Wet Nightmare

Christian vs Shatter, Big vs Small - Parts 1 and 2 (WrestleFrat)

Christian is hot. Seeing two-second flashes of his butt as he reaches back to adjust his purple trunks makes me want to pounce on him. No wonder masked heel Shatter zeroes in on him. The match is a guilty pleasure.  Like Dressed to Kill or Body Double, it teases our desire to see what, in the company of others, we would pretend a disinterest in seeing. The video flirts with flashes of ass and pubes, adding fuel to our thirst. Shatter is our stand-in in a quote wrestling match unquote that teasingly suggests attempted rape, except our young and expressionless hero is more than capable of fending for himself. Our self-image or our sense of decency is preserved. Maybe.

The camera takes us from the living room to the shower and then back to the living room. The spotlessly clean, well-appointed hotel room reminds me of similar settings in Brian DePalma's midcareer movies, paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock. The clean decor balances against the sordid goings-on in the room. Shatter seems to materialize from out of nowhere - like Freddy Krueger - catching Christian by surprise, except Christian never acts surprised. This raises the question of whether the "reality" this video depicts is something other than what we think it is. Is Shatter a figment of Christian's imagination? Why is Christian's blank facial expression unvarying even as Shatter bears down on him? Is Shatter a brutal embodiment of Christian's sex fantasy? This is a fantasy. Is it ours, or is it in Christian's head?

I can't exactly call Christian vs Shatter "wrestling," but it is sexy and a fascinating psychological thriller (perhaps). Christian, as already noted, is virile. Having now watched him in this, I am thirsty to see him in other matches - or other scenarios. He appears coolly composed and in control of (almost) everything that happens. When he turns on Shatter and plays the fearless hero, he sometimes glances into the camera - at us! - with a pouty, bored affect, as if to say, "You're getting yours next." I can't tell you how hard that makes me squee with anticipation.

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