#lionmane

This week's free video on the BG East Arena portal is a classic that I've watched many times over the past 20+ years. It is from their 2001 video, Jobberpaloozer 2: Powergunz vs. Lionmane. We've got the stereotypical arrogant Heel in black leather vs. the stereotypical long-haired jobber in white trunks and boots.

I love that both wrestlers used a nickname ("Power Gunz" emphasizing his big biceps, and "Lion Mane" emphasizing his long hair) instead of a regular name, because I think of them as representatives of the Heel Persona and Jobber Persona rather than normal dudes next door. From their gear choices, to their banter, to their relative level of aggression in the ring, they perfectly portray the Dickhead Heel in black and the Submissive Ragdoll Jobber in white.

And you may be wondering if Powergunz weaponized his opponent's mane by dragging him around by that pretty long hair like a dog on a leash. (It's always a miss for me when the Heel fails to take advantage of a long-haired opponent's flowing locks.)

The answer is Hell Yes! Powergunz goes to town non-stop on Lionmane's hair and I loved it every time! Yank those luscious locks with aggression! Snap-Mare the bitch like a bullwhip! Drag him up with a tight fistful every time he falls!

Of course Powergunz is excellent in the Heel role beyond simply pulling hair. He attacks his jobber's leg, stomps and kicks him (even in the balls), boots him out of the ring, entangles him in the ropes, etc. The best for me was when he stood on the helpless wimp's chest and flexed over him in victory for a couple minutes (see final image below.)

Lionmane for his part mostly flops around like a deflated balloon, his out-of-control mane splashing around him on the mat. He slowly struggles to his feet after each knockdown. But he does it so well! He clearly has watched plenty of pro wrestling, with a focus on the jobbers' pathetic vulnerability.

For example, look how he performs this Leg Lock, reaching up to grab the dude's face -- but then flopping back down in helpless, impotent pain each time the pressure is increased:

This is next level jobbing!

So if you have a BG East Arena membership, be sure to check this one out before it goes away in a few days. Especially if you get off on hair-pulling! Also you can always order Jobberpaloozer 2 from the BG East website for a nominal fee. I promise at least one good rough Hair Pull per dollar spent on this match.

It’s finally here! The next moon. I thought we’d be on moon 15 forever lol

Rosehip is a warrior! There are no more apprentices remaining in the clan now!

Also, there will be an explanation down the line why Nightflower isn’t the new deputy, but tldr (after how she reacted in Moon 13, they realized that putting so much responsibility on her at a young age was a bad idea, basically letting her experience life as a normal warrior first.)

Story ideas below:

Laura Fell: Darla Aquista has a crush on Tim Drake in Robin 1993 before she is shot and killed then brought back to life by some dude named Warlock (after her dad pays him) and he makes her do crime for him .At some point she trains with enchantress after spending 1 year in magical jail. I don't have any story ideas for her but I think she should get to beat up Tim with her magic powers as a treat. Or a fight then team up. DC seems to like putting Tim and Bernard in anthology comics sometimes and she's friends with both of them so.

Lionmane: Lionmane is a hawkman and batwing villain (and possibly others) who looks like a lion sort of. his is technically cheating b/c he appeared in Luke Fox's Batwing comic, which is less than 20 years ago. But his motive in Hawkman seemed partially to be wanting to have money to hire women to hang out with him, I think his valentine day special would be about finding furries exist.

Eric Forrester: He gets into a relationship with Raven because he wants to have sex with her and steal his soul to prevent his body from becoming... IDK a robot? Can't remember. No story ideas for him.

Paul: a dude who has a crush on raven at college and stans azarath. he brought back brother blood who had a crush on raven and wanted to make her marry him 20 years ago we should bring back the original raven hanger on except. he was a civilian and not a supervillain so he just punched a guy who made her made in college and then she was like "Do u understand what pacifist means bitch?" He'd be like trying to contact her on superhero social media IDK. Maybe he and Eric can be in a Raven's regrettable exes/near misses flashback

Linda Page: she's a socialite turned nurse who wants t od osomething with her life and who dated bruce in teh 1940s. I think we should see flashback panels of her shaming him when they are dating and now that bruce is more actively involved in philanthropy in his public ID present day her can be like "My shaming worked <3"

Koryak and Kako: Kako is an Inupiaq woman who arthur has a one night stand with when they are both teenagers and he's living in her house. She eventually gives birth to Koryak, Arthur's biological son, and then dies and becomes a fire elemental and Koryak inherits some water powers despite aquaman not having water powers. Anyway I think Aquaman should hang out with his ex and his son and we should remember that Koryak and his mom exist. They can be fighting magical crime or whatever.

Lori Lemaris: I don't know much about her besides her being Superman's mermaid college sweetheart, but oh well it's a valentine's day issue.

Letifos: a shark mermaid (automatically makes her badass and hot) who never wears a shirt and is fed up with Garth but also concerned about him, and he mistakes her for being Tula, his dead ex GF. I think Letifos and Garth should get together. As a treat <3

Degaton and Mechanique: I only read the Young All Stars plot Mechanique showed up in once so the details are hazy. she might have been acting like she was in a relationship with Degaton? Anyway, Degaton is here because he's amusingly pathetic. Like in a JSA issue he was talking about how he got a victory over the JSA because he was using his time traveling powers to watch stargirl cry after being dumped by her boyfriend. I think he'd posting on incel boards about how women only want to use you for... whatever mechanique was getting out of the relationship I strongly feel she betrayed him but I can't remember the details well.

Huntress, you got a big mouth!

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