What do you mean wrestling (pronounced “raslin”� where I come from) is not a sport? It’s real! The matches aren’t rigged, and the athletes (pronounced “titanic, steroid-addled monsters”� where I come from) are real sportsmen.

Well, if you believe that, let’s take it one step further. The Kaiju Big Battel events feature “wrestlers” who don’t just wear facemasks and body suits, but full-fledged lizard or bunny costumes and spray slime all over the first three rows of spectators. The arch villain is a guy with a white box on his head who goes by the name of Dr. Cube.

Now here’s where is gets a bit strange even for wrestling fans. The organizers of Kaiju present this all as very real and strangely important. The rivalries between these different costumed freaks and the characters themselves are being billed as fact. Looking around the Net, it seems that even the fans insist that none of this is make-believe.

Who wants to bet that in 20 years Dr. Cube will be the governor of some mid-western state?

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