What happens when grown men get dressed up in tight lycra, roll around on the floor with each other on a quick-clean mat? Herpes, that’s what. No, ‘Herpes Gladiatorum’ isn’t a shit film featuring the interminable Russel Crowe in his wilder years (well, wilder than punching random people). Apparently it is a special kind of case of good ol’ herpes – one common to those in the wrestling community.

3 guys who did wrestling at York College in the US have brought a lawsuit against their former trainers and head coach after they all contracted herpes from what they claim was the mat they did their thing on. Apparently one of their teammates had the virus and had taped over his lesions while practicing, ending up with contaminating the mat and then eventually though that his other teammates. Certainly an interesting court case to hear – wonder how easy it will be to prove that they didn’t just pick it up from some random bar skank!

Herpes is apparently a large problem in wreslting, with pro wrestling organisations even having rules based around it and blood tests are conducted to see who does and doesn’t have it.

Whatever the outcome, it still doesn’t detract from wrestling being pretty homoerotic. I mean, come on, posing in a leotard while you grope another man all around the floor before pinning him under yourself or something? Yeah.

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