Wrestling With Reason
Greg Bauder
The Russian wrestler downed his Scotch opponent with
a double-drop kick. The bearded Scot, who had been barred
for drunkenedness on a Glasgow street, and had therefore
lost his triple crown, was glassy-eyed on the mat. The Russian
yelled at the unmistakeable Tulsa, Oklahoma wrestling crowd
which was tipsy and tended to smash down drinks. He picked
up the Scot, spinning him high in the air, and threw him up at a
whining, drunk Irish fan in the fifth row who was belted in the face
with the Scot's bent elbow.
There was a chorus of boos as the Russian grinned wryly
and passed between the ropes and out of the ring escorted by
the referee. But, the Irishman from Cork, who had been plastered
by the heaved Scot, wiped his bloody nose and jumped down
from his seat and mugged the 340 pounder Russian who was
being whisked away.
The Irishman, who was also a wrestler, hoisted the Russian
and began pile-driving the Russian's head against his knee until
he was knocked out. The Irishman rounded out his victory to the
cheering crowd by raising a microphone and expressed publicly:
"We wrestle with spirit here because drinking and driving only
mixes well in the ring. I hope you all have sober drivers to take
you home."
First published: August 2005
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