Making it real....
Making it RealThis is an article about the local wrestling fed that I mentioned other times before. They do their best to put on the best shows possible with everything and everyone they have. It isn't close to the same level of the WWE or quality of Ring of Honor, but they make the people who attend their shows happy with the matches they put on.
There is also a separate article that didn't make it to the website...
One wrestler could be headed for the big time
by Christian Richardson (Journal Staff Writer)
PCW fans immediately taunted "The Tsunami Kid" Ricky Sprague when he entered the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple auditorium in mid April.
The wrestler, wearing a blue tie-dyed singlet, posed for the crowd and took a picture of himself with a camera.
As a heel, or bad guy, he tempts the crowd and draws the boos and anger.
"It helps me, because I'm actually a shy person," said Ricky Sprague, know outside the ring as Wyatt Lara, 21, of Sioux City.
Standing 6 feet 2 inches and weighing 220 pounds, Lara has been a wrestler in the organization known s Plymouth Championship Wrestling and formerly known as Plymouth County Wrestling since 2001.
The false ego he projects to the audience stems from advancing to Ohio Valley Wrestling in July. The Louisville, Ky., based Ohio Valley Wrestling is the minor leagues for World Wrestling Entertainment.
It's Lara's shot at the big time. But nothings guaranteed, he said.
PCW, which serves as a foundation for wrestlers, training them and providing them video footage of their matches, serves as a starting point for some men. Other guys stay with PCW, drawing enthusiasm from their brethern and the fans.
Wrestler Paul Daniels, member of Double Jeopardy, took an early exit April 16 during thetag team championship, being defeated first round.
Daniels, known outside the ring as Dan Widrowicz, 20, of Sioux City, is a Morningside College student. Widrowicz, a graphic design major, said he performs on weekends while he's in school.
For wrestler, J.T. Wilcox, the PCW has been a part of his life since the organization's inception. Wilcox is known outside the ring as Ross Mosher, 25, of LeMars, Iowa.
What offsets the pain and low pay for Mosher is entertaining the fans.
"When you go out there and you do a move and you hear the crowd `Are you serious? Oh my God is that guy dead?' you did your job," Mosher said.
credit The Sioux City Journal
I would have rather not inserted their real names, but I would rather not get complaints from people from the journal or others that I didn't mention everythign in it.
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