Photo: As real as it gets

by Aaron Crossen
Vanguard Editor-in-Chief

Ouch! Creative writing senior Joeseph Hickey - stage name Joey Shinobi - slams Mad Dragon into a pile of tacks during a hardcore wrestling match in Carrollton last Sunday. Hickey started wrestling a few years ago in his friend's basement. Realizing the basement shows were drawing sizable crowds, Hickey and partners formed the Kings of Brutal Wrestling. The group tries to put on a show once a week. The bout above was part of its three-year anniversary show, Onslaught.

As real as it gets