The grandest, most outrageous spectacle in the comedy universe is coming to the 2014 Melbourne Comedy Festival. For one night only, Melbourne Town Hall will be taken over by Edinburgh Fringe Panel Prize-winning mega-show The Wrestling, a death-defying extravaganza pitting professional wrestlers against world-class comedians in a chaotic whirlwind of punchlines, clotheslines and potentially broken bones.
Created by UK comedy masterminds Max and Ivan (Barry nominees – Most Outstanding Show, 2013), The Wrestlingsees some of the best (and bravest) local and international comedians take a break from their festival shows, step into a 20×20 foot wrestling ring, and do battle. This is actually going to happen. It’s a one-night tournament of good versus evil, in which our brave/foolhardy comedians will team up with monstrous wrestlers from the professional circuit.
Max Olesker, one half of Max and Ivan, was once Britain’s youngest professional wrestler and – now that his ankle has healed (he broke it midway through the 2011 show) – he will be competing once again as ‘Max Voltage – The Human Dynamo’. In the past, The Wrestling has pitted big-name comedians such as Russell Kane, Brendon Burns and Andrew Maxwell against the meanest and leanest of professional wrestlers.
