Randomness (Thunders Arena Edition)

After the success of my Twitter-focused randomness post, I was going to do a Tumblr one, featuring pics like this:

Why jobbers are jobbers. For the view.

Anyway, Thunders Arena was going to be a big part of that story, because their Tumblr account is awesome. So instead, I decided to do an entire post about random Thunders thoughts. They have two great things that you need in your life, if you don’t have them already.


First, Thunders' promotional emails. Second, their Tumblr.

The emails are great to keep up with what's going on, learn about sales and also to get little factoids and insider info. Here’s a blurb from a recent email …

The new Halloween Havoc 2017 matches are not selling as well as last year, if you’re not buying one can you shoot us back an email and tell us why? We put in a bunch more time on make-up and special effects so we thought this would fly off the servers but it has been a very slow seller. Can you tell us why? And if you did get one then please tell us what you liked about it? We would love any feedback from anyone who has purchased it and from people who do not want to purchase it.

Interesting question. Thunders actually sent these to me, but I was traveling and by the time I got home, the link had expired. So, I haven’t seen them, didn’t buy them and can answer this as a customer. Post your own answer in the comments, but here’s mine.

I appreciate the work, but I don't find horror stuff sexy. Scary? Yes. Sexy? No.

Thunders has the hottest guys in wrestling, so adding blood and prosthetics to make them into monsters wasn’t really appealing to me. Plus, I already have three hot Scrappy/Blayne videos. The Mark Muscle/Finn McCool werewolf one was probably closer to my tastes, but the wrestlers just didn't inspire me to press 'buy' immediately then other matches were released hot on their heels.

My definition of a specialty taste.

Interesting idea, just not for me.

The Simpsons does a great job with Halloween. They do a horror vignette, but often do other themes, too. Halloween is scary, but it’s also about dress up. How about a superhero video? Or a sci-fi theme? Or, if they really want to stick with the scary side, maybe something where the guys still look amazingly hot. Ghost. Vampire. That kind of thing.

And maybe release them earlier so I can enjoy them on the way to Halloween as opposed to after Halloween when the spirit has passed.

So that's my answer to that.

The second thing you need is their Tumblr. Why? Because they answer fan questions on there. There’s a ton of inside info dished out and it’s often hot as heck. Consider the following ...

Did you know ...

Marco and Mr. Mike got into a fight and he was forced into retirement…. Marco wanted new matches and wouldn’t take no for an answer, he ended up punching Mr. Mike in the face.

Marco later apologized and is back at it!

Hot. Especially since the Tumblr also said in a different post that "Mr. Mike is 6″2 275 lbs. He was an all American college wrestler, 3rd in the nation." Marco loves to challenge the big boys.

Marco's got a temper?

"I want a match." POW! "I want a match." POW!

Did you know ...

Right now, our 3 most popular wrestlers are Steel, Travis, and Marco.

Interesting. Travis would be a surprise if my reviews of him weren't so popular. However, I should be nicer about his skills, because it sounds like Travis might not be someone I want to criticize ...

I get it.

I get it.

I get it.

Did you know ...

Travis is currently grounded by the state of NJ, he can’t come play right now… however when he’s ready so are we ;)

Enough said on that.

It's up to New Jersey when Travis comes back. :( 

Did you know ...

Jersey graduated from college to be a lawyer … so he probably wont be coming back. :(

That’s nice for him. He was my Rookie of the Year in the inaugural Cavey Awards. I love his adorkable looks, meaty muscles and frequently good gear choices. His match against Dozer was his best and still is a favorite of mine. Here's a thought - maybe "Jersey, Attorney at Law" can help Travis get ungrounded?

Note to self: Idea for a television show. A wrestler/lawyer named Buddy Slam who solves crimes in his spare time.

Jersey in happier (for me) times.

No wonder Jersey wanted to read the contract!

Did you know ...

Steel’s quads are 28 inches around!

Woof. No wonder I love his scissors so much! Speaking of guys who do great scissors ...

Hm, only 28"? I need to measure for myself.

Yeah, that's nice.

Did you know ...

[Talon] left us to get surgery on his leg and we have tried may times to get in contact with him but haven’t heard back.

Sad. Love me some Talon.

Heal up, big guy.

And answer your DAMN phone!

Anyway, fun, right? So make sure to check out the feed for a lot of inside scoop on wrestlers, former wrestlers and the action! And ask your own burning questions!

Alex