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- "ASS WE CAN"
- — Aniki
- — Aniki
William Glen Harold Herrington, better known as Billy Herrington, and even better known as Aniki, was a US-American adult movie actor.
Bio[edit | edit source]
Originally coming from a background of boxing, wrestling, and martial arts; Herrington first entered the adult industry when his then-girlfriend signed him up for the Playgirl magazine. Since whatever girls find tasty also tends to attract like-minded men (and since doing queer porn as a man pays significantly better than doing straight porn), it was only a question of time until Billy became somewhat of an icon in the US-American homoerotic industry.
Fate's particular brand of humor meant pornography starring Herrington soon entered Japanese NicoNico and 2channel, where a mixture between language barrier and willful misunderstanding gave it an unintentional comedy value. Rather than rejecting this embrace or being offended at being treated like a glorified joke, Billy actively embraced this image, and became something between a self-aware meme and a motivational speaker as he kept touring conventions in Japan and China.
Fate's cruel brand of humor also means we can't have nice things, and Aniki died in car crash on March 1st, 2018. His demise launched a shockwave across imageboard communities within the web, while US embassies in countries ranging from Argentina to Russia suddenly found themselves swamped in a proverbial sea of flowers. Sleep tight, Aniki. Ass, we can ;_;.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
Season 1[edit | edit source]
Aniki likely debuted in 8chanmania II. There, he set up an impressive show by showing AJ Styles the power of the GAY COMMUNITY, spanked Adolf Hitler, showed Big Boss who was the boss of the gym, and even bested the still-nascent terror known as Yuuka Kazami. It took the entire mass of André the Giant to subdue him during the final round.
He also performed in the maido-mania of 8chanmania XXI, but sadly no further details are available.
His hour of glory came during 8chanmania XXVII: First winning a pre-show match against Van Darkholme, Aniki entered the tournament proper by pinning God himself. Continuing his road to victory, he defeated Rottytops, KO'd Tyroth, and undid the mighty Cornholio, before finally beating JC Denton to earn himself his well-deserved belt.
As one of the champions, Aniki entered the grand finals of 8chanmania XXXIII. Sadly, Kazuma Kiryu had no time for a prancing lala-man, and kicked him out of the preliminaries.
8chanmania_x_MFW_-_IN/V/ASION[edit | edit source]
Aniki also was one of the chosen fighters nominated for 8chanmania_x_MFW_-_IN/V/ASION, where he defeated Alp (and comically refused to do her after realizing she really was a girl), took his revenge on Kiryu, and proved to be a bigger guy than Bane. His defeat came at the hands of Lala.
Season 2[edit | edit source]
His first stint in the second season was in 8chanmania XLII, where he promptly was kicked out by The Higher Power. His second attempt at a second belt went much better, though his victory over Garlic Dispenser went to waste after succumbing to the drift-oriented tactics of Takumi Fujiwara.
Aniki tried to do it again during 8chanmania LV, but while his initial fight against Garlic Dispenser was crowned by success, the same could not be said about the subsequent match against Takumi Fujiwara.
Season 3[edit | edit source]
Aniki was part of the first fight in PilotMania, but promptly (and repeatedly) got pinned by E. Honda.
Aniki and the /b/rotha (namely Thaddeus) formed a team for 8chanmania LXXVI, hoping to find a means to reverse the Horatiofication of the original /b/rotha. It ended quickly, but not well, as they could not stand up to the combined royalty of [The Prince (Katamari Damacy)|The Prince] and King Harkinian.
His third time in the third season occurred during 8chanmania LXXXI. Sadly, even his immense muscle could not suplex the considerable mass of Uncle Phil.
In 8chanmania XCVIII, Aniki teamed up with Van Darkholme. In a match of manly moves against dancing moves, the two drew the short end of the stick against Disco Hitler and Duane!.
Aniki's last fight in 8chanmania C saw him teaming up with his Machamp in order to battle Los Tiburon and Hawlucha. Their sheer manliness managed to overman the luchadores, resulting in Machamp pinning Tiburon.
Managerial Career[edit | edit source]
Between his individual title attempts, Billy served as the trainer for Machamp in 8chanmania LIV. Under the boss' tutelage, Machamp fought through several opponents, most notably two other Fighting-types in Primeape and Hitmonlee, before besting Specs Weedle in the Finals, despite the type disadvantage.