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sional baseball in 1975 to
become a wrestler, he said, and
will continue the sport until he
wins a world title.
"Every wrestler wants to win
a world title." said Assassin
"It’s just like any other sport If
you have it in your heart, you
can succeed.”
Ricky Santana is a little easier
to talk to. He politely tells a man
trying to interrupt our interview
to be quiet and wait
"The more hype I get from
the fans, the more I strive for in
the ring.” he said, hugging his
naked shoulders in the nippy
outdoors.
Santana, the Northwest tag
team champion along with
Brady Boone, is 25 and is
originally from Miami. He
hopes to wrestle until his body
gives out. so he can continue to
bring in his average earnings of
$60-$70,000 a year.
He talks of his fellow
wrestlers and the grueling road
schedule they undertake
together.
"We re professionals — we
keep it all in the ring. We re like
a family," said Santana.
• • •
Vince McMahon’s World
Wrestling Federation it isn’t, but
for Eugene it is the best
wrestling show in town.
Things have changed. At one
time, the only chance you would
have to watch (his vaudeville act
was live — enter Owen and com
pany. Then for $20 a seat, one
could watch closed-circuit
features of the WWF Now, if
you have basic cable, you can
indulge in wrestling every night.
Buy a satellite dish and it's the
entire weekend.
Although many promoters arc
in the same ring as Owen, one
thing has not changed — profes
sional wrestling will attract the
same bloodthirsty crowd every
time
Why pro wrestling hasn’t
drifted into the fads of Christams
past is a question that may haffle
psychologists for years to come.
It is a strange sport. It appears
in some eases that the match’s
winner has been chosen prior to
the first bell. Some of the moves
and grimaces of pain seem like
excerpts from the theater of the
absurd, but when a body flics
parallel into the air and lands on
the mat with a resounding
thump, reality's sweat will splat
ter you right in the face.
Then there are guys like Rip
Oliver and the Assassin, whose
long wishes for murdering each
other appear very sincere.
Take a date to a match and the
entertainment factor is
guaranteed: Whether it be in the
ring or the taunting and teasing
young housewife in the front
row who eventually gets so
worked up about the Arab that
her veins almost burst through
her neck.
Just make sure it's not a first
date.
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