HANDS shaking with nerves, the shy-looking middle-aged man standing at the beautiful Sophie Weiss’s door swallows nervously before knocking.
Anyone would think he didn’t want to be here, but in fact he’s flown more than 1,500 miles from Madrid to a Yorkshire town to meet the diminutive 32-year-old – and she’s more than prepared for the next hour in his company.
Sophie is a professional wrestler who makes her living wrestling men twice her size[/caption]
The former glamor model has a loyal customer base all over the world[/caption]
Despite his nerves, he has chosen to come to Sophie’s house for the sole purpose of taking a good beating from her alter ego, the Barnsley Basher.
Sophie is actually a 6ft 4in pro wrestler who makes a living wrestling men twice her size – and they pay handsomely for it, some up to £350 an hour.
Her clients are often married men with wrestling fetishes, who (quite literally) get a kick out of being physically dominated by a woman.
Their wives would be surprised if they knew the truth: their husband is not on a business trip, he has a two-hour wrestling session with the Barnsley Basher.
“These men go behind their wives’ backs because they’re afraid to open up,” Sophie tells Fabulous.
“And the problem with not being open in a relationship is that they come to me.
“If they had more openness in their marriage, it wouldn’t have to be this way because the woman could just dominate them.”
She adds, “I’ve had guys tell me they want me to fight their wife, but I don’t.”
Sophie is a martial artist trained in boxing, wrestling, and Brazilian ju-jitsu, all of which help her physically dominate men.
Her clientele consists mainly of men over 40, but she says they all have a “submissive appearance”.
So while their unsuspecting wives think they have a teddy bear of a husband, these men sneak off to wrestle with a beautiful woman.
“They’re not muscular, they’re kind of average Joes with a bit of a big belly, or a bit of a daddy body,” says Sophie.
‘I have regular guests, including a small old man who is very regular. Some come and go.”
She charges up to £500 per hour for some sessions, but less taxing bookings are as little as £250 per hour.
Sophie is a martial artist trained in boxing, wrestling and Brazilian ju-jitsu, all of which help her physically dominate men[/caption]
Her most profitable days are when she travels to a certain city and can serve five customers from that area in one day[/caption]
Sophie’s most profitable days are when she travels to a particular city (including London, Bristol or Birmingham) and can serve five customers from that area in one day.
It sounds bizarre, but her career is not new.
In fact, there are several pioneers from the 1990s who for a long time charged men a pretty penny to wrestle with them.
Sally McNeil, famous for murdering her bodybuilding champion husband Ray McNeil on Valentine’s Day in 1995, earned up to $300 (£235) an hour wrestling men in hotel rooms in California, US, or on mail order videos.
‘I hitched a ride and wrestled with him’
Sophie started this work about four years ago after one of her male followers commented on her fitness photos on Instagram and asked if she was strong enough to lift him.
The pair messaged back and forth for a while and he offered her £300 to come and wrestle with him for an hour.
“I thought I’d give it a try, because I’m quite a curious person anyway,” she says.
“I carried him on my back, wrestled with him and held him a few times.”
I make voice notes saying I’m going to beat them to the punch. That’s what my fanbase is into, and they love it
Sophie Weiss
“I’m a short girl and I quickly realized that that’s what men like about me,” Sophie adds.
“It seems I’m not strong enough to lift them.”
The martial arts fanatic – trained in boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu – is so strong she can crush a full watermelon between her legs.
But while fruity social media stunts are all fun and games, fighting 6-foot-4 men is no picnic.
Sophie is so strong that she can crush a full watermelon between her legs[/caption]
Fans pay to see videos of Sophie wearing boxing gear while throwing punches at the camera[/caption]
“It takes a lot out of my body,” Sophie admits. “Sometimes I need a week or two to recover because I’m in so much pain.”
Fortunately, it hasn’t taken a toll on her love life.
The former glamor model has a long-term boyfriend who lives in Bulgaria.
Initially he wasn’t too enthusiastic about her work, but he has now even started struggling in front of the camera himself.
My fans are just interested in me wearing a bikini, with a pair of boxing gloves on my hands, and saying I’m going to smash them
Sophie Weiss
He visited Sophie in England last month and the pair booked a number of duo bookings for punters who want to be dominated by both a woman and a man.
In the run up to Christmas, Sophie is extremely busy, with clients desperate to satisfy their fetish before the holidays.
She has also booked a three-hour session in Bulgaria for the week between Christmas and New Year, and will keep her OnlyFans account up to date to ensure a steady income.
Behind a paywall, fans can pay to watch videos of her wearing boxing gear as she throws punches at the camera, flexes her muscles and wrestles men twice her size.
‘I play on their fantasies’
They can also pay more than £100 for a personal message from her.
“I make voice notes saying I’m going to beat them,” she says. ‘Or I play on their fantasies and tell them I’m going to suffocate them.
“That’s what my fan base is into, and they love it. People assume OnlyFans is just porn, but I do full-on fetish work.
“My fan base doesn’t want to see me naked – nudity is not attractive to me at all. They are not interested in that.”
And while OnlyFans content creators are constantly posting full frontal photos on X (formerly Twitter) to drum up new subscriptions, Sophie has nothing to worry about.
“My fans are just interested in me wearing a bikini, with a pair of boxing gloves on my hands, and saying I’m going to smash them,” she laughs.
What is OnlyFans?
OnlyFans is a subscription content service based in London.
It is believed to have more than 220 million registered users and more than three million content creators by 2023.
Sex workers charge monthly fees for access to photos, videos and more.
While popular for porn, the site isn’t designed solely with that in mind: anyone who wants to build a fan base and charge money for it can set one up.
Celebrities like Katie Price and Kerry Katona are popular personalities on the platform.
“Whether you upload tutorials, tips, behind-the-scenes footage, or just endless selfies, many of your followers would be willing to pay for it,” the company says.
For every subscription sold to a viewer, artists get 80 percent of the money, while OnlyFans gets the rest.
It is not limited to adult content as it has become popular among physical fitness experts and musicians.
