By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
A World League Wrestling event in St. Joseph this weekend will raise money to offset the medical bills of a wrestler injured during a match.
World League Wrestling will hold a show at the ROC Fellowship Church on Saturday night. A portion of the proceeds will go to St. Joseph wrestler, and member of WLW, Lori Tovey, who suffered a neck injury wrestling.
Professional Wrestler Leland Race says it’s a privilege to get to hold a wrestling event in St. Joseph, because of its rich wrestling history that dates back decades.
"Not just with Harley Race, not just with World League Wrestling, but if you look at KQ2 they held All Star Championship Wrestling and wrestling every week on their TV station, and again it dates back decades and decades," Race tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.
World League Wrestling was formed by Missouri wrestler Harley Race in the late 90's. Race began his wrestling career under St. Joseph wrestling promoter Gust Karras in 1959.
Race says while most know wrestling from watching it on TV, what WLW offers is geared towards those in attendance
"That are at the live wrestling event, and they're going to walk away knowing that they got to see live pro wrestling and they got to be engaged with it a lot more," Race explains.
The event will begin on Saturday at 6pm. Tickets can be purchased online prior to the event or at the door.
Race encourages people to come experience the event for a couple of different reasons.
"Knowing that it's pro wrestling first and foremost fans should give that a shot, if you haven't been, give it a shot, I promise you you're not going to leave angry that's for sure," Race points out. "Number two, knowing that its directly helping somebody that's from St. Joe is just an even better experience, especially during the holidays times are tough for everybody."