#Austin Cooper

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Sleep buddy….sleeeep. Austin Cooper lays Adam Atom down for a nice deep sleep.

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Everything Great About a Match: Austin Cooper v Z-Man (bgeast.com)

Everything Great About a Match: +7

Austin Cooper v Z-Man (bgeast.com)

SPOILER ALERT: I highly recommend viewing this match in its entirety before reading this post.

So let's begin:  +1: For the flex fight. Now at times these types of matches can seem gimmicky but not this - this is pure masculine energy channeled into flexing.  Both men have something to prove and both men want to prove it by showing off how they can dismantle the other via forced flexing - I mean who are we to complain, am I right?  Hell this deserves a bonus point [+1] for enlightening me on the ways of the flex match.

Z-Man: You see these? Austin: They're small.

Austin: Do it. Flex your biceps for me!

Austin: No... *AHHHH* Alright, alright I'll flex

Austin: Flex, I want more flexing.

I love how smug and proud Z-man is to show off his handiwork here.

+1: Along with that, can we talk about the shear athleticism at work here?  Austin is a beast plain and simple.  

I mean how many guys can pull this off? 

Austin showing off on his terms

+1: For all the ab beat downs.  Why is it I love some good ab work?  I may never know but there's something about a tanned chiseled six-pack on a cocky guy getting worked over that definitely deserves a point. 

Z-man slumped over and flexing those abs gives Austin an idea. Pummel the man and show him those abs mean nothing.

Just an upside ab bash to really show off how much he owns you.

+1: For the close up camera angles.  Throughout this match, we are constantly treated to our two muscle studs groaning and flexing within an inch of the action.  

Every muscle twitch is captured in this match, Every ab is clearly visible.

You can almost feel Z-man's breath as he cries out

+1: All those damn pec claws! Austin shows off how he can dominate Z-man with this move only to have the tables turned on him.  Both wrestlers' drool-worthy pecs make tempting targets here and I can't fault them for wanting to take a piece of that chest home with them. 

Z-man fights back to get free only to get caught once again.

Z-man gets his turn on those impressive things.

+1: Humiliating your helpless opponent on the turnbuckle.  I recently have come to appreciate this move ever since I saw a helpless Chace LaChance laid on the turnbuckle while Donnie Drake had at it on him.  Austin and Z-man have their own variation and really make this move work.  You can feel the helplessness on Austin's face along with the thrill coming off of Z-man to have his man laid out and ready to take whatever he can throw. 

Z-man: Dammit, flex for me! Austin: *Groan* No... *Groan* I won't flex...

Austin using up all his willpower and hoping to hang on

------- Everything Great About this Match: +7

So there you have it.  This is a solid match showcasing Austin and Z-man in their prime.  I initially had my reservations about a flex match but these two really sell.  The beatdowns, the anguish over having to flex, all come together to make this work.  I can feel Austin's breath as he cries out in submission or Z-man having to debase himself with a flex. Thank you Austin and Z-man for showing me the light - a flex match is all about showing your beaten opponent off as your latest trophy.  

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Austin Mini Cooper S 1966. - source Bring a Traller.

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Collage and construction, Gillan Jason Gallery, London, 1982 [Roe and Moore, London]

Feat.: Austin Cooper, Prunella Clough, Michael Ginsborg, Gwyther Irwin, John Jackson, Dick Lee, Ken Oliver, Victor Pasmore, Ceri Richards, Bruce Russell, Rita Smith, Carol Wyatt

Exhibition: September 10 – October 16, 1982

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Bicyclism

~ Austin Cooper (Canadian, 1890-1964), circa 1928

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Austin Cooper (1890-1964)

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[newwavesylviaplath]

i'd let him put it in any hole he wanted. just for the record.

[am3ricanh0rrorwh0re]

gotta give him that HAWK TUAH-

that gawk gawk 3000

take him down to suck city (i’m so sorry yall)

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That Wrestling Moment: When two good guys wrestle - Christian Taylor v Austin Cooper (bgeast.com)

What if two good guys wrestled for nothing more than good sportsmanship?  And what if a good guy wins for a change?  Enter Christian Taylor and Austin Cooper.

SPOILER ALERT: I highly recommend viewing this match in its entirety before reading this post.

The Backstory

The Heel-Jobber / Hero-Villain dynamic is a tried and true formula that's a classic for a reason; it just works on so many levels.  Now this particular match flips that and asks, can gay wrestling work without someone getting off?  Now I don't only mean physically getting off, but does gay wrestling work without the gratification of subjugation and humiliating your opponent?  

I love the match up here: Austin built like a tank and Christian strutting like a model on a photo shoot.  

The two even start with friendly compliments to each other.  "I'm excited to wrestle you" "Nice, me too" "You look pretty tough online".

The Action

Christian and Austin battle each other in the nicest possible way.  Saying things like, "I don't want to hurt you man" and "You're pretty good competition, you know that?" to each other.  

At one point, the fight heats up with both exchanging cheap shots, only to cool down again.  These two simply can't go full villain on each other.  

The Moment 

These two are roughly tied by the end of the match.  Both guys not so much trying to battle for top but to see how good they can wrestle.  This might be one of the few wrestling matches absent any low blows or low antics.

In the end, one man has simply a tiny bit more endurance than the other and really this could've gone either way.  But all that aside, what truly makes this match is that sight of Christian victorious; it is truly a moment to behold.  One of his few, but well deserved triumphs.  Now the guy can brag that he took down Austin, the powerhouse himself, and still remained a good guy. 

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Happy Father’s Day

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Cruden Bay

~ Austin Cooper (Canadian, 1890-1964), circa 1930

[gostlyghost]

𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭.

a few collages I made with Evan Peters characters.

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Austin Mini Cooper S MK 11