Zakk_Sabbath Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Tarp is pro wrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 7 hours ago, Ramo2653 said: Does anyone know the reason why women wear stockings when they wrestle? Would it not look as good with bare legs? Protection? Sometimes it's jarring if the stockings are that much different color-wise from their bare skin. I remember an Alexa Bliss/Lacey Evans match from a month or so ago and I couldn't figure out of Alexa had a bad bruise or what until I realized it was the top of her stockings. If I had to guess, it's to give them an extra layer of clothing in case of a malfunction. The only recent woman who wore shorts and not stockings was Ronda, who came from a sport where she wouldn't have been in the habit of doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I will defer to people who've actually worn stockings/etc. to give an answer to that as I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 The first woman I recall wearing stocking/hose was wendi Richter in the wwf. A quick youtube search though shows her wrestling on Mid South TV vs Velvet McIntyre and both are bare legged. So, maybe it was a Vince thing first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 10/17/2020 at 2:34 PM, Andy in Kansas said: IIRC, they kept momentum for both guys and appetite for the blow-off pretty high until Lockdown. And then, in what seems like a crazy move in hindsight but sort of made sense at the time, the pivoted to Austin Aries as champ. After that, Roode and Storm kinda dragged ass all the way to Bound For Glory where their big blow-off was a street fight with King Mo as the enforcer. Very TNA. Agreed, the build up to Lockdown as a steel cage blowoff was perfect and Storm would've been set if he went over there. That said, I did love the finish and Roode's reign in general, how he always had different chickenshit heel ways of retaining the title like that. And then of course Aries winning the title is maybe my all time favorite match/moment from TNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, AxB said: There aren't many wrestlers who've been on TV with body hair, who weren't doing some sort of ugly person gimmick. Yeah, for sure! Take a gander (if you dare) at these hideous icons of physical repulsiveness: Added: Although, admittedly, RVD seems to have done the full bodybuilder shave pretty often as well. Edited October 19, 2020 by gordi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Hero Morganti Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Cesaro has leg hair too iirc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 RVD has a lot of body hair too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Ryan said: I will defer to people who've actually worn stockings/etc. to give an answer to that as I have no idea. Hey, don't interfere with our marksplaining! The bodybuilder angle is spot on for the shaving, but both the shaving and ladies tights have a lot to do with convention, in the sense that that's just what wrestlers do so to look like a wrestler, you do it. Any after-the-fact reasonings are just conjecture. - my conjecturing about thee conjecting, RAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I made the noble sacrifice of watching a bunch of Vivian Vachon clips and I can confirm she did not wear tights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Scott Hall and Magnum TA were both doing "I look like Tom Selleck" gimmicks. But they both shaved their shoulders, backs and arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Insert Hogan mushroom cloud chest hair picture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valcourt Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Colt Cabana mentioned the DVDVR on the show he did with Joey Janella. Thought that was cool. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Crossword, anybody? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, AxB said: Crossword, anybody? 13 min, 22 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 21:14, but I was eating soup at the same time. And I spent way too long trying to work out what Rachel Ellering's birthname could be... Leanne Sotan? Joanne Sotan? Who names their kid Minne? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, AxB said: Crossword, anybody? One for my fellow UK posters. Edited October 19, 2020 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I never understood the stockings thing myself, but I think most women wear them simply because they help cover up bruising and the dreaded cellulitis. I always assumed the men having clean chests must have been a Vince thing maybe for television. Rick Rude ended up growing quite the manly hairy chest in WCW. Maybe it's a better aesthetic having a smooth waxed chest to a natural one? I'm still convinced Vince took one look at Killian Dain and his body hair and that was that for Sanity before they even got to Smackdown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I could totally see the stockings thing bring one of those weird Vince quirks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Since its pretty much all women's wrestling and not just WWE, doubtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 WWE is all wrestling pal! God damn! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, The Natural said: One for my fellow UK posters. Aw, you assume that there aren't a few game-show obsessed Americans who watch as many of them as possible from across the pond. With the exception of Bullseye. Speaking of, I would like to see Victoria Coren Mitchell cut a promo on someone at a wrestling show. She would have totally got Dean Douglas over as his mouthpiece. Edited October 19, 2020 by Smelly McUgly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, Raziel said: Since its pretty much all women's wrestling and not just WWE, doubtful. Wasn’t one of the questions when did it start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I don't remember who it was but a woman's wrestler once said something to do with covering bumps and bruises because everything was more noticeable with HDTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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