From: marv.bloom@rose.com (marv bloom)
Subject: brains vs BRAWN
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:39:58 GMT
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Date Entered: 01-10-93 20:32
F :From: foleye@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (Stilt Man)

F :When you consider that all of these guys are strong enough to lift the larger
F :men (i.e. Windham) off the mat and throw them around with some ease, a weight
F :advantage doesn't matter a heckuva lot.  Wrestling a Pontiac isn't too hard
F :if you can lift the Pontiac off the ground and slam him on the mat just as
F :easily as he can to you.

 Factually correct but you're forgeting about Physics 101 and The 
Lever. Yes, leverage is all important. If Windham didn't allow The 
Steamer to slam him, that would be the end of it (his 280lbs could be 
the equivalent of 800 lbs.).
 
 I'm in that "Yuppy, Thirty Someething Age Group" but in my teens I 
wrestled at 128lbs but I was Six Feet Tall. All my opponents were at 
least half a foot shorter (and about twice as wide across the 
shoulders than I) and much stronger. I was gangly (all arms and legs) 
and just would tie 'em up and let them do their Macho thing and 
attempt to "power" their way out.
 
 Well, they'd flop around and do the "strength" shit for about a 
minute or two until the lactic acid permeated those impressive Muscles 
and they'd just fade away and would be thankful for The (end) Pin.
 
 This is often referred to as "ligament strength" but it's really just 
a basic law of Physics (give me a rock and a ten foot length of steel 
and I can flip that "Pontiac" over onto it's side).
 
 Anyways after years of intensive training I'm now up to a whopping 
158 lbs and a 31" waist (Narcissus, Eat Your Heart Out)!!
(My Wife comments that I'm almost "normal" now and hastily added that 
this was in reference to physical build Not Maturity....;-) ).
 
 Yeah but I shut her up by mentioning my best attribute (ahem) can't 
be flaunted and still be Socially Acceptable....;-)
 
   Regards
    Marv
 
PS dumb question, do Wrestlers wear Jock Straps and Cups?
   (this is one anatomical area that I don't follow too closely..:-))
   Whoa, just got a Flashback.........my Parents are Wrestling 
   Phreaques......they would take me along to Maple Leaf Gardens every
   Sunday night (sat on my Mother's Lap). This particular evening the
   Local Favorite (Whipper Billy Watson had just Lost the Belt and it
   was a rematch (sorry can't remember the opponent's name, it could 
   of been Lou Thesz or Pat O'Conner), anyways somehow there was an
   accident and The Champ doubles up in pain (fetal position) and
   can't move.
 
   The Ex-Champ (Challenger) stands back and the Ref counts out the
   Champ and raises Watson's hand and gives him The Belt. Watson,
   refuses (to accompanying tumultuous applause)...in retrospect, 
   obviously The Champ got hit in the nuts/gonads/cohones etc., and
   was booked the next five nights all across The USA and Canada.
   If memory serves me correctly (hell, Wrestling was a Topic in 
   our House), Watson Won "The Gold" back within the Year.
   
 PPS my Parent's are the consumate Marks, the excuses went from
     the Ref being Paid Off to the Individual Wrestler being "on
     the take" and referred to it as the Wrestling equivalent of
     Boxing and "taking a dive". I don't have the heart to fully
     inform them. They want to "believe" and who am I to lay that
     on them. Naturally the odd incident (and truly this is 
     astounding) of non-blading REAL Blood keeps them into it.
     Talk about safety records, Delta Airlines would love to
     have this Track Record.......;-)

    
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