Sam/Eric vs Bill/Joel
A Father/Son Misadventure
By
The Mangler
“I think I’m
ready, Dad,” Eric said as he crawled between the ring ropes and leaped to the
floor.
“I have to
agree with him,” Aaron said as he approached the father/son duo. “I’ve been training for a long time, and I
think he has what it takes. Reminds me
in many ways of a young you,” he said to Sam.
“Okay, okay,
okay. You two are like a dog with a
bone. You’ve been harassing me for a
couple of weeks about this.” Sam was a
professional wrestler of great renown.
He had been in the business for 20+ years and had won championship belts
as a single, a tag team, a 3-person team, and an intergender team with his
wife, Flo. Flo had died in a traffic
accident 2 years ago, so she wouldn’t get to see her firstborn’s success in the
business.
Since he
could remember, Eric knew he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps. To that end, he had been playing sports since
t-ball, concentrating on playing strength sports and wrestling at all levels. You could tell he had started weight training
earnestly in high school. He stood 5’11”
tall and weighed just under 200 pounds.
Every muscle was well developed, from his biceps to his abs. Most people thought his abs were the most
impressive. You could see every
striation in the muscles at all times.
He didn’t have to be pumped or dehydrated.