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Gallery: Micro Wrestling Federation
February 22, 2018
Little Mario (left) of the Micro Wrestling Federation leans into hear what the trash-talking wrestler The Little Show has to say to him before the beginning of their match at the Panther Paw Wednesday night. The two performers were among six wrestlers all under five-feet tall who fought each other in front of a rowdy crowd.
Micro Wrestler Little Show boasts to the crowd at the Panther Paw after tossing around fan-favorite performer Little Mario in the ring.
Little Show prepares to pin his opponent Little Mario in the ring. His pin attempt would go for nothing as Little Mario kicked out of it with the refs count at “two”.
Little Show lifts Little Mario high above his head, briefly using him as a weight trainer, before tossing him hard onto the ring.
A wrestler named Little Mario prepares himself in the corner of the ring for his match with Little Show the Redneck Brawler.
The wrestler Little Mario lays in the ring in pain after being tossed by his opponent Little Show.
“The Enigma” of the Micro Wrestling Federation holds a beer up for the crowd at the Panther Paw.
The current Micro Wrestling Federation champion E-Money stands in the ring with his belt at the Panther Paw.
Little Mario and Little Show lockup in the middle of the ring to start their match. Little Show tossed Little Mario across the ring from the locked up position.
Little Mario sits in the corner of the ring nearly defeated with a floor sign placed strategically between his legs by his opponent Little Show. Little Show would go on to kick the sign into Little Mario’s groin.
