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2000/12/24

Darwin awards in the making? Pumped up on TV pro wrestling, heavy metal music and adolescent hormones, teenage wrestling fans across America are staging their own matches, beating each other senseless with bodyslams and barbed wire just like their costumed heroes on TV, only without the extensive training required to do so safely. Unsurprisingly, serious injuries are common, and it is common for participants to leave the ring covered in their own blood. Could this be a spontaneous Fight Club-style solution to the lack of legitimate outlets for violent impulses?

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