Ready to Rumble by Lorne Rodman

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The Dark Dragon is a former pro wrestler and now plays on the babies league. For some reasons he was put off the big league when he was still in good form and now he manages to mantain himself working city to city and living in depressing motel. Then one night a young reporter, Alex, promises him a good dinner in exchange of an interview. Put in front of a big steak and a nice view, the kid reporter is not a bad guy, he can't refuse.

Alex is following the wrestler circuit since years. And he has a soft spot for the Dark Dragon, the bad boy of the circuit. And when he meets him, the soft spot becomes an hard one (here is a pun) cause Dragon is a good guy, open and honest. And so Alex decides to write a good article, and maybe decipt this guy like the hero this time and not the villain. And if he gains a night or two with this guy, well, no one will be unsatisfied.

Dragon is the classical big guy, with a big heart and maybe not so clever, but gentle and caring. Alex instead is smart, and even if he is the weaker one, phisycally, it is the leading character of the couple. A short and enjoyble story.

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