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Jonny Firestorm and Royce Perry vs Calvin Haynes, Tag Team Torture 20 (BG East)
The first part of Tag Team Torture 20 sees Jonny Firestorm and Calvin Haynes teaming up against Charlie Evans and Cap Landon. Both tag teams are new ensembles. As far as I can tell, Calvin is the only one of the four who's never partnered at BG East before. Besides their lack of experience as team mates, both sides are sketchy. Calvin and Jonny faced off against each other in a highly touted and award-winning singles match in 2016 - and to an extent, this is a sequel to that fight. Despite reassurance from Jonny, Calvin seems hesitant to throw his lot in with the guy who once tore him a new asshole. Their opponents are brand new to each other. It soon becomes clear that, despite their high (i.e. unreasonable) expectations of success, they are unreliable teammates. Cap tags out as soon as the match begins, refusing to take on big hairy Calvin, and later when Jonny and Calvin tear his partner to shreds, Cap is careful not to make even eye contact with Charlie, much less tag him out of harm's way. Later Cap claims he's not even Charlie's partner, more like a coach or a well-wisher. Multiple treacheries follow - there's no time to count them all - and the match - a stunner in its last half - is a manual on the art of backstabbing.
Part One is a prerequisite, but it is Part Two that really takes off for me. It picks up a few minutes after the end of the first part. In the second contest, Jonny and his handsome protege Royce Perry confront Calvin Haynes, exhausted and now alone in the squared circle. Having been burned by Firestorm, Calvin advises Royce not to trust his new patron. Jonny, in turn, assures Royce that he would never betray him. He's brought the golden blond boy to the ring to further batter and humiliate Calvin - with Jonny close at hand as backup. Royce glares at Calvin. He looks hungry for this fight, aware that Haynes is already worn out from the previous brawl. I get a flashback to ninth grade, seeing a handsome classmate seduced into fighting one of the bad boys after school. The look in Royce's eyes is the same look I saw in my classmate's - rugged, contemptuous, wanting it. Now a foot or two away from Haynes, Perry signals for a handshake. When Calvin reciprocates, Royce's boot strikes him in the stomach.
For me, the idea of Jonny having an apprentice as hunky as Royce eroticizes them both. I think of Hercules and Hylas - or in a comedy favorite of mine, Danny McBride and his gimp Channing Tatum in This Is the End (2013). I always admired 007 villains' good taste in henchmen, too. Ganging up two on one on Calvin, an especially vulnerable Calvin at that, is dastardly and sexy. Royce, previously typecast as prey for heels like Kelly King, Zip Zarella, and Austin Cooper, is even hotter as a callous bully, reinventing himself with help from Firestorm and, unwillingly, Haynes.
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The first part of Tag Team Torture 20 sees Jonny Firestorm and Calvin Haynes teaming up against Charlie Evans and Cap Landon. Both tag teams are new ensembles. As far as I can tell, Calvin is the only one of the four who's never partnered at BG East before. Besides their lack of experience as team mates, both sides are sketchy. Calvin and Jonny faced off against each other in a highly touted and award-winning singles match in 2016 - and to an extent, this is a sequel to that fight. Despite reassurance from Jonny, Calvin seems hesitant to throw his lot in with the guy who once tore him a new asshole. Their opponents are brand new to each other. It soon becomes clear that, despite their high (i.e. unreasonable) expectations of success, they are unreliable teammates. Cap tags out as soon as the match begins, refusing to take on big hairy Calvin, and later when Jonny and Calvin tear his partner to shreds, Cap is careful not to make even eye contact with Charlie, much less tag him out of harm's way. Later Cap claims he's not even Charlie's partner, more like a coach or a well-wisher. Multiple treacheries follow - there's no time to count them all - and the match - a stunner in its last half - is a manual on the art of backstabbing.
Part One is a prerequisite, but it is Part Two that really takes off for me. It picks up a few minutes after the end of the first part. In the second contest, Jonny and his handsome protege Royce Perry confront Calvin Haynes, exhausted and now alone in the squared circle. Having been burned by Firestorm, Calvin advises Royce not to trust his new patron. Jonny, in turn, assures Royce that he would never betray him. He's brought the golden blond boy to the ring to further batter and humiliate Calvin - with Jonny close at hand as backup. Royce glares at Calvin. He looks hungry for this fight, aware that Haynes is already worn out from the previous brawl. I get a flashback to ninth grade, seeing a handsome classmate seduced into fighting one of the bad boys after school. The look in Royce's eyes is the same look I saw in my classmate's - rugged, contemptuous, wanting it. Now a foot or two away from Haynes, Perry signals for a handshake. When Calvin reciprocates, Royce's boot strikes him in the stomach.
For me, the idea of Jonny having an apprentice as hunky as Royce eroticizes them both. I think of Hercules and Hylas - or in a comedy favorite of mine, Danny McBride and his gimp Channing Tatum in This Is the End (2013). I always admired 007 villains' good taste in henchmen, too. Ganging up two on one on Calvin, an especially vulnerable Calvin at that, is dastardly and sexy. Royce, previously typecast as prey for heels like Kelly King, Zip Zarella, and Austin Cooper, is even hotter as a callous bully, reinventing himself with help from Firestorm and, unwillingly, Haynes.
Visit BG East here.
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