Micas Harris does his introduction routine as he enters Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial Coliseum in Evansville, Ind. for his Coliseum Championship Wrestling (CCW) tag-team bout on Wednesday night, June 15, 2011. Harris is a "baby face" favorite of many fans.
John Miller who goes by "J-Millz" in the ring preps for his match on Wednesday night in the CCW. Miller was on the Oxygen Network reality show "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too," which had it's season finally on June 13.
Micas Harris, left, and Isaiah Brown, right, who goes by "The Hi-Fly-n Ninja, Hy-Zaya" in the ring, get ready to enter the ring back stage at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday night. The tag-team duo play "baby faces," or good guys, in the CCW.
Dozens of diehard fans come to Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum every Wednesday night to watch CCW matches that range from expected pro wrestling style bouts to the hardcore "cheese grater on a pole" match.
Kyle Maverick reaches out to the ref as he tries to escape the hold of Matt Atreya int their opening match on Wednesday night. Maverick is a "baby face," while Atreya is a "heel."
Jimmy Fletcher, who is known to CCW Fans as "Juicy" waves to the crowd as he enters the ring with wrestler "Allister Fear" for the main event match of the night. Fear, clad in a pink dress, lost "Juicy" weeks before and in turn had to his valet for 30 days. "Juicy" plays a gay character in the show who takes the roll to an extreme in the ring.
Micas Harris takes a boot to the jaw from Adam Gooch during their tag-team bout on Wednesday night. Micas took a beating during the match, as the good guy's often do, but came out the winner in the end.
Rick Brady, also known as "Mr. Rick," taunts Paula Houghton, left and Malinda Rainey, right during a CCW match on Wednesday night. Houghton and Rainey attend every week to support family who wrestle in the show. "Mr. Rick" is one of the managers of the "heel" wrestling teams and riles up fans during the matches. While many fans know the managers and wrestlers in the real world, heckling and taunting can get ruthless at CCW matches. Comments can range from remarks about fans weight, wrestler's sexual orientation, even someone's teeth, or lack thereof.
Mickie Knuckles, right, gives Shane King, also known as "Lonestar," a wedgie during their match on Wednesday night. King's character boasted during the opening smack talk of the night that he could wrestle anyone he was matched up against both blindfolded and with one arm tied behind his back. He was in for a surprise when CCW promoters held him to his word and it turned out he was wrestling a woman.
"Juicy" chases down Chuey Martinez on Court Street in Evansville outside of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday night. Frequently CCW matches will overflow out into the street during the main event with the crowd following in tow cheering and jeering the wrestlers before the return to the building to finish the match off.
