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Friday August 18 2017 - WrestleInMN: Do not judge a book by its coverRecent matches
WrestleInMN (id 3305) and I wrote messages back and forth since a while now, but I was always skeptical of his profile. A few images, no recommendations and a recent description change to indicate that he no longer wrestles. I'm thinking cyber or fake or both. On top of that, one of his descriptions in his other profiles mentioned two body types criteria which I don't fulfill. I am definitely not a muscle bear, nor do I consider myself as an athletic muscle guy. So after reading his requirements, I've told myself that my chances of meeting him were less than ~1%. His pictures is a little bit scary because he is very serious... but then again, very few people smile in their wrestling pictures.

WrestleInMN re-contacts me anyway showing an interest in meeting, so we try to make things work. I offer to take a day off, but he politely suggests a different day where I don't have to use up my vacation days. I'm seeing here a nice courtesy gesture, so this starts to increase his authenticity and it also hints that he genuinely wants to wrestle. Considering that he is doing the extra mile by traveling all the way from Vermont to Montreal, I try to do my part and rent the ring in advance. He shows up and the first thing I see is a smile which completely reverses the perception I have of him. This is why you don't judge a book by its cover... or in this case, a profile by just its images and a small description. What I see is a cute happy bear with a handsome smile, a nice goatee, a short but scrawny and brawny build. Heck, a bear that I would love to cuddle... and wrestle of course.

We get inside the building and I ask if he wants to talk a bit, but he said he came to wrestle. He removes his t-shirt... and wow.. uh.. he is completely my type. This 260 lbs bear has a great constitution and the right amount of hair on his chest and arms. I am melting and I become intimidated. Then again, you guys know I always get like this in the presence of a bear. In any case, I pulled myself together and got ready to wrestle. My mental state was leaning towards a jobber match where I would be working him over as a heel (yea, I know, I don't get to be a heel pretty often) because that's what I understood from his profile. Well, I was completely wrong. He was defending himself, using his weight and he started taunting me:

- "Is that it? Where's the power that the other wrestlers were talking about?"

I didn't say it, but I was thinking that I should have told him that if he was facing an opponent that was 100 lbs heavier, then he would have quite some trouble too! When he was on top of me, there was barely anything I can do. Wiggling away meant wasting loads of energy, most of the time it was almost for nothing. In this position, I've decided mostly to relax and to recover. I would still at times engage in a test of strength just to show him the little challenge I can give him.

We were doing light sub, although it felt almost like full sub, but I could sense that he was occasionally toning it down for me, which allowed me to flip him over once in a while. A soft tender caress on his back, shoulders, sides and neck could tame him just for a little wee bit: it can lower his guard and give you an opening to fight back. When I was able to be on top of him, I made sure to maintain that position because he was unforgiving. He can definitely hold his own even though he likes to be worked over, but you need to deserve it: you need to work hard for it... or at least give a significant amount of effort.

Very few wrestlers I meet also have an affinity for nipple play, but this stud had it and he had it more than I do. This is where I thank MeetFighters for giving me this hint, although I have to admit that he started playing with my nipples first and pretty early in the game, so I would probably have picked it up anyway. I personally feel I have a strong tolerance to have my nipples squeezed or nibbled, but this guy is at a level far beyond my own. It's a game that he would win if I dare to play against him. And yes, each time I did it, I lost. Another hint on one of his wrestling profiles indicated that he likes gut punching, but it seems that each time I did it, it would infuriate him and give him the required strength to power out of my moves. Use that with caution.

Body scissors would do nothing to him, but leg scissors had a good impact. Leg locks were worthless because this guy is also strong in the legs. Luckily, I can take his scissors well (he has some very strong ones by the way). While I was on top, I took his right arm in a hook and held his left arm: he would then try to flip me over, but using this technique you can use his weight as leverage against him. Reverse sleepers are effective, but that's not really my style. The arm bar with arm scissors is a winner and despite him fighting back to the maximum, he really enjoys it... because being dominated is part of his fondness for wrestling.

No pictures and no videos were taken, because of his work domain. I understand that.

I did ask him however if I could rack him. Lucky for me, he was racked in the past by someone that was three times my size, so he has an idea on how to position himself. Indeed, his 260 lbs became 210 lbs over my shoulders. I then ask him if he can cooperate with me for a full nelson body scissors which he nicely let me do. It worked well, but he was puzzled because he asked me:

- "Where was this power earlier?"

Moves like the rack and the full nelson body scissors require cooperation. It's entirely different. I tried applying it during our light sub match, but it's a move that can easily be blocked. It's not like anyone would turn their back against me to let me pull my signature on them. And don't get me started about racking someone in a sub match!!!

I learned that my body scissors would do something to him, only from the rear and only if he allowed me to do it properly. My frontal scissors were only a defending position that made him grin. I was thinking that if I had boots, maybe I would have had a better chance because I would get a better and tighter grip.

The ring facilitated things for us because of the space. We rolled left and right without being afraid of hitting walls and without reaching a surface that would leave us with carpet burns. We did not use the ropes because the majority of our moves were ground-based. In a hotel/motel space, we would have to constantly re-position the mats and the bed sheets.

Given his light sub style, I felt very safe wrestling him. I did mention in the past that I usually don't do sub with guys heavier than me because I need to watch out after my injuries, but this guy knew how to wrestle carefully. I felt that the chances of him harming me were almost non-existent.

Outside the ring, WrestleInMN is sociable and talkative. You can sense from him that he has a positive attitude, is respectful of others and has a vibe that emanates trust. He has great experiences to share and funny tidbits that will make you laugh. All in all, WrestleinMN was a big surprise.

Would I wrestle him again? Absolutely!

A couple of days later, I asked him if I left him any sores or bruises. He told me that his quads were killing him, probably from all the squeezing of my leg scissors on his legs. He suggested that I probably should be doing that again.

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