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Chaotic wrestling was featured in THE BOSTON MAGAZINE, I was briefly interviewed and this pic was the first the reader saw.

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Posing with Bob Lobel(local sportscaster) and Short Sleeve Sampson and Master Sandy AFTER A STRONGMAN DEMO FOR THE THE LISTENERS OF WROR FM

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 helped earn money for a skate park in DUXBURY,MA,years ago.
 
I have done dozens of  free wrestling matches to earn money for some great causes and performed some crazy feats of strength for charity. We're all in this together so lets help the less fortunate.
















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Here's a photo from a news paper  article in Revere, Ma. I did a strongman demo TO RAISE MONEY for The for The Revere League For The Mentally Challenged.In this picture at my immedieate right (STANDING BEHIND THE YOUNG MAN HOLDING A BROKEN CINDER)is the late great Boston Bad Boy Tony Rumble. Tony always helped out the community. 
















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Check back soon lots more coming in the next few months...

 
Explaining the dangers of the "IRON MAIDEN BED OF NAILS TORTURE" FEAT OF TOUGHNESS..
I teamed up with chaotic wrestling to help out a young man suffering from cancer up in Andover, MA.

KOOL ARTICLE WRITTEN BY STEVE BOUCHER A FEW YEARS AGO!

 

   

 

Let the Chaos Begin!  

  

 

by Steve Boucher

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is something to be said for a wrestler who begins bleeding a full two hours before his match is scheduled to begin. I've always had a certain fondness for those athletes who choose to suffer for their art and John Kronus has suffered worse than most casualties of five car pile-ups.

"Look at this, I'm bleeding already," he said while dabbing away at small spots of blood that had begun to trickle down his war-scarred forehead. "If you think this is bad, just wait 'til my match. I'll look like I'm half dead."

Years of watching Kronus ply his trade in ECW and on the independent circuit have taught me to never doubt his word. Some wrestlers blade to put an exclamation point on a heated feud, some wrestlers blade because they think it will help them win over the hardcore crowd, and some wrestlers blade because it's as integral a part of their repertoire as the most awe inspiring finishing maneuver. Count Kronus in as a member of the latter group.

"All you have to do is look at Kronus and he starts gushing blood," remarked Chaotic Wrestling heavyweight champion Gino Martino, Kronus' opponent last Friday evening.

Martino was excited about the prospect of once again facing Kronus and why wouldn't he be? The last time the two men had faced each other at Johnson & Wales College in RI, they wreaked such bloody havoc on each other that the show was stopped before headliner Tony Atlas could even make his way to the ring for the main event. Now they would square off as part of a Chaotic show at the Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere, MA, a town known for its sheer unmitigated lust for violence. Revere is the town where New Jack carved Mass Transit like a Thanksgiving turkey, where mob hits are as common as the ticking of a clock and where weapons are a fashion accessory no self respecting citizen can afford to live without.

If the crowd had paid to watch two men beat each other to the point that dental records were needed to prove their identity, they certainly got their money's worth. The match started off routinely enough with Kronus playing to the crowd by dancing around the ring while Martino traded insults with the ringsiders. Within moments, however, comedy was replaced by music as Kronus played a sonata on Martino's forehead with a sheet of plywood outside the ring. Martino responded in kind with a flurry of punches, kicks and headlong tosses into the ringpost. After five or six minutes of action, both men looked like a medical experiment gone awry and, wonder of wonders, the crowd couldn't have been happier if free Tupperware had been given at the door.

I'll have to admit that I was enjoying myself quite a bit too.at least until Kronus landed at my feet and deposited a pint of Type O Negative on my wife's jacket. While she bravely moved my work coat safely beyond the two combatant's reach, I wondered whether cool water and hydrogen peroxide really could remove the toughest of stains. I guess we'll have to find out later on this week as neither one of us has had the heart to move her jacket from the back of the car. Any would be car thieves can't help but be deterred by the bloody garment in a heap in the backseat.

With that bit of drama out of the way, Martino and Kronus returned to the ring where they unveiled the best surprise of the night - a wooden sheet covered with nails. Gino had pointed out the instrument of destruction earlier in the evening, but I thought it was more for show than anything else. It's one thing to show a friend a rusty .38 you heisted from the local pawnshop - it's quite another to lead an interstate crime spree. To his apparent delight, Gino was tossed into the board of nails probably three or four times, each time eliciting the much revered "Holy s***" chant. He bled a little, and then bled some more, but still seemed to be enjoying his part of the fray. As for Kronus, it was a wonder that he could even see his opponent - his blood had coagulated into a weird sort of hair gel that if ever marketed correctly, would put Vidal Sassoon out of business for good.

After 25 minutes, fourteen pints of blood and two concussions, the suffering finally came to an end as Martino vanquished Kronus, thus retaining his title. Both men shook hands and the crowd gave them a richly deserved standing ovation. Kronus was all smiles after the show, taking photos with fans who were no doubt delighted to embrace the blood soaked hometown boy. Back in the dressing room, it's safe to say that Martino was smiling too. In a day when the term "hardcore" is attributed to anyone who simply picks up a chair in anger, these two men redefined the word.

Is hardcore wrestling alive and well in Revere, MA? It sure is.just ask my drycleaner.

Show Notes:

  • I cannot speak highly enough of the professionalism displayed by the Chaotic Wrestling promotion. From the moment fans come through the door until the time when the last match leaves the ring, they are made to feel welcome. During last Friday's show, fans were thanked for their patience (the show started a bit late because the ring was slow in arriving) and they were thanked for keeping the enthusiasm level up throughout the night. The Chaotic staff has certainly learned how to build a fan base - offer quality action and don't act as if you're doing the paying public a favor by putting on a show.
  • The first two bouts of the night were particularly outstanding- El Mascarado and Luis Ortiz tore the roof of the place and Slick Wagner Brown and Legend Killer Kyle Storm followed up in fine fashion. Why is Kyle Storm the "Legend Killer" you ask? He knocked Tony Atlas unconscious with a moonsault to the back of the head in Wilmington, MA a few months back . Tony was legitimately knocked silly and needed to be taken to a local hospital.
  • By the way, the Martino/Kronus show stopping brawl at Johnson & Wales did not take place under the Chaotic banner. It was actually for another local New England indy.
  • Announcers Rich Palladino and Milo played off each other very well on Friday, lending a special touch to the proceedings. You don't often go to an indy show and hear play by play while the action is taking place.
  • Chaotic will soon take to the airwaves each Saturday evening/Sunday morning at 1:30 a.m. on WUNI Channel 27 Worcester-Boston. New England fans will remember this cable outlet as the former home for ECW's syndicated show.