Professional wrestling is a staged, choreographed and yet highly dangerous athletic event. For one pro wrestler at an event in Ringgold, Georgia this past weekend, highly dangerous was taken to a whole new level.

According to the Rome News-Tribune, a spectator pulled a loaded gun on a wrestler in the middle of a match this past Saturday and is now being charged with aggravated assault. The woman in the seats, 59-year-old Patricia Anne Crowe, who reportedly has regularly attended the monthly American Wrestling Federation (AWF) events in Ringgold, apparently just got up during a match involving long-time wrestler Paul Lee (pictured above) and a wrestler known as “Iron Mann” and pointed her gun at Lee.

She then allegedly pointed the gun at the “commissioner” of the show, “Robbie Rude,” as well.

What sparked all of it? According to Lee, it was when he was bantering back and forth with the crowd in his role as the bad guy (heel) and told the woman in question “to sit her toothless self down.”

That set the lady off, so much so she got her pistol out and made sure to have one in the chamber and the safety off as she approached the ring.

As Lee describes it, one shaky moment could’ve meant some real bad consequences for all involved.

“I had him tied up and was beating on him, and this lady jumps up with a knife, cuts him loose, and then pulled a loaded gun on me. She had that thing loaded with one in the chamber and the safety off. All it would have taken was for her to get shaky with that thing and it could have fired.”

Crowe was released on Monday on a $4,000 bond, and Lee, the victim, wasn’t happy about that idea, citing the other spectators and participants involved.

“The sheriff’s office called me to let me know they let her out Monday on a $4,000 bond,” Lee said. “I think it should have been a higher bond than that. She pulled a gun on me in front of kids and everything…it was just crazy.”

As for the AWF and future shows, the promotion has already gathered up some metal detectors for future shows at the arena in Ringgold.

[Rome News-Tribune]

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