In the ring; Local association to host pro wrestling event

PALMER — The Palmer Train Depot will be home to a wrestling ring May 25, and a milestone event for a local association.

NSA Wrestling is hosting a 4-on-4 showdown. This will be NSA’s largest tag-team match to date, making history for the homegrown small business filled with enthusiast athletes ready to bring live, professional wrestling to the Valley each year.

“There’s just so many moving parts in a 4-on-4 because it’s eight different competitors all in the same area. You’ve got eight different personalities all up their at once,” NSA founder Sean Coleman said.

Coleman said that it will be set up with two opposing teams, each with four wrestlers and a team captain. Each team will try to take down the other’s captain to win the match. It will be Team Burt Ringo against. Team Jerry Bishop. Burt Ringo’s team will feature Burt Ringo, Julie Winters, Sterling T. Folk, and Brody Adams. Jerry Bishop’s team will feature Jerry Bishop, Timmy Hulke, Ferya the Slaya, and Ryan Oshun.

“It’s family friendly as usual,” Coleman said.

Coleman said this huge match will be an exciting show with plenty of spectacle and sport to go around.

The 4-on-4 match is the main event but there will be four other matches that evening, featuring 13 different wrestles and a championship match.

NSA champion Jack Windsor is set to settle the score with Last Frontier champion Christopher “Class” Landon Anthony Streeter during the champion match.

“It’s going to be clash of titans, two champions,” Coleman said.

Coleman created NSA more than three years ago to bring live entertainment and professional scale wrestling to his hometown.

“If you like professional wrestling, you’ll like what we do because you can interact more. It’s a smaller crowd, You’re not doing it from the 35th bleacher. You’re right there ,” Coleman said.

Now, there’s a steady stream of dedicated wrestlers, featuring a spectrum of colorful characters with their own back stories. Their storylines get hyped up before matches and unfold in front of the audience, giving them cause to root for their favorite characters and jeer their least favorites.

“Burt Ringo and Jerry Bishop are in a feud right now. All animosity comes out in those matches,” Coleman said.

Matches are typically set up like many other professional wrestling operations, projecting, “the constant battle good and bad,” according to Coleman.

“We try to go out there and tell good story of good vs bad, the essence of professional wrestling is,” Coleman said.

The show starts at 5, doors open at 4 p.m. for a meet and greet with wrestlers. Tickets can be purchased at door. It’s $10 for adults and $5 children. Children 5 and under will be admitted for free.

NSA is getting back in the ring June 15 at the annual Rhyme Fest in Wasilla. They will also host a fundraising event for the Wasilla Amvets July 13. For more information, look up “NSA Wrestling” on Facebook.

Contact Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman reporter Jacob Mann at jacob.mann@frontiersman.com