Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

I'll be the first to admit that getting naked ladies to wrestle in the "pro" style sounds like a great idea. This isn't like combining peanut butter and chocolate, after all. Naked women and wrestling definitely go together. The only problem, of course, is that the level of violence in the wrestling is directly proportional to the required skill of the participants. In other words, if you're just going to have two very attractive ladies tussle on the mat, they don't need to be all that skilled because they are just trying for pins and submissions. But when the action is supposed to replicate pro action -- well, then you've got a different story. Anyone who's read Mick Folely's autobiography or watched Hulk Hogan's reality TV show knows that professional wrestling takes a ridiculous amount of skill, an incredibly high pain threshold, and when you're done, you have one or more permanent disabilities. So, unless you can find beautiful women who are willing to put in that kind of effort (i.e., a nearly impossible mission), you wind up with the ladies sort of play acting pro wrestling. Which doesn't really work, since pro wrestling itself is (let's face it), a sort of play itself.
That being said, it's hard to argue with the shot of a busty lady being thrown chest first against the ropes.
And ladies in distress was also a good angle that the Naked Women Wrestling League took.
By the way, can anyone explain to me how Carmen Electra thought it would be a good idea to be associated with this product?