Catch a glimpse of the way things were before Vincent Kennedy McMahon made wrestling a globo-corporate juggernaut at the first-ever National Pro Wrestling Day — an all-day event featuring locally based indies Chikara, Ring of Honor and Wrestling Is Fun. And with more than 20 organizations from all over the country taking part, the styles include lucha libre, hardcore, women’s competition, tag teams, a Kaiju Big Battel’s costumed antics and a promotion with enough chutzpah to call itself Wrestling Is Art.
Sat., Feb. 2, 1 and 7 p.m., free, Derby Ink Gardens, 814 Spring Garden St., 443-799-5677, nationalprowrestlingday.com.
