Episode #2 of the awesome new Tiger Mask W wrestling cartoon begins with a big bad-ass Heel named Black Python challenging our hero to a fight. The organization of evil wrestlers known as Tiger’s Den feels threatened by Tiger Mask because a prior version of Tiger Mask had shut down their operations, so they’re bringing in a hit-man.
To build anticipation for their future singles match, Black Python and Tiger Mask are booked in a preliminary Tag Team match. Each man will need to find a partner, and Black Python happens to choose fellow Tiger’s Den member, Tiger the Dark — who just happens to be our hero’s former best friend, Takuma.
Tiger Mask’s partner is a gorgeous Face known as the “Young Lion.” He presents a temptation for Naoto (Tiger Mask), a foil in the plot, a potential replacement for Naoto’s former best friend, Takuma.
How can Naoto and Takuma resume their Bromance when Naoto is now getting with this spectacular Young Lion?
When you break up with someone, and you both find someone new, you compete over which of you found the best replacement. We see Naoto with a muscular pretty-boy in tight trunks, quite a catch! Takuma on the other hand is now partnered with a massive Alpha Male daddy — a powerful python.
I guess it depends on your tastes in wrestlers whether you think Naoto’s cute young Boy Toy is the better catch, or you think Takuma is the winner of the New Partner Pissing Contest with this big Black Python at his side.
The former best friends (and future lovers?) face off first to stir up the sexual tension. Will they recognize one another when they start grappling? This is like a romantic comedy full of mistaken identities and missed opportunities between the star crossed lovers.
The Young Lion, Wakamatsu, performs his role as the foil — the complication preventing Naoto from identifying and re-connecting with Takuma.
As soon as the two former friends separate, young Wakamatsu insists on tagging in and taking over in the ring.
Black Python also tags in so that Naoto’s new partner is matched against Takuma’s. We soon see that Naoto may have found the cuter replacement, but Takuma’s new squeeze is the more powerful stud with that big black python hanging down his back. He dominates the Young Lion, his long phallic tail growing erect and sharp as he inflicts pain on the pretty-boy.
FINALLY some nice double-teaming up in this bitch!
The Young Lion is now seen being punished for trying to come between Takuma and Naoto. He is restrained in the far corner as the Python pounds him relentlessly. The cartoonist provides a close-up image of the victim’s expression of agony, his beautiful face contorted like an orgasm as the Python continues to bang him.
The most vicious and visually arresting Backbreaker ever animated.
The best move of the episode occurs when Black Python hoists the pretty-boy high overhead to drop him across a bent knee! God I love this move, and the artist did a fantastic job making it appear devastating and sexy.
This reminds me of the Batman comic where the evil wrestler Bane snapped the Caped Crusader‘s spine with the same move. This move is used to signify total ownership.
Whew, I need a cigarette after that epic Over-the-Knee Back-Snapper, and I don’t even smoke! That’s enough blogging for today — I will pick up this Tag Team bout again from the moment of this devastating move in a few days.
To Be Continued…