I’ve seen a lot of things happen in a pro wrestling ring — blood, thumbtacks, marriages, death, a circus net made out of barbed wire — but I’ve never seen a prom. Well, that’s about to change, because Austin, Texas area independent pro wrestling promotion Anarchy Championship Wrestling is holding (to my knowledge) the very first professional wrestling prom. And there’s a good possibility blood will still be involved.
ACW’s “Nothing is as Real as a Dream” prom takes place on Sunday in the appropriately named “Mohawk,” an open-air bar in downtown Austin, and at the risk of sounding like a shill for my local wrestling company, I am pretty excited to wear a suit and watch guys try to kill each other for my amusement. It’ll be like a happier version of that Jennifer Connelly scene at the end of Requiem For A Dream. The bar is going to be decorated, prom photos will be taken (I’m not sure if that means pictures of us, pictures of the wrestlers, or pictures of us WITH wrestlers … although it would be pretty fun to pretend I went to prom with Portia Perez), and thanks to the bar not having a roof, it will literally be a “night under the stars.”
I’m going to be there, and I will report back on the happenings, pending I am not chased out by chair-wielding prom bullies. Also, please do not Google search “wrestling prom,” unless you want to come across some really disconcerting fetish videos.
[H/T to my own nerdy scheduling]
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This might play out a lot more like “Carrie” than “Back to the Future”.
And here’s me stuck living in England…
Looking forward to hearing how this turns out, it’s kind of a surreal idea.
My hope is that all the wrestlers come out to prom appropriate music. “All My Life” by K-Ci & JoJo is my top pick.
Which one is Portia Perez, the ugly one or the ugly one? /Internet tough guy with no girlfriend for the past 7 years
@Carl – The super cute one on the left with the upturned ponytail who looks like she’s maybe thirteen. /normal person in stable relationship
A happier version of “ass to ass”?
Of all the things I’d really like to see, this is among them. Is there going to be a smaller, less attended wrestling show at the bowling alley down the street for the wrestlers that got rejected as prom dates?
And I swear to God, Nicole Matthews can be cute if she just would stop making awkward facial expressions.
How can I ask Tozawa to be my date?
@Destiny
Flair chops. Nothing but stiff Flair chops.
BrandonKay… Actually less, except the bowling alley down the street is the Frank Erwin Center and the smaller, less attended wrestling show no longer allows it’s employees to use any form of the word “wrestling”
It’s a nice idea, considering that at least 80% of the people I’ve ever seen/met at an indie wrestling show most likely did not attend/were banned from their actual high school prom.
Something Lillie Mae does not know about being my date:
This will be my first prom.