C'mon now playboy, get your facts straight... Lloyd, I'm about to take you to class.....
Yes, he is a model.
Rick "The Model" Martel was truly ahead of the time. Absolutely nobody made any connection at the time to all the references he would make to sex. And what the hell is up with the obnoxious spray can of cologne???? He used to spray peeps with the shit in the eyez to blind the bitches. However, my most favorite thing about The Model is when he would be in the corner of the ring, dizzied and hanging on the turnbuckle after taking a beating, while his opponent would go across the ring to charge at him with a devastating blow, perhaps a flying splash or a clothesline. As the opponent nears The Model, just as the Boy Genius would, Rick Martel would not just run out of the way.... the motherfucker CARTWHEELED HIMSELF OUT OF THE WAY!!!! It only gets better... After the cartwheel, Martel would then proceed to do a series of traditional JUMPING JACKS in place, and then drop down to one knee and do a traditional two-arm flex pose, all to exhibit his quickness, agility, strength, and of course, his beauty. Yes ladies and gentlemen, HE IS A MODEL.
And who could really forget this pioneer......
"Ravishing" Rick Rude is like Grandmaster Flash to today's WWE. I used to think this guy was strange, way before I even knew what "gay" meant or what "homosexuality" was. Even so, none of this shit is gay, ITS GENIUS!!!!! Check out these classic trunk designs (mind you, he would have new specially designed ones each fight...
Bathing Ape, wha? I believe the "Ravishing One" started the 'all-over' print
This one is one of many similar... dude LOVED to have his face on his crotch, so he could gyrate his crotch in dudes faces.... once again, no homo, just showing off and disrespecting, no homo. In this case, he is actually doing it to a woman.
What was even better than his own face in his crotch is when he would put OTHER peoples faces on it. Remember when Jay-Z put the picture of Prodigy of Mobb Deep's picture of him doing some ballet shit on the big screen at HOT97's summerjam? Where do you think he got that idea from?? Pictured above is a picture of Rick kissing Miss Elizabeth, the WIFE of his opponent, Macho Man Randy Savage. "OOOOH YEEEAAAH!!!!" take that take that take that.
This design however, is my favorite. On his quest for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, Rick Rude produced this classic trunk on the EVE of the title match: a life-size airbrushed Intercontinental Championship Belt. When Rick Rude won the match, he put the belt around his waist, which sat above the airbrushed image, thus creating this cool visual effect.
And yes, that is an anchor tat on his right bicep... no homo.
Class Dismissed,
Professor Boy Genius, P.H.D. (Playa Hatin' Degree)
