There's nothing quite like watching grown men sweat and beat the living crap out of each other. Sure, maybe professional wrestling isn't for everybody, but there is a big difference between watching it at home and being two feet from the odiferous action. Watching a live show and screaming at the villains is the perfect way to relieve some of that stress at home or work. The downtown federation features a nice variety of wrestlers, good and bad, who put on a quantitude of bang for the buck. There are popular characters like the Giant Assassin, who seems to enjoy getting a rise out of the crowd.
Comradery abounds when old women scream obscenities right along with frat boys.
Of course, the Giant Assassin responds by yelling right back at the people, often hacking a loogy at a random individual. The federation is run similar to the more famous ones, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, with a heavy-weight champion and tag team champions. Jaques Anderson, a wrestler from Toronto, Canada, has been battling in the St. Louis federation for about six months, and said that South Broadway is a good place to see many young wrestlers get their start. Truth be told, I'm using South Broadway as a springboard. Right now, I'm getting trained, but when the time comes, you'll see me rise above the rest.