Missouri Wrestling Revival

By Shaun Hittle — Lawrence Journal-World

March 12, 2012

Kansas City, Kan. — Backstage, a group of costume-clad men in their 20s — and some in their late 30s — get ready for the show.

A small but muscular blond man wearing only tights does calisthenics in the hallway. They call him “Dingo.”

He’s allegedly from Australia, the flag of his native land emblazoned on the backside of his tights.

A middle-aged man, wearing pajamas, a wig, eyeliner and a neck brace hobbles around. He looks a like an aging, poor man’s Jack Sparrow, and they call him the “Magic Man.”

“Do they want me injured or uninjured?” the Magic Man says gruffly, trying to decide if he’ll need the crutch.

A group of four men — two clean-cut guys in super hero tights and two short, pudgy, scraggly men — talk shop and lightly smack each other on the chests.

Inside the Turner Recreation Center in Kansas City, Kan., 250 rowdy fans wait for this cast of characters to emerge from behind the curtain.

Fans will be treated to three hours of humor, choreographed violence, loud thuds, hair pulling and loosely scripted conspiracy theories.

In other words, a typical Saturday night in Metro Pro Wrestling

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