in
Morgan gives good head ... lock |
Morgan escapes and counters |
Brute tests his fellow alpha |
Brute's trash talk destroys Rush's appeal as a partner for Cruise even worse than the minor amount of physical abuse Rush has to endure. By the time to big behemoth is done with his mind games, Cruise is thoroughly disgusted by his partner.
Matt, meanwhile, is pretty much oblivious to his partner's wandering eye until it's too late. Poor Matt. He breaks a full nelson and applies his own, but mostly has to play the doormat. Cruise quickly dominates, which emphasizes the inadequacy of sexy Matt as a partner for Brute.
Brute isn't impressed by Damien |
Morgan manhandles Matt |
Matt tries to control Morgan |
Time to team up |
They camel their own partners |
One new couple standing tall |
Another new couple ... of losers :( |
So that’s my take, what’s yours?
Alex
The first gif makes this match look so silly, but Matt Thrasher does look really good in this match.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yeah, they clown around in this, as they're acting. It was probably fun for them to do.
DeleteMatt Thrasher is very hot ... it's interesting to me that the better looking guys are the ones who get thrown over. That's obviously subjective in the case of Brute/Thrasher as I'm sure there are guys who like the big man's aesthetic.
It almost looks like a swap club. I'm quite surprised by how it ends, but when I give it a second thought, it totally makes sense. The weaker ones deserve to be punished/enjoyed by EVERYONE.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. I would've really liked to see a swap club with Damien and Matt getting together. :)
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