King & Queen of the Mountain

World Champion Rick Atlas and his lovely manager Kitty as main event superstars of professional wrestling.

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To bookend "The Mountain Top" series, here is a follow-up promo to contrast the preview promo image of the two protagonists before they're journey and to showcase how far they've come afterwards.

As mentioned, this series was designed as a sendup to past eras of pro wrestling and the particular standards for how male and female performers were expected to look in the 80's, 90's and early 00's. Specifically, there was a time where only big (roided), muscled guys were considered as main eventers. Pro wrestling has long been considered the land of the giants, and barring a handful of exceptions, only in recent years have smaller more technically-gifted wrestlers been given their moment in the spotlight. But even in the modern era, there are examples of mid-card guys putting on a shit ton of muscle and are suddenly thrusted into the main event scene.

Women on the other hand, especially in the 90'-00's were treated solely as eye candy. Their wrestling was never taken seriously, and even when they had matches in that era, they were silly gimmick matches and catfights intended to titillate a primarily male demographic. It was a time when companies literally favored hiring lingerie models over actual wrestlers, and even the girls who were capable of working in the ring were still "encouraged" to get massive boob jobs and up the sex appeal in what they wore and how they behaved on camera.

Rick and Katelyn's transformations were designed to reflect all this. Rick is an example of that talented, but not physically imposing mid-carder who jobs out to the stars on a weekly basis until he puts on a bunch of muscle to propel him to being a top star in the eyes of fans and management. Katelyn begins with the strong athletic physique that you commonly see in real life female wrestlers today (who are now treated seriously as competitors). Over the course of her transformation into a top star, she drops the muscle mass and gets leaner more in line with swimsuit models with of course plenty of additional T&A.