State delays decision on pro wrestling regulations

Professional wrestling put a smackdown Tuesday on a state panel's proposal to regulate the industry, prompting a 60-day delay on a decision.

The proposed regulations by the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commisiion, such as having paid medical personnel on hand for all events, would apply only to small-time wrestling operations like the Clarkesville-based NWA Anarchy Wrestling. The board also wants to increase inspection of wrestlers and their organizations as well as banning any physical or verbal threats toward the audience and the use of too much grease lotion or foreign substances on a wrestler's body.

"Asinine," is what NWA Anarchy wrestler Eddie Chastain called the proposed measures...More?

source: ajc.com