HOMETOWN hero Cadman Turner promises to deliver a chokeslam to opponent Grimm on Friday night and continue to send a message to the Outback Championship Wrestling officials that he should be given a shot at the title belt.
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OCW returns to Bendigo on Friday night for a show at the Bendigo South East College Theatre in Flora Hill.
Among the matches on the card is the six-foot-five, 130kg "Behemoth from Bendigo" Cadman taking on South Australian bad guy Grimm.
"I've never wrestled him before, but he's the first guy I've come up against who is a similar height to me," Cadman said on Friday.
"He's a real powerhouse, so he's going to be a threat, but that won't stop me hitting him with the chokeslam for the one, two, three.
"I'm not going to lose in my hometown... he'll feel the power of the chokeslam."
While rising star Cadman will have the home town crowd on his side, the star attraction for the show will be former WWE superstar Shelton Benjamin.
Benjamin is a three-time WWE intercontinental champion, two-time WWE tag-team champion and one-time WWE United States champion who arrived in Australia on Thursday for a short tour.
Benjamin will square off against OCW champion Andy Phoenix - an Irish heel - in the main event.
Other matches booked for Friday night's card include: Jake Navara vs Maddog; Kracker Jak v Joel Bateman; Harley Wonderland vs Vixsin; and Slade Mercer v Cletus.
Doors open at 6.30pm and family tickets and group discounts are available.
Tickets can be booked from www.ocwaus.com, with prices ranging from $15 to $55.
The show starts at 7.30pm.
"It's going to be a great night of entertainment. It's a real family show and the crowd can get up close to the action," Cadman said.
"Up close you can see the impacts and hear all the hits."
Meanwhile, OCW has recently begun being screened on Channel 31 on Tuesday nights at 9.30pm.
Channel 31 isn't available in Bendigo, but OCW can be watched on catch-up TV on the Internet.