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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015
The Daily Astorian
Friday, November 20, 2015
Weekend Edition
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GENTLEMAN GEORGE MICHAEL
What better way to go
It’s the entertainment. I love to perform and it’s exercise right?
beating people up?
and
ring
out and get out your aggressions than have fun in the
CHRISTOPHER RYSECK
AND NADDIE RYSECK
Christopher: For the money and the chicks and the fame. And
Naddie: For the money and fame.
to prove to everybody
MARY JANE PAYNE
When I was a kid I didn’t know you could do this like go to training
and become a
professional wrestler. When I met my husband Patrick Large
he was already training
and the first time I went and saw it I was like, “O h my god, I want
to do this.” That
was 10 years ago. We’ ve been doing shows for eight years and
really it’s the fans
that make it so much fun. The interactions we have between them,
the way that they
cheer and boo, it’s surreal.
ASTORIA’S OWN MAC WELLS
I love professional wrestling. I t’s my entire life. I t’s what I do for
a living. I t’s what
puts money on the table for my family. I love Astoria. I love compe
ting in front of the
amazing fans in the Pacific Northwest and I appreciate all of you.
PHOTOS AND STORY BY JOSHUA BESSEX/THE DAILY ASTORIAN
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