If you are

a pro wrestling fan, there is only one place you want to be this Saturday,

Oct. 6: The South Atlanta Showdown at the Kiwanis Fairgrounds complex

in Fayetteville.

There will

be WWF and WCW wrestlers duking it out in a benefit for the Fayette County

High School wrestling team.

The day begins

with some autograph signings around town. Public Enemy, the former WCW/ECW

tag team champions, will sign autographs at Play It Again Sports at 1

p.m. Disc Inferno will appear at Gym South at 2:30 p.m. and will give

an inspirational talk to local youths at 3 p.m. There will also be a drawing

for three pairs of tickets to the evening's main event.

At 6:45 p.m.,

FanFest begins. FanFest, which is free with admission, allows fans to

meet and greet all of the wrestlers on the card as well as WWF Superstar

Chris "The Crippler" Benoit and Legendary "Mr. Wonderful"

Paul Orndorff.

The wrestling

begins at 8 p.m. with an NWA Wildside TV title match between Adam Jacobs

and The IceMan, followed by a match between Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and

David Young. The bigger matches follow with a Legends match between "The

Living Legend" Larry Zybysko and Terry Taylor and an anything goes

table match between Public Enemy and the Southside Juggalo's. The main

event will feature Buff Bagwell vs. Disco Inferno. Bagwell will be manged

Former WCW

referee Marc "Slick" Johnson will call the action and WCW anouncer

David Penzer will be the master of ceremonies. The South Atlanta Showdown

is the brainchild of Penzer, who would like to put on more shows for the

other local high school wrestling teams in the future.

Tickets to

the event include admission to FanFest and the event and a free program.

Advance tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children under 12. Advance

tickets are available in Fayetteville at World Gym, MeLears BBQ, Play

It Again Sports and GTO's Drive In. Tickets are available in Peachtree

City at World Gym, Beef 'O' Brady's and Island Club Tan (next to Papa

Johns). Tickets will be available at the door for $15 for adults and $12

for children under 12. More information is available at prowrestlinginternational.com .

In addition, due to recent

events, both Pro Wrestling International and the Fayette County High School

wrestling team, in coordination with the local fire departments, have

decided to donate $1 from each ticket sold to the New York Fire 911 Disaster

Relief Fund. This money will be used to aid families of the fallen heroes

in the FDNY.

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