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* In the ParodyFic ''B'Elannarella'' the title character challenges beautiful astrometrix Anna Seven to "butt-naked bed wrestling in the ancient tradition of my people!" No-one else has heard of this so-called ancient tradition. Events get interrupted when the Tyrant's Royal Redshirts attack while everyone is DistractedByTheSexy.

* ''Film/{{Stripes}}''. While in a mud wrestling bar Private Dewey "Ox" Oxburger (John Candy) has a match against two female wrestlers, and ends up with both of their bikini tops.
* ''All the Marbles'' has a mud wrestling scene involving the two female wrestler characters.
* Happens in the 1999 film version of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''.

* Another male/male example with Neo and Smith in ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''. The mud fighting scenes come near the end of the final battle and includes [[GuyOnGuyIsHot all too briefly]] some muddy grappling and straddling.

* In ''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Thud]]'', Angua and Sally square up for a fight in a muddy underground tunnel. Sally eventually notes that they could sell tickets.
* Subverted in Creator/JohnVarley's [[Literature/GaeaTrilogy ''Wizard'']], when Robin and Gaby settle a grievance by fighting a naked hand-to-hand duel in a muddy field. The incident is treated seriously, the descriptions focus on their combat tactics rather than Fanservice, and there are no witnesses around to gawk.

* In the ''Series/QuantumLeap'' episode "The Leaping of the Shrew," [[SlapSlapKiss an argument]] between Sam and a girl soon degenerates into mud wrestling. Al, watching them, snarks, "You guys should wear bikinis and charge admission."
* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' features variations of this many, many times

* ''Series/{{Community}}'' has two examples. In a fantasy sequence, Annie and Britta end up fighting in a pool full of foam while dressed in cheerleader uniforms. In a non-fantasy sequence, Annie and Britta are trying to raise money to help clean up with Gulf Oil Spill and end up getting the contents of a drum of oil dumped on them and then end up fighting. Much to their mutual disgust, [[AllMenArePerverts they raise far more money unintentionally while wrestling than they did while asking people to help the environment.]]
* [[Series/TheLWord "She went lesbian Turkish oil wrestling?!"]]
* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' has a twist on this in one episode with the two title characters wrestling not in mud but in a pool of chocolate milk.
* There's a male parody in the ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' episode "Alan a Dale", where Robin and Guy attempt to fight by a river but fall into the mud, and end up thrashing around for several minutes in a futile attempt to land blows on each other.

* Another parody in ''The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return''. When a quarrel between the three titular sisters deteriorates into an all-out mudfight, the witness showing up is an elderly lady who positions herself at their front foor and, as Cabe finally comes around the corner of the house, calmly comments, "Can't make out who's winning!" The entire scene was edited out for the reruns.
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': while watching ''Film/BoggyCreek2TheLegendContinues'', Tom Servo gets quite excited when the two female cast members get their jeep stuck in the mud, in anticipation of this trope. When they ''do'' fall in the mud and start squabbling, Servo feels ashamed of himself and questions if this is what he really wants.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Buffy is complaining about her work at the fast food restaurant Doublemeat Palace.
--->'''Buffy:''' I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.
--->'''[[GayBestFriend Willow]]:''' Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day.
** Jenny Calender tells Giles how she went to the Burning Man festival over the summer break which had, among other things, naked mud dances. The StuffyBrit is noticeably distracted by this mental image.
** In the final episode, Buffy gets annoyed over the mutual jealousy of her two vampire ex-boyfriends, and suggests putting them in a room together so they could fight out their frustrations. She then adds with a [[GuyOnGuyIsHot certain amount of relish]], "There could be oil involved..."
* Referenced on ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' when Zack witness a {{Catfight}} and wishes they were fighting in pudding.

* This is another of those indignities inflicted on Sergeant Dori Doreau in ''Series/SledgeHammer'', when she has to rescue sledge from a beating from two women putting on a mud-wrestling show in a bar. She sighs, leaps in, and subdues the elusive perp.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' had a variation involving a club where male patrons could take on a bikini-clad opponent in a liquid-filled pit. Her act began with a scene straight out of ''Film/{{Flashdance}}''...only with lube instead of water.
* In the ''Series/KnightRider'' episode "Custom K.I.T.T." a stray ricochet just happens to spring a leak in an oil barrel -- in exactly the right place for the DesignatedGirlFight seconds later.
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* ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses'' has mud wrestling matches. Hardly surprising; it could have been called ''{{Fanservice}} Fighter''.

* In ''{{Spellcasting 301}}'', you have to help a girl win one of these as step one of a plan to win a wet t-shirt contest.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'', Caprice and Cassandra fight in the mud after the latter is revealed to be the girlfriend of the boy that's adored by the former.

->''"I mean look at this, it's just two women fighting each other, covered in mud... heaving their large breasted bodies onto each other, touching one another, rolling around..."''

There's something appealing about the idea of [[GirlOnGirlIsHot two sexy women]] ([[GuyOnGuyIsHot or two sexy guys]]) fighting, which leads to the popularity of the {{Catfight}}, WimpFight and other related tropes. This trope takes that UpToEleven by having the combatants [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin grappling in mud]]. Despite its name, it doesn't have to be just mud; it can also be jello, pudding, or some other substance. The result is fanservice, unambiguous [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]], and....and...[[DistractedByTheSexy sorry, what were we talking about, again?]]

* In the final episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Buffy gets annoyed over the mutual jealousy of her two vampire ex-boyfriends, and suggests putting them in a room together so they could fight out their frustrations. She then adds with a [[GuyOnGuyIsHot certain amount of relish]], "There could be oil involved..."

-->'''Buffy:''' I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.
-->'''[[GayBestFriend Willow]]:''' Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day.

There's something appealing about the idea of [[GirlOnGirlIsHot two sexy women]] ([[GuyOnGuyIsHot or two sexy guys]]) fighting, which leads to the popularity of the {{Catfight}} and other related tropes. This trope takes that UpToEleven by having the combatants [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin grappling in mud]]. Despite its name, it doesn't have to be just mud; it can also be jello, pudding, or some other substance. The result is fanservice, unambiguous [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]], and....and...[[DistractedByTheSexy sorry, what were we talking about, again?]]

Can result in PassThePopcorn. Subtrope of FanserviceFauxFight. Also tends to overlap with SlapstickKnowsNoGender

* What most everyone can agree to is that mud matches always suck. ''Some'' people do disagree, Wrestling/{{Ivory}} even stating she believes the fans should get about one comedy match a year(in reference to her "Turkey Bowl Match" with Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}), yet even she admitted to being frustrated with all the substance matches happening in the WWF and wasn't to thrilled to see herself booked in one.

** Before a comparatively normal match against manager José Chaparro in New Wrestling Stars, the baby {{face}} Wrestling/BlackRose had to first beat [[Wrestling/IvelisseVelez Sexy Juliette The Huntress]] in a mud pool.

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* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' gets a lucky draw to wrestle a woman this way in ''Leisure Suit Larry 5''.

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There's something appealing about the idea of [[GirlOnGirlIsHot two sexy women]] ([[GuyOnGuyIsHot or two sexy guys]]) fighting, which leads to the popularity of the {{Catfight}} and other related tropes. This trope takes that UpToEleven by having the combatants [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin grappling in mud]]. Despite its name, it doesn't have to be just mud; it can also be jello, pudding, or some other substance. The result is intentionally invoked FetishFuel, unambiguous [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]], and....and...[[DistractedByTheSexy sorry, what were we talking about, again?]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', there's a brief scene where Toph (an Earthbender) and Katara (a Waterbender) have an angry sparring match, with mud as the inevitable result.

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* ''RumbleRoses'' has mud wrestling matches. Hardly surprising; it could have been called ''{{Fanservice}} Fighter''.

-->--'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/2533-mortal-kombat-annihilation starting to like this trope.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', there's a scene where Peter visits a megamart and accidentally breaks a big jar of oil on the floor. Two women in AmericanGladiators style outfits wander by for no reason and get into a spontaneous oil wrestling match.

* ''Bubbleboy'' has a handicap match where one of his opponents is former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler.

* [[Main/TheLWord "She went lesbian Turkish oil wrestling?!"]]

* ''SkinHorse'': The female staff of Annex One, including lesbian ([[UpToEleven "seven on the Kinsey scale"]]) Gerda and [[UpliftedAnimal sapient canine]] Sweetheart, turn out to watch [[TheCasanova Tip]] and [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Konstantin]] mud wrestle. [[spoiler: The two talk out their differences. The women, cranky at not getting to see any action, accidentally start a mud wrestling session, though when Tip chews them out they join forces to drag him in as well (and then, finally, Konstantin joins the fight). Gavotte, office supervisor and [[HiveMind literal swarm of bees]] shows up, chases them all back to work, and then laments the fact that she wasn't invited.]]

Can result in PassThePopcorn. Subtrope of FanserviceFauxFight.

There's something appealing about the idea of [[GirlOnGirlIsHot two sexy women]] ([[GuyOnGuyIsHot or two sexy guys]]) fighting, which leads to the popularity of the {{Catfight}} and other related tropes. This trope takes that UpToEleven by having the combatants [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin grappling in mud]]. Despite its name, it doesn't have to be just mud; it can also be jello, pudding, or some other [[FreudWasRight lubri]]---um, substance. The result is intentionally invoked FetishFuel, unambiguous [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]], and....and...[[DistractedByTheSexy sorry, what were we talking about, again?]]

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* One ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' strip had Roger win a quintet of tickets for this just after Peter and Jason discussed using comics as sports escapism.

* One occurs in ''Manga/GirlsBravo'' between Kosame and Kirie.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Kim and Shego have a fight in a spa that, at one point, has then wrestling in the mud bath.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' Raven and Terra have a fight in a big pool of mud, and despite both having long range telekinetic powers, they do end up grappling hand to hand a couple times.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''; Presumably, this is what happens at Mud City, one of many places Homer looks for Princess Kashmir on "Homer's Night Out".
* The first "Fandemonium" episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' had this between Carmen Elektra and Jenny [=McCarthy=], with Creator/HowardStern as a guest referee. (And it was actually ''tame'' compared to ''other'' matches that were able to combine {{Fanservice}} ''and'' FanDisservice in one.)

* Incredible as it may seem for the G-rated comic, a 1970s ''[[ArchieComics Archie]]'' story had Betty suffer amnesia and end up being exploited as a sideshow mud wrestler.