David Penzer

was always a fan of wrestling and in October he will share his love with

Fayette County with a wrestling extravaganza that will benefit the Fayette

County High School wrestling program.

Penzer began

working with WCW Wrestling in 1989 and worked his way up through the ranks.

He began booking the talent for the television and eventually got more

opportunities, thanks to a background in emceeing. In 1993, he began working

as a ring announcer and over the next eight years he traveled around the

country with WCW. The job of the ring announcer is to pump the crowds

up, fill them in on any changes and of course, announce the wrestlers.

"I never

missed a Monday Nitro," said Penzer. "I also worked Thunder

and the monthly pay per view programs." Over the years, Penzer worked

with such wrestlers as Ric Flair, Randy "Macho Man" Savage,

and Georgia's own Goldberg. There were even times where he would get caught

in the middle of the action. He "got beat up" by Savage, Jeff

Jarrett and survived a "Diamond Cutter" from Diamond Dallas

Page.

Through WCW

he also formed friendships with wrestlers who live in Fayette County includign

Paul Orndorff, Chris Benoit, and Johnny Grunge from the tag team duo of

Public Enemy. Earlier this year WCW was sold to the World Wrestling Federation

and Penzer, like many other people from WCW, was out of a job. During

a concert at the Fourth of July festivities at the Kiwanis Complex in

Fayetteville, Penzer had an idea that the building would be a great place

for a wrestling event.

"I talked

with Coach Bailey, the wrestling coach at Fayette County high School,

and we both agreed that the event could help raise some money for the

team. Many of the professional wrestlers I know got their start in high

school wrestling and would love to be able to give something back."

If the event goes well, Penzer would like to put on a show once every

few months and have the event benefit each of the county high school's

wrestling programs.

The wrestling

extravaganza, set for Oct. 6, will be fan-friendly and will not feature

some of the more adult material featured on television. It will begin

with a FanFest, where the fans will get to meet all of the wrestlers and

get their autographs. The wrestlers featured in what is being hailed as

the South Atlanta Showdown will be Buff Bagwell, managed by Coach Bailey,

versus Disco Inferno, an Anything Goes Tables Match with Public Enemy

versus the Southside Juggalos, a Legends Match with "The living Legend"

Larry Zybysko versus Terry Taylor, Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker versus David

Young and an NWA Wildside TV Title Match between Adam Jacobs and The Iceman.

Chris benoit and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff will be on hand

at the FanFest.

Tickets for

the event are on sale now at .... They will also be on sale at the Pro

Wrestling International booth at the Kiwanis Fair, Sept. 24-29. There

will be several autogrpah sessions during the fair. Fans will get a chance

to meet Buff Bagwell, Thursday, Sept. 27 from 7-9 p.m.; Fit Finlay on

Friday, Sept. 28 from 7-9 p.m. and Legendary Manager "The Mouth of

the South" Jimmy Hart on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 1-4 p.m.

Advance tickets

for the South Atlanta Showdown are $12 for adults and $10 for children

under the age of 12. Tickets will be available the day of the event for

$15 for adults and $12 for children under the age of 12. Additional information

is available at prowrestlinginternational.com .

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