A tough treat was in the works Saturday evening in the Live Oak Pavilion, on the Boca Raton campus, as Four Star Championship Wrestling came to entertain and maim.

Sponsored by the FAU Rocky Horror Picture Club, FSCW offered an array of talented athletes “rasslin'” their fannies off.

FSCW has been around for over three years in the South Florida area, bringing “Indie-Shows” throughout the region, from Hollywood to Hallandale Beach to Oakland Park. The Boca campus was actually as far north as the organization has been, as they look to expand their fan base.

FSCW usually has a fairly large traveling entourage, including Megan Bowles, a huge fan. “I love wrestling!” says Bowles. “I came to see Tommy Vandal!” Around 200 fans just like Ms. Bowles were there hootin’ and hollerin’.

But Tommy Vandal wasn’t the only bad boy at the Pavilion Saturday. Meet Rusty Brooks, a gentleman and, at the same time, a bad son-of-a…watch yo mouth! Brooks is the director of the FSCW wrestling school and was heavily involved in the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980’s.

One of the grapplers, Jason “The Fish” Fisher, is actually an FAU student seeking a degree in elementary school education. He is the current commissioner of FSCW. When I met with “The Fish” he seemed pleased with his staff’s potential. “We’ve got the most amazing guys. The most outstanding people anyone can meet,” said Fisher.

Fisher was the first warrior of the squared circle to come out and start the bashing. He faced his nemesis, Stud Magnum who also got the crowd energized. Stud Magnum, a.k.a. Flex Magnum appeared to be everyone’s bad guy. If I hadn’t met him before the show, I’d have sworn that he had done hard time for armed robbery.

There were also women wrestlers: a couple of young ladies who were easy on the eyes but hard on the cranium. They are slated to wrestle Stud Magnum in the next main event.

The fairly large cast of characters also included Scott Commodity, the present Light Heavyweight Champion. He commented on the work ethic that one must have to be a professional wrestler. His regiment is a fairly strict one, involving heavy lifting in the weight room while eating correctly. But exercise and a healthy diet aren’t the only things one needs to be a successful wrestler: “Try running a mile while falling down and getting slung everywhere,” says Commodity.

Another one of the athletes who is no stranger to this kind of abuse, Hack “The Dog” Myers, is a veteran wrestler from Baltimore who’s been in the game for roughly 16 years starting when he was about 15 years-old. He has now started his own wrestling school, Federation X Entertainment Wrestling School, based in Orlando.

The best part about Saturday’s event was that portions of the proceeds went to People First of South Florida, an organization that benefits individuals with disabilities. There were many young people there from PFSF, all in good spirits enjoying the entertainment.

All of the people that I met at the Live Oak Pavilion were good natured folks who truly love and respect the sport of wrestling.

It was a family show, and it showed.