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There’s a couple ways to look at Extreme Midget Wrestling: societal barometer, or ambitiously equal employment for short, ferocious athletes. The EMWF brought its folding chairs and trash can lids to Trees on Saturday night for an all-out slam fest, and by the match’s end, size no longer mattered.
These guys leg-locked, bodyslammed and flat-out punished their opponents with more gritty gusto than the WWF and WWE combined. Photographer Mike Brooks trapped the glory on film. Here’s our ten favorite photos.