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What Turned me Gay (Not Really) - Superheroes

While I know that a lot of attention has already been paid to gay men and superheroes, what I will add is that superheroes were also a gateway to my fascination with gay wrestling.  

What turned me gay (not really) ... 

Superlad (eyeofthecyclone)

This post, inspired by the sidelineland.com blog, takes a tongue and cheek look into "what made me gay (not really)" and in hindsight, it's hard to imagine anything more obvious than superheroes turning me gay.  In fact, there are whole college courses and studies devoted to queerness and superheroes that typically cover the obvious: 

Hot, muscular men in skin tight outfits;

A "secret" identity and unleashing one's true self; 

Flamboyant outfits;

Being perpetually young and beautiful

Now while those are all key reasons to be drawn to superheroes, but to me, above all, it was the over-the-top and exaggerated fights and struggles that turned me gay (not really).  

The first superhero movie I recall watching was the Punisher. As a young boy, I happened to catch the scene of the punisher stretched out for interrogation by the bad guys and this was enough to ignite a spark inside of me.  From then on there was no turning back; superheroes would forever be an outlet for my awakening.  

The Punisher 1989 with Dolph Lundgren

Sure, a lot of my friends were into superheroes but like their love of pro wrestling, my straight friends and I came away with different experiences. 

To be clear, the recent iterations of superheroes do not interest me.  In fact, superheroes today are really just action films and what I long for are the old fashioned, man-to-man fights.  Sure the stakes were smaller, the fate of a damsel in distress or something, but it all seemed much more meaningful.

In a lot of ways I think superheroes were an outgrowth of my love of tarzan movies - himself an early superhero archetype and much of what I liked about Tarzan overlapped with this obsession.

Tarzan and the Lost City - Mike Henry

While I was too young to enjoy the Wild Wild West when it came out, I grandfather him in as a superhero/action hero.  The man had it going on. 

Wild Wild West - Robert Conrad

Later when I discovered Bgeast and Can-am (hardheroes) in the early 2000's and found their collections of superhero fights, it all suddenly came together.  All at once, it was the final piece that seemed to link my obsessions.  Superheroes led to exaggerated fighting, which led to wrestling, and most importantly gay wrestling. 

The Black Spider v Dragonfly (bgeast.com) 

The Black Spider v Archangel Ace (bgeast.com) 

Nowadays I'm lucky to have the opportunity to find all the gay superhero wrestling I can find across multiple studios.

Superlad (eyeofthecyclone)

Kid of Steel v Muscle boy (undergroundwrestler)

Jungle Man v Nick Justice (herohunks)

White Wolf v Dozer (herohunks)

So forget your superheroes with ungodly power and disregard fights with expensive special effects; what really made me gay were those humble (and intimate?) scenes between men in masks. While I've always thought that wrestling was really just a story told through a fight, my obsession for superhero fights provides even further proof.  You see this story, whether it's heroes versus villains or heels versus jobbers, has shaped me into who I am today and without a doubt turned me gay (not really).  

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By Gwendolyn Brooks

of the furious

Who take Today and jerk it out of joint have made new underpinnings and a Head.

Blacktime is time for chimeful poemhood but they decree a jagged chiming now.

If there are flowers flowers must come out to the road. Rowdy!— knowing where wheels and people are, knowing where whips and screams are, knowing where deaths are, where the kind kills are.

As for that other kind of kindness, if there is milk it must be mindful. The milkofhumankindness must be mindful as wily wines. Must be fine fury. Must be mega, must be main.

Taking Today (to jerk it out of joint) the hardheroic maim the leechlike-as-usual who use, adhere to, carp, and harm.

And they await, across the Changes and the spiraling dead, our Black revival, our Black vinegar, our hands, and our hot blood.

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Who take Today and jerk it out of joint have made new underpinnings and a Head.

Blacktime is time for chimeful poemhood but they decree a jagged chiming now.

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As for that other kind of kindness, if there is milk it must be mindful. The milkofhumankindness must be mindful as wily wines. Must be fine fury. Must be mega, must be main.

Taking Today (to jerk it out of joint) the hardheroic maim the leechlike-as-usual who use, adhere to, carp, and harm.

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of the furious Who take Today and jerk it out of joint   have made new underpinnings and a Head.   Blacktime is time for chimeful poemhood but they decree a jagged chiming now. If there are flowers flowers must come out to the road. Rowdy!— knowing where wheels and people are, knowing where whips and screams are, knowing where deaths are, where the kind kills are.   As for that other kind of kindness, if there is milk it must be mindful. The milkofhumankindness must be mindful   as wily wines. Must be fine fury. Must be mega, must be main. Taking Today (to jerk it out of joint) the hardheroic maim the leechlike-as-usual who use, adhere to, carp, and harm. And they await, across the Changes and the spiraling dead,   our Black revival, our Black vinegar,   our hands, and our hot blood.

Gwendolyn Brooks, “Young Afrikans”

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Hardheroes Part2

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The Most Prolific Pro: Can-Am Wrestlers

As a follow up to my previous musings on who is the hardest working Bgeast wrestler, I wondered - Who is the most prolific Can-am wrestler? 

As of this moment, as of right now, which wrestler is king in terms of releases? 

I will always be nostalgic about Can-Am.  Once I was introduced to the internet there was no stopping me from identifying that I loved gay themed wrestling and Can-Am was the second company I uncovered, after Bgeast. 

Can-Am was a terrific contrast to Bgeast with it's slightly more polished and porn focused appearance, it doubled my opportunities to enjoy gay wrestling and young me was left speechless.  I have vivid memories of going through the catalog over the course of several days, slowing peeling back every fantasy I never knew that I needed or wanted.  

And so without further adieu, to satisfy my curiosity on their extensive catalog, here is the list of the top content creators of Can-Am wrestling matches: 

The winner is .... Jobe Zander

The ranking was fairly close with the top 5 performers within striking distance of one another.  Before I did my count I would've guessed Jimmy Dean to be the top and he barely lost this one.  All of this was a bit different from bgeast where Jonny Firestorm managed to wrestle a whooping +60 times for the studio.  

Also check out Aryx Quinn, the dude is not only in the Can-Am top 5 but also registers +30 matches with bgeast and not to mention all his other endeavors out there - the guy truly puts the PRO in prolific if you get my drift.  Want to see more wrestlers? Here's a list of the top 20: 

---- A few caveats are needed of course as this list includes only matches that are on the Can-am.com website at the time and that for whatever reason, matches (and wrestlers) come and go from the site.  Furthermore, this also does not include hardheroes or bgenterprises or other studios although they have an affiliation with Can-Am.  

Want to know how other wrestlers fared? See below for the complete list of wrestlers with at least 5 matches on my original post.

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