When I gave up my “Mark D. Mouth” schtick shortly after the birth of my oldest child, I swore I would never again step into the wrestling ring as anything other than a fan. Gone were my days moonlighting as a professional wrestling photo-journalist.
That changed a couple weeks ago when one a local media outlet (for which I write political commentary and report on local cultural events) arranged for me to go behind the barricades at a major card of one of Canada’s most respected wrestling promotions, don the wrestling photo-journalist persona, and report from ringside once more.
Here’s the story
Here’s the match results and accompanying photo essay.
And yes, that little red-headed girl in the last pic with Canadian Champion Johnny Fonzerelli is my daughter Jasmine, along with my judo partner T.