BOTWS 2: BGE v RHW v Thunders Part 6 of 6

This is it. Season 2 all comes down to these final three matches.

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 1

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 2

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 3

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 4

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 5

Round 16: Chad Daniels vs. Mitch Colby

Mitch looks focused as he waits for the young surfer to circle the entire ring. Chad is contemptuous of the mature muscleman as he climbs into the ring. After getting squashed by Tyrell, the blond RHW stud is more focused. He takes early control, really torturing Mitch with an impressive series of classic power moves - slams, stomps, punches and even a suplex.

BOTWS 2: BGE v RHW v Thunders Part 5 of 6

And here we are for the first half of the final day of season 2. These six Day 3 matches will decide who wins bragging rights. Defending champ Rock Hard Wrestling has a big hill to climb, but nothing is impossible. Thunders is definitely in the driver's seat. And of course, you can never count BGEast out.

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 1

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 2

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 3

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 4

BOTWS 2: BGE v RHW v Thunders Part 4 of 6

Day 2 continues with three more matches ...

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 1

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 2

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 3

Round 10: Joshua Goodman vs. Talon

Talon bounces in the ring, looking pumped and focused. His loss to Tyrell burns him up. He's only lost once at Thunders. The idea of going 0-2 is unfathomable. Joshua Goodman emerges from the back and saunters to the ring. He's got sunglasses on, looking ridiculously hot in an animal print poser. He looks at Talon with a smirk.

BOTWS 2: BGE v RHW v Thunders Part 3 of 6

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 1
Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 2

And we're back. Day 1 resolved nothing as things ended in a three-way tie. Big stars came through for Rock Hard Wrestling, while BGEast and Thunders both got a nice win from one of their frequent jobbers. And we learned that there are Cooper brothers, explaining their incredible frequency. But wait ... are they twins? Or ...

BOTWS 2: BGE v RHW v Thunders Part 2 of 6

And we're back with the second half of Day One.

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: Part 1

Everyone has one win, but can it stay this close? Let's see ...

Round 4: Dash Decker vs. Mitch Colby

Hoping to keep the momentum going, Zack substitutes Dash in for Chad at the last minute. Yeah, he's burning through his most talented studs, but Tanner's loss to a Thunders jobber hurt the team's confidence. He needs his less experienced guys to know they can win.

Battle of the Wrestling Stars 2: BGE vs. RHW vs. Thunders Part 1 of 6

Welcome to Season 2 of Battle of the Wrestling Stars. I was motivated to finish this by a recent comment on an old post and the return of Battle of the Network Stars to TV on ABC.

The original series pitted Rock Hard Wrestling against UCW. It was originally posted on the New Stories blog back in June 2015 and then re-posted (starting here) at The Cave in September 2015. It was inspired by the 70’s TV show and an e-mail exchange with Joe from Ringside at Skull Island about a comment he made.

It was a hard-fought, five-match, three-day affair that went down to the wire with then-King of the Ring Dash Decker eking out a victory in the third fall vs. then-UCW champion Quinn Harper.

In BOTWS 1, Dash Decker won the day for RHW.
Can he do it again?

Season 2 is even bigger, with RHW returning, plus two more producers. It’s a week-long, 18-match extravaganza. This time, RHW faces BGEast and Thunders Arena. Each selected stud will wrestle twice. It was developed as a three-day event, but it is so big, so monumental that it's being split into six posts posted over the next 8 days.

BotWS: RHW vs. UCW: Round 3

The Score So Far ...

RHW King of the Ring Dash Decker vs. UCW Champion Quinn Harper

Best 2 out of 3 Falls

BotWS: RHW vs. UCW: Round 2

The Score So Far ...

RHW Ring

So we leave the UCW Garage all tied up after two upset wins. Now, it's time to see what happens in the Rock Hard Wrestling ring.

Now RHW wouldn't allow most of the UCW guys into their ring. Their primary criteria would be who best fits their aesthetic – well-built and good looking in a frat boy kind of way. After a lot of debate, they opt for Max Ryder and settle for the swarthy Marcus Ares aka The Spartan.

Match 3: Josh Steel vs. Max Ryder

Battle of the Wrestling Stars: RHW vs. UCW Round 1

When I was a kid, there was a show called Battle of the Network Stars. It pitted the actors and actresses of ABC, CBS and NBC against each other in fun events. It was also a great excuse to put the hottest actors of the time in speedos. There was someone for everybody, with young drama actors, mature hunks and everything in between. It was the kind of fun that would probably never happen today.

Swimming + dunk tank gave two chances to strip down