THE
THE 6-YEAR-OLD COULD COME IN STUDIO AND WE COULD TRY TO LIFT
HIM, I DON'T KNOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>>> BLAZING TRAILS, A GOOD
IDEA, AWESOME EVENT, MIXES ARM
WRESTLING WITH FUNDRAISING, IT
IS CALLED VERY CLEVER, MUSCLES
FOR MONEY.
FOR MONEY. AND NOT ONLY IS ARM WRESTLING
INVOLVED, THERE IS ALSO
COSTUMES, WE HAVE SO MANY
WONDERFUL LADIES GOT GETTING
READY TO ARM WRESTLE, AND WHAT
INSPIRED YOU GUYS TO COME UP
WITH THIS?
WITH THIS? >> I'VE BEEN PART OF A SIMILAR
EVENT BEFORE, RAISING MONEY FOR
A DIFFERENT NONPROFIT, MOVING
LOCATIONS TO PORTLAND, LOOKING
FOR AN EVENT.
AS A PRIDE EVENT, YOU GET TO
DRESS UP, GLITTER, MUSIC AND
ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
>> I WILL ASK YOU MANY MORE
QUESTIONS, BUT SHOULD WE HAVE
PEOPLE ARMAH SO WHY WE ARE
TALKING.
TALKING.
TALKING. YOU COME UP WITH THE COSTUME, I
LIKE YOUR WRESTLING CHARACTER?
-- WE HAVE PEOPLE ARM WRESTLING.
>> YES, BLACK WIDOW, AND PROUD
MARY.
MARY.
MARY. >>
MARY. >> DID YOU GET YOUR HAIR,
ANOTHER THAT'S NOT WOULD
NATURALLY GROW OUT OF HER HAD
GOT I'M NOT ASSUMING THAT.
OH, MY GOSH, DO YOU PRACTICE?
>> THIS IS PRIDE MONTH, ZACH IS
GETTING IN AND ALL THE ACTION,
BACK TO ARE MISSING FROM BEHIND
THE CAMERA, AND THEY ARE
ALLOWED TO ARM WRESTLE.
AND LAST YEAR WE DID IT, MIXING
IT UP, AND FUNDRAISING
COMPONENT AS WELL.
>> FOR THE YOUTH CENTER HERE,
UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF NEW
AVENUES FOR YOUTH, RESOURCE
CENTERS FOR YOUNG [NULL]
YOUTH.
YOUTH.
YOUTH. >>
YOUTH. >> CAN PEOPLE SIGN UP TO ARM
WRESTLE?
WRESTLE?
WRESTLE? >> THEY CAN'T, WE ARTY HAVE THE
ARM RUSTLERS, BUT THEY ARE
GOING WELL, THEY'RE GOING, I AM
REALLY ROOTING FOR BLACK WIDOW,
I WOULD GIVE A BUNCH OF MONEY,
$20, SO NOT JUST BASED ON
STRENGTH, WHOEVER RAISES THE
MOST MONEY GOES TO THE NEXT
ROUND.
ROUND.
ROUND. >>
ROUND. >> DO YOU ACTUALLY GET INTO THE
ARM WRESTLING?
ARM WRESTLING? >> JUST STRICTLY TRYING TO RUN
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. >> DO YOU HAVE YOUR PERSONA?>>
I WAS JANE DANIELS.
>> HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU RAISE
LAST YEAR?
LAST YEAR? >> LAST YEAR WAS 3500, WERE TO
BLOW THAT AWAY THIS YEAR.
IN TICKET SALES.
>> 4 PM TO 7 PM IN SOUTHEAST
PORTLAND, AND I WAS GOING TO
SAY IS IS WHATEVER GOING TO GET
IT.
IT.
IT. YOU
IT. YOU SAY THAT I CAN TAKE ON ONE
OF YOU GUYS?>> WE HAVE SAVED
PAIN FONDA FOR YOU.>> OH, NO?!
>> AND WHAT WOULD MY WRESTLING
PERSONA BE.
PERSONA BE. >> AND AN 80s THING.
>> SMASHIDY QUINN!
>> WILL RETURN TO THE TABLE
1st.
1st.
1st. >>
1st. >> 1, 2, 3, GO!
>> OH, MY GOSH!
DOES IT COST TO GET INTO THE
EVENT?>> $25 FOR VIP TICKETS,
AND $20 FOR REGULAR TICKETS.
>> OH, MY GOSH, SHE IS STRONG.
[ LAUGHTER ] I HELD MY OWN FOR
THE, WERE YOU TRYING, BUT YOU
SAID I WAS GOING TO LETTER DO
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> GIVING IT MY ALL.
>> MUSCLES FOR