#wrasslin' nail art

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Coming in last minute with some Wrasslin’ Nail Art for today’s NXT Takeover: Portland show. I got tickets for my birthday and I’m friggin’ pumped! I gotta rep my UE boys. 

I know it’s been a looooooooooooooooooong time since I’ve done nail art, but I’ve been working on some stuff over the past weekends, so be on the look out for some activity.

Products Used:

OPI- I Just Can’t Cope-acabana

Painted Polish- Midnight Mischief, Stamped In Charcoal, Stamped In Clay, Stamped In Slate

Maniology- Smudge Free Top Coat

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Florida

It was really weird and annoying that we had to charge each other on the alligators we wrassled into wearing bits and harnesses. Nobody else seemed to understand how dangerous and pointless it was. I had never ridden an alligator before don't ask me how I did it. I did enjoy riding a mechanical bull when I had strong wrists but an alligator can out-swim you. Your puny arms pulling on a chain-ring alligator mouth harness is not strong enough to keep it's neck that's as wide as your waist from diving into the muddy, lagoon that smells of faded vegetables, fish puke, that attracts wild boar to fight with the Burmese Pythons over the who gets the territory.

 Purists say you can ride an alligator without a mechanical assist. The purists do 100 pound dumbbells on their arms. They spend a day and night stress testing their core and back with 400 pound snaps in poses stolen from art class models. Before the duel all the purists spend time in the being tossed this way and that under water, up in the air, swirling and being dunked before they can come up for air in Jerry Porter's Mechanical Crocodile Thrill Emporium. Jerry Porter built his emporium after he came back home to from training astronauts in Huntsville. The villagers and cousins despised him for loosing the snake handling touch, believing men could get to the moon unlike what God intended. But when he rode an alligator without a leash into the Burmese Python den and charmed them out with 20 minutes of glossolalia commanding the snakes to swim downstream to the elders church saw the light and the select gave up snake handling for the new test of faith.

It makes no sense that Calvinism turned into this weird sect of believers who gave up prayer to measure who is more blessed by how long they can keep their heads in the dark enclosed tank full of cold water as they get tossed about and half drowned even worse than fighter pilots during their tests for how many Gs they can take and come back to the instrument panel after a black out.

It's difficult to find many purists of alligator riding. Even though every other person in Florida spends the weekend wrasslin' alligators most of us have the good sense to go home; eat our collared greens, drink a mint julep, cheer Roxanne in those Judging Amy reruns that are inexplicably popular down here. If you goto any bar there friendly arguments between greased boar enthusiasts, ice cream hoarders, and the alligator jujitsuists. It's Florida after all. But deciding to have duels on alligators that are wild, unprincipled is so far out there the meth addicts who eagerly sign up for a chance to eat another junky's face for breakfast will not participate. The average Floridian credits all their bizarre behavior to all the lead in the water (the EPA and Army Core of Engineers have confirmed this is true.) With all this strangeness in the air and water alligator riding purists are hard to find because they usually don't survive their first ride. My bishop thinks they are all martyrs and are at the right hand of God.

Most of us are not purists. I saw some people using mechanical assists to steer the alligators in to battle and aqualungs in case things get hairy. Oddly those things don't always save them when they go against the those followers of a muscular Jesus who trained and lifted weights yelling glossolalia during their reps. Many times I have seen a pool of blood slowly fade and merge into the muddy water as the alligators feast on what's left. One of my neighbors makes their living harvesting all the aqualungs that litter the bottom of the lagoon.

I feel ashamed I cannot look all those teenagers who lost a limb, an ear, a nose to a slight mishap with the alligator. The people here don't take you seriously no matter how many guns you proudly don't conceal if you have not wrestled with an alligator. It's actually easy to survive unlike the when you go against a python with your bare arms and let it get around your waist, at least that is what my coworkers at the bank say. I am not sure if it's the cocaine talking or the lead everyone breathes but I need to fit in. I don't want to go back to Minnesota where people have to prove their fitness by swimming under the ice from one hole to another then running in a wet, corduroy track suit to the mountain of road ice that each town piles in their square so people can lick it until their tongue sticks. to the dirty, pile pebbles, finger nail clippings, diapers, coffer grounds, activated charcoal and spit. I am not going back to Minnesota I like it here.

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I’m not dead!!! Just lazy.

Today is NXT Takeover: XXV and I have June’s Wrasslin’ Nail Art done just in time for the Breeze vs Dream match.

Colors Used:

OPI- Positive Vibes Only, Matte Top Coat

China Glaze- Liquid Leather

Maniology- Bam! White, Smudge Free Top Coat

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For April’s Wrasslin’ Nail Art of the Month, it’s nothing but damn love and respect to Joanie Laurer aka Chyna, in both life and death.

Colors Used:

China Glaze - Liquid Leather, DJ Blue My Mind, Lime After Lime

Maniology - Bam! White, Smudge Free Top Coat

OPI - Matte Top Coat

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When it’s March and tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, the only fitting choice for Wrasslin’ Nail Art of the Month is an Irishman. There's no one more fitting and deserving than the Irish Ace, Jordan Devlin. 

Colors Used:

Julep- Emilie

China Glaze- White On White

Maniology- Smudge Free Top Coat

OPI- Matte Top Coat

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When it’s Star Wars Day and Wrasslin’ Nail Art of the Month on the same day, you only have one option to go with: Noam Dar. May the Fourth be with Noam Dar, and Noam Dar only.

Colors Used:

China Glaze - Liquid Leather, DJ Blue My Mind, That’s Shore Bright, Neon & On & On

ILNP - My Private Rainbow (X)

Maniology - Bam! White, Smudge Free Top Coat

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Shock. The system. 

February’s wrasslin nail art belongs to NXT’s band of miscreants, the Undisputed Era, aka Adam Cole (bay bay!), Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish, and Roderick Strong. How can one not be entertained by watching them hanging off their own monkey bars during their promos? Honestly.

Colors Used:

China Glaze - Liquid Leather

OPI - Never A Dulles Moment, Matte Top Coat

Twinkled T- Glow Up

Maniology - Smudge Free Top Coat

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It’s that time to once again showcase some nail art love to another favorite wrestler of mine. I’ve already done a Motor City Machine Guns mani, but it’s time I give some extra love to Chris Sabin. I mean, I did name my cat after him. I’ve been a fan of his since the old TNA days and his alien gear always stood out to me.

Colors Used:

China Glaze - Starboard, Flame-boyant

Sinful Colors - Black On Black

Cirque Colors - Counterculture

OPI - Alpine Snow, Matte Top Coat

Maniology - Smudge Free Top Coat

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It’s the first Saturday of the month, so that means it’s that time to highlight another wrestler I love to watch. This time it’s for the EST of NXT, Bianca Belair. She’s a badass woman and her abilities have no limit. I just love watching her and I think she’s absolutely amazing.

Colors Used:

China Glaze - Salsa, Ruby Pumps, Liquid Leather

OPI - Alpine Snow

Twinkled T Holo Is The New Black micro glitter

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For December’s wrasslin’ nail art it’s all about The Man, Becky Lynch to be exact. I used a shirt design that I found on The Amazing Things website for the Bex face because that moment was glorious.

Usually I post the monthly wrasslin’ nail art on the first Saturday of the month.... but it’s clearly not the first Saturday nor is it the second. Long story short, had no time between being sick and working, but it’s finally done.

Colors Used:

Sinful Colors- Black On Black, Bitten, Anchors Away (mixed)

OPI - Love.Angel.Music.Baby

China Glaze- White On White

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I chopped down my nails about 4 weeks ago now, and they’re only now at a decent length for nail art. Which is why February’s wrasslin’ nail art is being posted this weekend and not last weekend. I did a ton of nail art before I chopped my nails off, so for the next couple of weeks the nails in those posts are going to be noticeably larger than these.

On to the art. This month is dedicated to my favorite female wrestler growing up, Lita. She was apart of Team Xtreme, and she was and *still* is a badass. Watching her make her return to the first ever Woman’s Royal Rumble brought back all the love I had for her when I was a kid.

Colors Used:

China Glaze- White On White, Bodysuit Yourself, Werk It Honey!, In The Limelight

Painted Polish- Midnight Mischief

Essie- Blue-la-la

Wet N Wild- Nuclear (mixed)

OPI- Matte Top Coat

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January’s wrasslin’ nail art of the month is dedicated to one of my absolute favorite human beings and a flawless wrestler, Mustafa Ali. Perfection inside and out.

Colors Used:

KBShimmer- Orchidding Me?, Sun & Games

Cirque Colors- Memento Mori

Twinkled T- Glow Up

Finger Paints gold striper

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It’s the first Saturday of the month, and I’m on time with this month’s wrasslin’ nail art. He may be on the injured list, but I haven’t forgotten the Scottish Supernova Noam Dar.

Colors Used:

China Glaze- Fancy Pants, Snap My Dragon, White On White, Don’t Be A Lunatic, Fairy Dust

Painted Polish- Midnight Mischief

Essence- So Blue, So True

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For December’s wrasslin’ nail art, I gotta show some love to my ROH Tag Champs Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, aka Motor City Machine Guns. Some of my favorite fells since 2004.

Colors Used:

Sinful Colors- Black On Black

Twinkled T- Glow Up

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You have the right to remain stylish.

November’s wrasslin’ nail art is dedicated to the duo of Fandango and Tyler Breeze, aka Breezango.

Colors Used:

China Glaze- First Mate, Passion (mixed)

Cirque Colors- Counterculture (mixed)

Finger Paints striper in black

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled 31 Day Challenge posts for September’s wrasslin’ nail art. This month we’re Fading to Black, Aleister Black to be specific.

Colors Used:

Twinkled T- Glow Up, Vibin’

Sinful Colors- Gold Medal