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Sunday January 13 2019 - Torture Chamber Pro Wrestling Dojo: Genesis XIII	Wrestling shows
I know.. the title is a mouthful, but most wrestling associations have a long name anyway. It refers to another indie wrestling show that I've attended. The Torture Chamber Pro Wrestling Dojo is based in Montreal, albeit in the north east region where it takes me about an hour to reach. It's very secluded. It was cold today so I didn't expect many people to show up, but to my surprise, it was packed full. They had to add for me a chair in the back. These events are also pre-recorded with a cameraman going around the ring and a still camera in the back. There is also a commentator sitting in the back with a mike constantly feeding facts and statements. It is not really intended for the crowd, but for the audience later that will watch it online. I didn't think it would be elaborated like this. The lighting was very bright and they had no restrictions on the usage of personal cameras, so this was the perfect opportunity for me to test out my Nikon. I find it that given these circumstances, it's still very tough for me to catch a moment in action that I really want. I am to blame because I still haven't mastered my camera for live action shots yet. That being said, the videos I've taken are much better. I guess also the big difference between this show and the one I've saw last June is that you don't get a light show since they don't have racks of spotlights to support this. It does create quite an atmosphere, but I could pass that for now. I felt the crowd was very obnoxious and kept interrupting wrestler's speeches, cursing at them, telling them to shut up, but I guess crowds in any wrestling shows are like this. The dojo's style of matches are kept to a reasonable time amount to keep the audience's focus and interest. Some drama is obviously added to make the show interesting. The wrestlers are pretty hunky in my opinion. Here are a few shots. You can click on them for a larger version (x2). The first one at the top is from my cell phone, the rest are from my Nikon, the last two from the set are screenshots from videos taken by the Nikon. Savage, the one with the beard, was very charismatic and carried the audience with him. In the last image of the above set, he was eventually quadrupled tag-teamed and beaten up. A female wrestler then took a pair of scissors and a razor to shave his beard. They managed a very small portion until some of Savage's teammates came up to the rescue and save the poor lad from this shameless abuse. Hey, pro wrestling drama at its best. I enjoyed it and the crowd was ecstatic! You can see a small sequence that I recorded from it down below. Test There are quite a few kids in the audience. I'm always surprised that parents are okay showing their young ones this type of violence. But hey, if they do grow up and become a wrestler, then why not? If they use it to gang up and bully other kids, then that's another issue. I'm sure anyway that these kids look up to these wrestlers as superheroes doing the good thing, because in the end, like in all wrestling dramas, it's always the good guys that wins. A part that made me crack up was when a big bad guy won the match (in the photos above, it's the guy with the black singlet with an orange logo. I believe he goes by the nickname Nova Cain). Two ten year old boys in the front row booed him, so the wrestler came up to those kids and told them: - "You guys are next! I'll take you boys in the ring anytime!" You should see those brave kids, they don't get intimidated. - "Oh yeah!?! We'll beat you anytime!" Their responses were priceless. I can actually picture both of them crying for mommy. Anyhow, seeing these wrestlers perform still kinda breaks my heart. Like any industry in this business, probably less than 1% of these wrestlers will have their dreams come true of joining a big name association, hoping to make the big bucks to get the bread and butter back to their families. It's still great to see all these guys and gals have fun and put their talent to good use. The entrance ticket was only 10$ and I've only attended the first-half of the show. I felt I had enough excitement for the week-end. The room only accommodates around a hundred people or so. That being said, I will definitely come back to see them again... even in this cold weather. Technically, this was also a reconnaissance or a scout mission to see if this wrestling ring can be rented. I failed the mission miserably because I completely forgot to ask about it. I was thinking afterwards that I can always contact the owners of the dojo by e-mail anyway. The rings from ICW and Battlewar are mounted on the premises once per week or month, so using them is out of the question. This one though seems to be a permanent ring for the purposes of training. Wrestling ring coordinates: Torture Chamber Pro Wrestling Dojo Wrestling school in Montreal, Quebec Address: 4325 Boulevard Industriel, Montréal-Nord, QC H1H 2Z5 https://www.facebook.com/tcprodojo/
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