Rock Em Sock Em Midget Wrestling

This year there were at least 4 midgets wrestling, so right there we had twice as much politically incorrect humor going for us. The Flaming Hellcats started things off with a very red lit show. That and the smoke machines were going so shooting that was a real dream. I still got a couple of passable images I guess.
I was just having an off night for shooting I think. That or I'm just not sure how to shoot midgets wrestling in a poorly lit ring while they run around and bash each other silly. Finally I resorted to using a flash to mixed results.. I kept catching the ropes more than the action. And no matter what I always seemed to be on the backside of anything worth shooting. As I said just a bad night for me to try be shooting.

That being said it wasn't a total loss. I got to actually talk to Buck who sponsers this event to celebrate his birthday. What genuinely nice guy. Despite that I tried to convince his fiance not to go through with it. I'm always trying to help people about to make the mistake of getting married. They never listen. So by this time next year they'll be wondering where the money and sex got off to. But hey I tried to warn em about the pitfalls of matrimony so they can't blame me on this one.

Even Bob met someone at the party.. she made an ass out of herself but Bob didnt seem to mind.

Oh about the stapling of dollars to each other in the "21 dollar match" last year I figured it was a fake thing with them using spirit glue and stuff. I think maybe I was wrong about that part. They indeed seem to be staples and even blood. sick little bastards really are stapling shit to each other. Best I can tell all the blood was real tonight. Even all the blood on the face of the Mexican Midget guy. He was still using a compress for an hour after the show was over. He looked in pain, the other midgets might have been but they seemed to be drinking it off. Speaking of afterwards, I was surprised to see that midget wrestlers have groupies. I kid you not. Honest to god "I'd love to wrestle you tonight" groupies. Why the hell don't photographers get groupies? damn.

Anyway below is a few pics of the event, such as they are. They aren't great but what do you want for nothing eh?
Satyr
9/23/2006
satyr at satyrgraphs.com

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