"I'll ask Jake," Adam says, leaving the counter of Caffeine Eden.
Jake looks up as Adam pulls up a seat at his table. Adam, a tall man in his fifties, says, "Steve and I were talking, and we were wondering if there ever was a gay tag team in wrestling."
Jake looks off in the distance for a moment, thinking, "There have been a few like The Fudgepackers, but . . ."
"The Fudgepackers?"
"Yeah, it's wrestling. It's kind of homophobic. They started out as heels, but later they were faces. The wrestlers weren't really gay though, just their characters."
"I don't understand how wrestling can be homophobic. It's basically large, half-naked, sweaty men touching one another. And then one of the men has to pin the other one underneath him for a three-count, or make him submit. Kinky, true, but it sounds more homoerotic than anything else."
"Wrestling's weird. Sometimes I'm embarrassed to admit I like it. The fans still chant 'faggot' sometimes at wrestlers they don't like, and traditionally the heels were often gay or foreign. It's gotten a little better over the years. There have been some openly gay wrestlers in recent years such as Rod Ironinbed."
"Rod Ironinbed?"
"Yeah, wrestling's not too subtle usually. His gimmick was that he always had trouble finding trunks that fit him."
"Well, Steve and I had an idea. We think there should be a wrestling tag team who are married to one another like we are, and they could wrestle Senator Poorpeople and all the homophobes putting forth that awful amendment."
"That wouldn't affect you guys though even if it passed, right? You got married in California."
Adam sighs, "It would I'm afraid. Even the state of O-hi-o still doesn't recognize our marriage technically. This would make that nationwide."
"That sucks dude."
"I know, sometimes I wish we could just tag out of this country. But Steve and I don't need a government to tell us we're married."
"Why'd you want to get married anyway? I don't think I ever want to get married. My parents seem to drive each other crazy."
"You'll find somebody someday, and then you'll understand. It's like having a tag team partner for life."
"That sounds nice."
"Most of the time it is," Adam says, getting up, "Other times it's like being in a wrestling match with no time limit, no referee, and no crowd. Just two people struggling."
"But in wrestling, even when they're fighting, they're really working together to put on a good show."
"Hmm . . . I think sometimes life would be easier if it were more like wrestling. Then we'd know Poorpeople would lose in the end."
"Well, sometimes the badguys win in wrestling too," Jake notes.
"Yeah, but at least they usually get a beatdown first," Adam says, heading back to the counter.
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