What's your custom match?

So I was asked a question by email the other day ...

Hello Alex: 

After your post on Jaxton Wheeler vs. Ricky Vega, and our comments back and forth, I had a question for you. 

If you were to commission a custom video, and cost was not an issue, who would be your 2 wrestlers (and of course, they don't have to be from the same company). 

I don't think you've ever done a post before detailing your own idea/thoughts on a custom video - though I have a sneaking suspicion there would be a ton of power moves involved and the action would be 65/35 instead of a squash.

Keep up the great blog work!

What a great question.

I'm sure this is something we've all thought about. I certainly have. I kind of addressed this with my Battle of the Wrestling Stars series, which allowed me to pit cross-company studs against one another. In fact, Kid Karisma vs. Marco was my first thought to the above question and the anchor to my BOTWS 2 series.

Still one of my top fantasy match-ups.

As I examine this, there's obviously no point in custom ordering a video you'd likely see anyway. I did theorize a Scrappy vs. Viking rematch in my original review, but it happened without me paying a cent.

If money is no object (Powerball is pretty big right now) and I'm "indecent-proposal-ing" this, I think there are three ways to go. With enough money, anything can happen ...

(1) Cross-company matches with guys who don't play in the same places and likely never will. I think my BOTWS Kid Karisma vs. Marco is a perfect example of this. Since I've done this, I won't recommend it again, but I'd totally do it.

(2) An outcome you will likely never see. It could be a master heel losing. With enough money, maybe it could be Guido Genatto nude or Alex Waters having his head shaved or some other unlikely humiliation.

(3) Paying for a guy to come out of retirement. You could pretty much bring back anyone for the right price, unless they retired for injury. The thing would be what shape are they in.

So what would I do?

(1) What company-crossing mischief would I make happen?

(a) Alex Waters vs. BGEast. Let's see Alex take on some of the smaller jobbers at BGE. I know that Alex's two best matches were actually losses, but I think he's better on top. Let's see him dominate the likes of Ty Alexander, Kirk Donahue and Kip Sorell.

Alex has owned RHW, time to try new competition.
(Image: Alex Waters vs. Zack Jonathan - RHW)

Ty always looks good going down to cocky heels
(Image: Ty Alexander vs. Tristan Baldwin - W4H)

I could enjoy Kirk being mocked by Alex.
(Image: Kirk Donahue vs. Zach Reno - BGEast)

There's only room for one hot stud when Alex is around.
(Image: Jonny Firestorm vs. Kip - jonnyfirestorm.com)

(b) Calvin Haynes (5'9"/200-lbs) vs. Colby Jansen (6'2"/250-lbs). Hairy. beefy. One dominant and one submissive. Calvin likes losing to leaner guys, but what about an XL version of himself? Money talks and I'd get these two together ASAP. Colby has wrestled at Naked Kombat and plays rugby, so I think he could step in the ring and dominate.

Calvin goes down for smaller studs.
Maybe I'd pay for him to go down for bigger.
(Image: Calvin Haynes vs. Jonny Firestorm - BGE)

Big, beefy, beautiful.
(Photographer: Anthony P Manieri) 

A younger Colby wrestled for Naked Kombat
(Image: Colby Jansen vs. Trent Diesel - NK)

(c) Dave Calbrese and Jeff Clark vs. ANYONE! I don't talk about the place where these guys normally wrestle, because they asked Jose at La Sustancia P not to cover them, but I have seen them in action. I would love to see these two guys be more available. Somehow I see them fitting best at BGEast or Wrestler4Hire, but I'd take them anywhere against pretty much anyone.

Dave is pretty damn cool (and hot).
(Image: Dave Calbrese vs. Kyle Braddock Final Tally - NRW)

I like Jeff's accessible, guy-next-door,
beer-drinking-buddy style of hotness.
(Image: Jeff Clark vs. Josh Devlin: The Favor - NRW)

(2) What outcome would I buy?

(a) Aryx Quinn vs. Justin Powers. Erotic full stakes match. They're both at Muscleboy Wrestling, so this might not be too unlikely, but I'd love to see these two together and doing more than wrestling.

You can't see it in pics, but one of my
first reactions to Justin was "young Aryx".
(Image: Justin Powers vs. Ethan Slade - MBW)

Of course the original Aryx remains a superstar stud.
(Image: Tristan Baldwin vs. Blayne - Thunders)

(b) Viking losing to Blayne then being forced to be his valet/assistant for a few more matches. This is more about the storyline than the guys, but these two come to mind. Obviously this is a thing of mine, but I'd love to see losing have lasting consequences beyond just the match, like Dallas/Big Sexy back in the day.

My plan would be to film a series with Viking fulfilling the silent muscle enforcer role for his "master", putting Blayne on an unlikely winning streak, all thanks to Viking's interference. You'd have Blayne d. Viking then minimum 3 matches (how big is Powerball again?) with Viking as enforcer then the final match would be the big man's brutal and devastating revenge and freedom. Blayne's Viking-assisted wins would include guys like Beast, Bart and Spike, who'd all make the mistake of antagonizing Viking for his servitude, bringing him into the action.

I picked Blayne because he literally never wins, which would make it extra humiliating. I don't know what machinations you'd have to use to give him the original win, but I'm sure it could be figured out.

One thought is that Viking would push Blayne around, treat him like the bitch of the Thunders house. Blayne would return with some water, which Viking would steal from him. Blayne would object, so Viking would chug it all down. Of course it's a setup with spiked water. Blayne would say he's tired of being mistreated and challenge the unknowingly drugged Viking to a slave-for-a-month match. During the match, Viking gets more and more tired, finally passing out. And that's just off the top of my head.

If Viking goes down, he has to be Blayne's boy.
(Image: Blayne vs. Viking - Thunders)

How much would 5 matches of this cost me?
(Base Image: Blayne vs. Viking - Thunders)

(3) Who would I bring back?

Without knowing exactly what kind of shape they're in, there are three guys I would pay to come back to wrestling. Wade Cutler. Mike Columbo. Dash Decker.

(a) Wade Cutler vs. a young arrogant heel. I would have him job, but not in a squash. Wade would win the first fall. The young heel would win the second fall. And sorry Wade, but in the final fall, the young heel would own your gorgeous ass. It would end in dominant and humiliating fashion with multiple submissions and a knockout of the returning hunk.

Wade would get a big payday to suffer once again,
if money was no object.
(Image: Wade Cutler vs. Steve Grafonis - BGEast)

Who would I give this honor to? Great question. Back in the day, it would've been Jaxx O'Doul or Beau Nasty, but I don't know who the right guy is now. Chase Addams is the closest I can think of to being right at BGEast.

Why am I blanking on today's hot young BGE heels?
(Images: BGEast Arena)

A Willbreaker for Wade? Christian Taylor's actually
listed as 10-lbs heavier than Wade Cutler was
(Image: Chase/Ty vs. Chris/Charlie - BGEast)

(b) Wade Cutler vs. Beauxregard. Mature muscle vs. BIGGER mature muscle. Again, back-and-forth. I might actually have Wade win, but either way, I want to see some power moves and hard-hitting stuff. Wade could knock out then strip big Beauxregard, just like used to happen to him.

Beaux's already faced one of the best butts in BGE
today. Why not one of the best of the past?
(Image: Beauxregard vs. Ty Alexander - BGEast)

There's never too much of Wade's butt.
(Image: Wade Cutler vs. Steve Grafonis - BGEast)

(c) Mike Columbo vs. anyone. I loved this guy. Again, no idea how old he is, how fit he is or how hot he is, but I'd love to see him back. So adorable. He's a little muscle guy, but I think he could hang with someone bigger. I see this as back-and-forth. Mike could win or lose, depending on who he'd face. Calvin Haynes strikes me as a good opponent, so I guess Mike would win.

Last time I saw Mike, he was leaner,
but still gorgeous as fuck.
(Image: BGEast Arena)

(d) Dash Decker vs. Thunders Arena. If he's going to come back, let him run the gamut of hot studs. Scrappy. Beast. Blayne. Viking. More if possible. My love of Dash is no secret, nor is my enjoyment of him as the victim. I see him squashing Blayne, winning a competitive match with Scrappy, losing a competitive match to Beast, and getting crushed by Viking.

How would Dash deal with not being the big man?
(Image: Dash Decker vs. Colt Stevens - RHW)

I think Dash against Scrappy would be pretty cool.
(Image: Scrappy vs. Jake - Thunders)

So that's what I would do. I could go on and on, but this seems like a good start.

What about you? What would YOU commission?

Alex