When I moved to the Twin Cities many years ago, I basically
moved here because of the culture this area is able to sustain. Mainly music
and art, to be honest. I had no idea how much culture would involve pro and
semi-pro wrestling. I used to watch a lot of wrestling with my father, back
when it looked like it was in someone’s basement – AWA. Then, again with my
little brother, we’d watch WWF. I basically dropped off the bandwagon before it
went to WWE, so I have some big gaps in my wrestling pop culture repertoire.
But a handful (a LARGE handful) of my friends are still really into wrestling,
so I get to go see really awesome stuff fairly regularly in the Twin Cities.
Chikara Pro Wrestling is a touring professional wrestling
outfit that specializes in masks and acrobatic wrestling styles. These guys are
really serious athletes. They always roll a bunch of local wrestlers into the
matches, to draw from their fanbase, so we got to see some of our favorite Twin
Cities boys – The Kentucky Gentleman Chuck Taylor, Arik Cannon, Sheik Ariya
Daivari, Wildcat, and a handful of others.
There were 8 or 9 bouts and it started out with some
fun/hokey matches and continued up through some of the major players. We had
stage seats, so we ended sitting right on the aisle the wrestlers would make
their entrances through. They were great seats, in fact. If you haven’t been to
a wrestling event in the Twin Cities, you should probably attend one, just to
see what they’re like. It’s like a big party with wrestlers in attendance. The
next one is Wrestlepalooza at First Avenue on January 8th. See you
there!
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