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In his daydreams, Santiago thinks about new moves to try out in the ring – reaching back to matches he saw on TV as a […]

The drive to move up the card motivates the wrestlers. The name of the game is attracting attention, even in church basements, at block parties […]

Like Santiago, Jorge Kebrada grew up in Brooklyn dreaming of becoming a pro wrestler. He begged his parents to send him to a training school. […]

Every one of the superstars Rodz trained over the years has wrestled in Gleason’s, before slowly moving onto bingo halls and crusty school gyms. They’ve […]

The next morning, sporting fresh bruises, Santiago’s pride was more sore than his body. But he woke up with the thrill of being in the […]

Rodz had encountered hundreds of aspiring wrestlers like Santiago over the years, many of whom never bothered to return after getting turned away. But Santiago […]

George Santiago always wanted to be a professional wrestler. As a kid, he’d scurry to his brown couch in the living room of his home […]