[Cigar4u]

Susan Anton vs. Meg Ryan Retirement Match

By Cigar

Since the early 1980s, Susan Anton had established herself as the queen of underground celebrity wrestling.
She held the world title through much of the 1980s and again in the ‘90s, regularly defeating the likes of Lynda (“Wonder Woman”) Carter, Sigourney (“Alien”) Weaver, Daryl (“Splash”) Hannah, Jamie Lee Curtis and other top celebrities in the heavyweight division.

Her first championship reign ended in the late ‘80s with a loss to tall black singer/actress Grace Jones and her second run as champ in the 1990s ended with a loss to angular Geena Davis, with whom Anton had a long-running feud.

Since then, Susan maintained a winning record, but failed to regain the world title she so desired.
By October 2010, as her 60th birthday approached, the 5-foot-11 blond superstar had decided it was time to retire from the sport.

Anton considered going out with a title shot against then-U.S. champion Queen Latifah, but it was not likely she would be able to wrest the crown from the big black gal, who had been undefeated for the past three years.

Besides, as successful as Susan had been in the ring, she had had her troubles against African American women, losing close matches to Jones, Mariah Carey, Iman and tall basketball star/model Lisa Leslie.

A match against world celeb champ Gabrielle Reece also was out of the question. Perhaps in her prime, Susan had a chance against the towering world class model and volleyball star, but not now.

Anton considered taking on world light heavyweight champ Julia Roberts or middleweight queen Angelina Jolie – both excellent grapplers Susan knew she could defeat with her size advantage. But Anton did not want her fans’ final memory of her being her thrashing a smaller gal.

No, Susan’s farewell opponent had to be someone who fought in the heavyweight division, but was not likely to defeat her.

Enter Meg Ryan. Though only 5-foot-9, Ryan regularly fought heavyweights, but without too much success.

Ryan is a deceivingly large-boned woman who, because she often is cast opposite real tall male stars, appears smaller than she is. But, make no mistake about it, Ryan is a good sized lady. She wears a size 11 shoe, compared with Anton who wears a size 10.

Meg indeed was the perfect opponent – make that victim -- for Susan, who envied Ryan’s success as an A-list actress and would make her pay for being such a big star.

Although Susan had achieved a degree of fame during her singing/acting career, she was nowhere near as successful as Ryan, who was the queen of romantic date movies, starring in classics such as “When Harry Met Sally” and “Sleepless in Seattle.”

Susan’s successes on the silver screen were few – the star of the much-forgotten athlete film “Golden Girl” and a reoccurring non-lifeguard role on the hit TV series “Baywatch.”

Susan loved to humiliate actresses who were more successful than she.

Anton took pride in her collection of bathing suits taken as souvenirs during and after matches off such stars as Christy Brinkley, Laura Dern, Jenna Elfman, Mariel Hemingway, Rachel Hunter, Elle MacPherson, Brooke Shields, Cheryl Tiegs, Shannon Tweed and Brigitte Nielsen.

Anton took sadistic pleasure in seeing her opponents’ gaped-mouth expressions after she skinned them of all of their clothing.

Anton laughed heartily as the naked stars tried to cover their most intimate parts with their hands and scurry from the ring to their dressing rooms while Anton waved their swimsuits high in the air in the middle of the ring while her fans wildly cheered her triumph.

Meg knew Susan’s reputation for denuding her opponents during what turned out to be CFNF matches, but figured she would be facing a well-past-her-prime Anton and might even defeat her. …




I could go on and describe the Anton-Ryan bout, but the following photos well demonstrate Susan’s victory over Meg, which culminated in Anton lifting a naked Ryan by her pubic hairs and carrying her around the ring.
It was a retirement match that few who witnessed it would ever forget! I know I wouldn’t forget something as wild as that.

The reason I wrote the above lead-in was to accentuate the CFNF wrestling photos posted below.

Don’t the girls in the wrestling photos bear an incredibly striking resemblance to actresses Susan Anton and Meg Ryan (right down to the gorgeous long legs and seemingly large feet)?

Compare the women in the wrestling photos to the actual photos of Meg and Susan also posted below and see if you do not agree.