A COUNTY teacher will be swapping the classroom for a wrestling ring when he competes to become a tag champion next month.
Chris Barth, of George Street, Kidderminster, who works at Wolverley High School and has been wrestling for five years, will be stepping into the spotlight at the River Severn Wrestling Show. The business and IT teacher, who becomes Chris Cage when he enters the ring, said parents usually gave him a "look of surprise" when they discovered he was a wrestler, adding: "I don't look like a typical wrestler - I am not huge and muscly.
"The kids like the fact that I do it. They come along and watch the shows."
At the River Severn Wrestling show he will be taking part in the evening's main event, the Wales versus England tag team match and will be joined by his tag partner, Kade Callous.
It will take place on Saturday, February 4, at St George's Social Club, Kidderminster. Doors open at 6.45pm and admission is payable on the door.
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