Wrestlers and Erections

     Heterosexual purists are inclined to believe the erection of a straight male can only be produced by masturbatory means or through contact with a member of the opposite sex.  However, that belief can be disproved by the physics of a blowjob.  A penis doesn’t discriminate between a male mouth and a female one; in fact, either can bring a man (regardless of his sexuality) to orgasm.

     This mindset holds true with males as they wrestle.  A heterosexual male can get an erection wrestling with a man just as easily as he would if he were wrestling a woman.  Wrestling is pure physical contact, and the resulting friction between two bodies produces an erection.  When the penis grinds against another body, it enters a state of arousal.  It's a primordial instinct for a male, in any number of species, humans not excluded, to get an erection when showing dominance.  The reaction has no bearing on one's sexuality.       

     For those individuals who have only seen televised pro wrestling, where erections are non-existent, these conclusions must seem fanciful at best.  However, there are fundamental differences between high school/college (amateur) wrestling and pro wrestling.  Amateur wrestling is all mat work; it’s a constant marriage of two bodies.  Pro wrestling is a choreographed dance, most of which doesn’t involve any sort of bodily grinding or pressure.

    As evidence, examine these photos and compare them with the wrestling you've seen on cable television.  

    It’s clearly evident why an erection would be more likely to occur during amateur matches.  The grinding pressure between two bodies is constant and unrelenting.  The positions are sexual in nature and create a dominant/submissive mentality.  An erection is a natural response to these conditions.                 

     In professional wrestling, even when there are instances of traditional mat work/prolonged physical contact, the gear has been designed to conceal erections.  

Take this photo for example:

     The shape of what lies beneath the thick fabric is non-descript; one couldn't sort out a differentiation between the testicles and the cock.  In addition to this concealment, most pro wrestlers wear a Speedo-style brief under their trunks and then a jock beneath that.  In the unlikely event an erection did occur, it would be almost indiscernible. 

       Now, examine these photos amateur wrestling singlets.  

     The fabric is a great deal thinner and much more conducive to producing an erection since it offers so little padding against friction.  The sensation is highly pleasurable when a penis glides across such fabric (in fact, many men masturbate while wearing similar items, such as thin compression shorts).  This feeling of pleasure can't be turned off during a wrestling match.  Consequently, amateur wrestlers have taken a page from professional wrestlers and under-layer their singlets with compression shorts and Speedos.  One or the other in itself might allow an erection in a wrestling match, but one worn on top of the other binds the penis and, should an erection occur, it wouldn't be as noticeable.  Nor would the match be as comfortable.      

                       Here is a photo of a college wrestler wearing a jock, a brief, and compression shorts beneath his singlet.

    This practice is uncomfortable and often leads to binding fabric, which constantly needs readjusting.  The above photo illustrates what a nightmare all the layers become during the course of a match.  It's best just to wear:

a jock

or a brief

beneath your singlet and to be unconcerned if an erection occurs.  After all, you are a member of the male species, and erections are a part of your existence.  If one of your teammates or someone from the opposing team gives you grief for your hard-on, then tell them to worry about their own dick and to stop staring at yours.             

    The second you start worrying about your erection, you became a liability to the team.  If another wrestler senses self-consciousness in terms of your getting a hard-on, they may attempt to throw off your concentration by purposefully producing and then sustaining arousal.  Since there are any number of throws or holds that rely on hand to groin contact, this practice is more common than most would care to admit.  Here are some photos that illustrate the point.

     In the first photo, one wrestler is going to town on the other's dick, and he's clearly winning as a result.  If you were the wrestler in red, would you be thinking about how you're going to win the match?  No, you'd more than likely be in shock that someone is trying to jack you off mid-match in front of your friends and family.  If you got an erection and were nearing an orgasm, you'd let yourself be pinned just so you could get off the mat.

     Wrestlers at the high school level are especially susceptible to these mind games because orgasms come effortlessly during adolescence, and there is a danger that an opponent being overly physical could produce one.  This fear of a public erection or accidental orgasm becomes an exploitable weakness because a successful victory in mat wrestling is dependent just as much on concentration as it is on physical strength or athletic ability.  Being overly concerned about these matters could get a wrestler pinned; so, if an erection occurs, the best advice anyone can give is to ignore it and let it rage.

    Most wrestlers, at one point or another, will get an erection during a match.  Rest assured, they're normal; they're healthy, and if someone teases you, take it all in stride.  You won't always get an erection so easily, so rejoice no matter the circumstance that produces them.     

    Turning now to a related subject, Ultimate Fighting (also referred to as Mixed Martial Arts).  When the practice of Ultimate Fighting began, all the participants wore Lycra gear.  However, fighters were constantly getting erections during the matches.  It was no big deal at first, with most of the bouts going direct to dvd.  However, as the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts grew, it became a commercial property with corporate sponsors and cable television deals.  The sport was marketed as one of the most heterosexual displays of machismo a man could watch.  Yet, more 'tents' were being pitched in the octagon than could be set up at a Boy Scout Jamboree.  This was incongruous to the heterosexual male marketing campaign; thus, the Lycra gear was discarded and erection-concealing board shorts became standard uniform.

      Here are a couple photos of the action prior to the 'Great Cover-Up':             

   In the first photo, the fighter's dick is bulging out against the fabric; yes, it's a small erection, but it's an erection nonetheless.  I find the second photo quite humorous in that the referee (gloved hand) is attending to the fallen fighter and is evidently checking for a pulse in his penis.