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Ben Blagg, “Duke Beefhammer,” struts across the ring with his wrestling belt and tarp cape during the opening match of the XWE Pro Wrestling event as referee, Tim Porras, and the audience watch on at Hocking College on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Blagg is 26-years-old and has been wrestling for the past three years. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)

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Jock Samson, left, and partner Chris Parsons, “Magnum CK,” talk before the start of a team match while referee Tim Porras walks across the ring in the student center of Hocking College during the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Samson and Parsons are generally partners during wrestling events. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Jock Samson, left, and partner Chris Parsons, “Magnum CK,” talk before the start of a team match while referee Tim Porras walks across the ring in the student center of Hocking College during the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Samson and Parsons are generally partners during wrestling events. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Ben Blagg, “Duke Beefhammer,” catches his breath against the corner pole of the ring while Bruce Grey addresses the boisterous crowd at the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Grey and Blagg were the opening wrestling match of the event and prepared the crowd for the rest of the show. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Ben Blagg, “Duke Beefhammer,” catches his breath against the corner pole of the ring while Bruce Grey addresses the boisterous crowd at the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Grey and Blagg were the opening wrestling match of the event and prepared the crowd for the rest of the show. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Scot Isaac, “Trik Nasty,” enters the ring in the student center of Hocking College during the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Isaac has been performing since 2000 with injuries in between, such as three knee surgeries, plastic surgery and a fractured skull. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Scot Isaac, “Trik Nasty,” enters the ring in the student center of Hocking College during the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Isaac has been performing since 2000 with injuries in between, such as three knee surgeries, plastic surgery and a fractured skull. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Ben Blagg, “Duke Beefhammer,” struts across the ring with his wrestling belt and tarp cape during the opening match of the XWE Pro Wrestling event as referee, Tim Porras, and the audience watch on at Hocking College on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Blagg is 26-years-old and has been wrestling for the past three years. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Ben Blagg, “Duke Beefhammer,” struts across the ring with his wrestling belt and tarp cape during the opening match of the XWE Pro Wrestling event as referee, Tim Porras, and the audience watch on at Hocking College on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Blagg is 26-years-old and has been wrestling for the past three years. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Bruce Grey, left, blocks a full body attack from Ben Blagg, “Duke Beefhammer,” during the first match of the Hocking College XWE Pro Wrestling even on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. This is the fifth year that the event has been on the Hocking College campus. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Bruce Grey, left, blocks a full body attack from Ben Blagg, “Duke Beefhammer,” during the first match of the Hocking College XWE Pro Wrestling even on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. This is the fifth year that the event has been on the Hocking College campus. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Jeff Lehman, left, Shawn Adams, 13, Justin Householder, Kev Dixon, Will Rose, back, and Josh King cheer and heckle the wrestlers in the Hocking College gymnasium during the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Hocking College students were admitted into the event free. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Jeff Lehman, left, Shawn Adams, 13, Justin Householder, Kev Dixon, Will Rose, back, and Josh King cheer and heckle the wrestlers in the Hocking College gymnasium during the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Hocking College students were admitted into the event free. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Darin Lyles, left, makes a face toward the cheering crowd while holding Jock Samson in a choke hold while Clay Kiene addresses the audience outside the ring and referee Tim Porras holds his face in mock dismay in the Hocking College Student Center during the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Darin Lyles, left, makes a face toward the cheering crowd while holding Jock Samson in a choke hold while Clay Kiene addresses the audience outside the ring and referee Tim Porras holds his face in mock dismay in the Hocking College Student Center during the XWE Pro Wrestling event on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Jock Samson, left, heckles Clay Kiene about his “steroid use” for the entertainment of the audience before a team wrestling match at Hocking College during the XWE Pro Wrestling match on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. This group of wrestlers have a wide range of times as performers, Samson has been wrestling for 12 years and Kiene for a year and a half. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Jock Samson, left, heckles Clay Kiene about his “steroid use” for the entertainment of the audience before a team wrestling match at Hocking College during the XWE Pro Wrestling match on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. This group of wrestlers have a wide range of times as performers, Samson has been wrestling for 12 years and Kiene for a year and a half. (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Clay Kiene, 22, flexes his muscles into the video camera before entering the ring of his team match during the XWE Pro Wrestling event at Hocking College on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Kiene has been wrestling for a short year and a half and wrestles under the name “Clay Jackson.” (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)
Clay Kiene, 22, flexes his muscles into the video camera before entering the ring of his team match during the XWE Pro Wrestling event at Hocking College on Friday, October 21, 2016 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Kiene has been wrestling for a short year and a half and wrestles under the name “Clay Jackson.” (Kelsey Brunner/WOUB)