…Wow. Health Department Recommends Fans Get HIV/Hepatitis C Tests After Extreme Independent Show.

That’s one of the strangest souvenirs ever. Independent wrestling is not like mainstream wrestling and that’s putting it mildly. Things can happen at an independent show that you see in the WWE and often times there is a reason for that. Some of the more violence based promotions can take things too far and that certainly seems to be the case at a recent event.

According to the Jeffersonville, Indiana News and Tribune, fans who attended the Pro Wrestling TrainWreck event on June 23 may have been exposed to blood borne pathogens and the Health Department suggests testing for HIV and Hepatitis C. The event was billed as extreme wrestling and featured death matches. The promotion has put out a statement on Twitter denying the story.

Hi this article is clickbait and a lie. Did you check toir sources before releasing it? Speak to anyone with the company? If the answer is yes,please post the transcript as neither of the owners were contacted

Please remove this article

— TRAINWRECK?? (@PWTrainwreck) June 27, 2019

I don’t see the point in death matches. Check out two people who didn’t need that much violence to be stars:

Opinion: I do not care for death matches and this is a great reason why. Whether or not the threat was there or whether or not the wrestlers were clean is immaterial. For the life of me, I do not see the appeal of having matches with light tubes, big pieces of glass and so much blood that the Health Department suggested screenings for diseases. What that level of violence has to do with wrestling is beyond me and I’d really rather not try to understand it.

What do you think of extreme wrestling? How far is too far? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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