Fans Advised To Get Tested For HIV And Hepatitis C After Extreme Indie Event

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Fans who attended the Pro Wrestling TrainWreck promotion's "Welcome To The Wreck Room" indie event on Sunday, June 23 in New Albany, Indiana may have been exposed to blood borne pathogens and should be tested for HIV and Hepatitis C, according to a press release from the Floyd County Health Department, reported by The News & Tribune.

Health officials have "highly encouraged" anyone who attended the event and was exposed to blood or bodily fluids, to contact the Floyd County Health Department to get tested for HIV and Hepatitis C.

The health department is reportedly investigating the event, which apparently featured a "Fans Bring the Weapons" match, a thumbtack match, and a "Panes of Glass" match, billed as "live extreme wrestling! 18+ only" on the flyers.


John Glenn, co-promoter of the event, told the Courier Journal that all wrestlers are "tested regularly" for the "safety of the people who come to our shows and for the guys in the ring as well."

"We care about our performers and the people who come to see our performance," Glenn said.

It looks like Sunday's event was the re-debut show for the promotion.
Fans Advised To Get Tested For HIV And Hepatitis C After Extreme Indie Event, Promoter Comments - Wrestling Inc.

 

[3Rivers]

This is why you NEVER go full on 100% Indy neckbeard

 

[MenacingMonk]

Came in here expecting it to be CZW.

 

[Cartier Murphy]

Gonna pull up to my local Indy show like

 

[patscorpio]

the fukk? were they sharing razor blades and blading?

 

[TobiOT]

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

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[The Intergalactic Koala]

"oh word, they wrestling tonight at the local swap meet, lemme get my gear on"

 

[concise]

Natural selection.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Southern Indiana is still a market for these joke promotions, IWA MS still exists because Hoosiers are fukking stupid.

 

[Yayo Toure]

I don't understand.

They say their performers are tested regularly, so why should people that were there get tested?

Unless fans were bringing in dirty weapons, or one of the wrestlers didn't pass his tests and they still had him blade.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[Heelish]

The promotion is called “Pro Wrestling TrainWreck”

 

[The Rainmaker]

No wonder why CZW's slogan is "we bleed black and yellow". They (and every deathmatch promotion) literally do, at this point.

 

[John Reena]

Jim Cornette ironically talked about the legal ramifications of Indy shows doing this wild stuff.....then low and behold