>“At the bathhouse, Harley never gave us his real name,” recalls Joe F., who played with Race regularly at a St. Louis establishment called Decadence. “We sort of knew he was a big time pro wrestler, but that never came up in conversation: we just knew him as ‘Friction.’” Race’s nickname owed to his preference, well known around the club, for forgoing lubricant when engaging in anal play: “Spit only,” he’d growl to new men who lined up behind him. No stranger to pain in the wrestling ring, friends say Race liked the rough intensity of the act, even if scrapes, burns, and even bleeding would sometime occur after an extended session. He was a fixture around the club on nights when wrestling was in town, and patrons remember him as a man who didn’t speak much, but was always willing to test his physical limits with the right partner.— from Mark Smith’s new book Wet Nights: The Untold Story of America’s Gay Bathhouses (2025), p. 83.
Nice fanfiction
>>19514315Shame about the tattoo
>>19514315Welcome back.
>>19514315Is Race the original fake tough guy bitch?
>>19514346Nah that would be your grandpa
>>19514346>this giant shitter exists
>>19514334>Over time, “Friction” became something of a legend at Decadence. His presence lent the club a strange kind of celebrity allure—though few ever connected the quiet, stocky man in the dim back rooms with the flamboyant figure throwing bodies around in the ring on TV. “He was respectful, intense, and totally committed to whatever was put in him,” recalls another regular, known only as Jim C. “If you went with Friction, you had to be ready—he didn’t mess around, and he didn’t slow down.”>Despite the roughness of his preferences, Race’s partners almost universally describe him as conscientious—a man who understood the line between consensual brutality and actual harm. “He checked in, always,” says Dutch. “He had this way of locking eyes with you mid-act, like, ‘You good?’ It was silent, but you got it. That was his way.”>Off the mats and out of the dark, he was rarely seen. “He came and went like a ghost,” Joe F. says. “I don’t think anyone saw him arrive or leave—he’d just appear. Towel slung low, drink in hand, already scouting.”Page. 84
>>19514357>Davidetty kills Goliath after a shoot slingshotDavid is an unsafe shitter who killed the company draw.
now i understand why phil likes this fag so much
>>19514315Can I get the directions to that bath house???
>>19514399Goliath laying down was the right move. David's championship babyface run was huge.
>>19514333Trips don’t lie, wouldn’t mind some “friction”myself if you know what I mean.
>>19514315Harley Race has inspired me to live my truth as an openly gay man
>>19514315friction ran so nash could limp
>>19515520KWAB
>>19514430Phil got brought there as a very young man by Ace Steel. Ace literally had him run away, stop speaking to his family and join the carnival. Harley always had a bed and a plate of BBQ for young boys fresh off the highway. You couldn’t the showers first though and you couldn’t so much as spit on that dick to try and make it fit. Harley needed to feel the burn.
>>19514395>says DutchWas this on his podcast?
https://vocaroo.com/11BBJGwARcf0
Which Harley would you rather be in a bath house in?
>>19516721right
>>19514315omg is that Will Ferrell?
