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Indie wrestler needs surgery

By William R. Toler

A Virginia-based independent wrestler is now fighting for health care.

Chris Escobar, who has wrestled up and down the coast in Virginia and North Carolina broke his leg Feb. 28 at a show. He has a complete break of his tibia and fibula with spiral fractures within the bone structure.

“In the middle of wrestling Lance Lube I picked him up for a fall away slam and my leg snapped in mid motion,” he wrote in a bulletin to fellow wrestlers. “Freak Accident.”

This is the second time Escobar has broken that leg. This time, however, he will have to have surgery. His surgery is scheduled for Mar. 12.
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