Sharp Wrestling takes over Crystal Ridge with action-packed event

About 100 spectators were given a hard-hitting and action-packed show on Sunday night when Sharp Wrestling rolled into the Crystal Ridge Community Centre.

There were five matches made up of tag teams and individual wrestlers, as well as the main event, the inaugural Redline Rumble, which consisted of 16 competitors vying for the openweight championship belt.

The top prize was won by Dan Nacci from the Nacci Mafia. The two-brother duo from Buffalo, consisting of Dan and Frank, teamed up with their cousin Tony Musso to aggravate the crowd with their Italian-American attitude.

Their catchphrase “Stir the Sauce” was put to action throughout the night as the Naccis and Musso incorporated a saucepan and wooden spoon into their arsenal, occasionally using them as weapons on opponents.

However, the Nacci Mafia came up short in the first fight of the night, losing a tag team match against The Bollywood Boys.

Before the fight started, Frank Nacci heckled young children, called the crowd “idiots” and said Fort Erie is “the crappiest town in Canada.”

But that’s all part of the fun, he said in an interview with Fort Erie Radio later in the night.

“It’s just us if we could actually get away with stuff,” said Nacci when asked about the insults hurled at the crowd.

“We’re just turning up to 100,” he added.

This isn’t the Nacci Mafia’s first time on this side of the border, as they have competed in Hamilton, Toronto, and at Brock University in the past, said Nacci.

Asked about the accusation that “wrestling is fake,” he said he would body slam anyone in the ring who discredits what they do.

He took it easy from the action on Sunday because of a pectoral surgery in the summer. Between Frank and his brother Dan, who appeared to be injured after winning the Rumble on Sunday, they have had four surgeries as a result of wrestling in the five years they’ve been doing this.

“We’re physically getting hurt here,” he said.

Fighters are from the Toronto area, as well as from across the border, said Sharp Wrestling president Holly Nguyen.

She said attendance fluctuates in each town and city the one-year-old wrestling company visits.

“It all depends on the area and how we market the show,” she said.

She also agreed with Nacci when asked about the opinion that wrestling isn’t real.

“That myth was busted a long time ago,” she said.

“It’s a very physical show they’re putting on for us,” she told Fort Erie Radio before the first fight on the card.

Other wrestlers on the bill Sunday night included Shaggy C., who entered the room on a motorcycle, as well as Isaiah Prince, Tommy II Guns, Dann Jarris, Mike Forte, Laylah James, Nilo Reyes. Zondra Lee, and more.

Rusty Blackwell the Backwoods Butcher fought in the Rumble, but the event was special to him as he currently lives several hours away in Sturgeon Falls, but spent his childhood living in Wainfleet and St. Catharines.

When entering the ring, he screamed “Wainfleet!” at the top of his lungs.

“For those who grew up here, that’s a landmark in the region,” he told Fort Erie Radio.

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