Brax vs Reis
Of the three fights in which Brax and Adam took each other on, this is the middle one. Thanks to Movimus's mission to repair the old NHB-Battle bouts, we see the struggle more clearly, with a warm amber finish. I forgot (if I ever knew) that this match occurred two years after their first. Reis (in turquoise) demanded this rematch in hopes of erasing the spanking Brax (in black) gave him in their first fight. A casual scroll down the GIFs above suggests that he's in for another spanking.
As a fan, I am as thrilled with the long, tight squeezes as with the brutal reversals. These bodies are well matched eye candy. Braxton is taller, heavier, and a year older than Reis. He seems to relish the opportunity to beat the shit out of his overconfident challenger again. Adam is a nimble and resilient wrestler, but he lacks Braxton's grit and aggressiveness. The online description tells us that this fight transpired a week before Reis's college graduation. His sore limbs must have been a matter of pride equal to his degree. It would have been for me.
Braxton is a consistent and unusually durable grappler, a master of pain, but also a fair competitor. His headlocks are tight as vises, and I can't recall whether anybody ever succeeded in getting him to tap out. He was allergic to the notion of giving in. Even so, his opponents usually wanted a rematch.
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Oh, how I miss the old NHB days. Movimus's later matches aren't bad, but they aren't the same, either. They lack the element of surprise and danger of the days when two guys put the match first, last and only. I feel like most underground operations nowadays stress the model bodies more than the fight. And I always felt the fights were genuinely unscripted. No other operation really had the same style. And many wrestlers were prolific. You could really follow the careers of Brax and Max and all the rest. I am grateful to Movimus for preserving the legacy content. Eternally sad that other promotions have not had such a commitment.
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