Thanks to Alex Porta for spotting a flyer on a telephone pool because we ended up spending Friday night at a bingo hall in Brooklyn watching a sold-out “professional” wrestling match. The event was sponsored by Boy Scout Troop #996 and sold hamburgers for $1.50. The air was heavy with greasy smoke, tension and jubliation.


Lucifer Darkside was a vicious winner of one of the first matches.


Lucious Lance pummels his opponent. Because of Lance’s drag queen outfit, the crowd began chanting, “YOU – ARE – GAY!”


The fans getting anxious.


Down for the count.


Timothy Plasma took a beating by Creeper.


Southerner Ron Price was an instant villian wearing a noose like a necktie and a Confederate flag T-shirt.


Tony Blaze, the Puerto Rican favorite, gets locked in a hold by the Southerner.


Boricua Tony Blaze prevails to the excitement of the crowd.


She wasn’t a fan of Ron Prices confederate antics.


The winner of a previous match signs autographs.


AC Smooth and Grindal left their marks.


The final match was between Tiberias and the favorite, a 425 pounder called MadDog. They fought in a steel cage.


Tiberias’s flying antics were not match for MadDog’s size.


MadDog took on two more rogue opponents after defeating Tiberias and still reigned victorious.


And the crowd went wild.


Click to see a slideshow of the event.