His signature move is called "The Stinkface", and it involves him pulling down his pants and rubbing his naked backside in his opponent's face.
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Meet Adam Kostovski, better known in wrestling circles as Mr Juicy and one of eight stars of Melbourne City Wrestling invited to try out for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday.
Considered the pinnacle of wrestling internationally, getting in would mean getting paid to live as a wrestler in the US, and it's something these wrestlers have dreamed of since they were children.
The selectors will be looking for "charisma, ability, athleticism, everything," says Kostovski. "You need to be an actor, a drama professional, a sportsman, you need to be intense, you need to be able to fight, it's a complete mix of everything."
Showmanship is definitely a huge part of it – they wrestle in character, and create elaborate back stories to accompany the over-the-top duels that go on in the ring. But while the characters and stories are constructed, the blows are far from make-believe, says Kostovski.
"I wish I could fake falling down lots or lifting someone above my head," he says. "It can be frustrating when people say that, but it's really based on your own ability, how much you train and how good you are."
Injuries are part and parcel of the sport. Kostovski has just come back from a concussion sustained during a "Tables, Ladders and Chairs" match that involves whacking your opponent with furniture.
"It's my fourth time being concussed, my short term memory is horrible, I won't remember names, I won't remember faces, I won't remember meeting you," he says.
He's ignored his doctor's suggestion that he stop. "This is what I do, it's my release," he says. "I love punching my friends in the face. And why not get paid to do it?"
Kelly Salter, who wrestles as Kellyanne, has had her share of injuries too, including a trapezius muscle that came completely off the bone, but she's undeterred.
"Every time I go out to wrestle, I think, why am I doing this, but it's the adrenalin you get from it, it's a creative outlet because I can put my art into that ring," she says.
"I'm a horrible drawer, I can't write stories but I can tell stories in the ring."
She started as a 14-year-old ("not recommended"), and like the others, juggles a full-time job with near-daily training and frequent travel. As one of the few female wrestlers in the country, she'll often fly interstate for matches. On a match night, there's usually only one female fight on the bill.
"I hate it when people are like, 'Oh, female match, piss break', that's what a lot of people are like," she says. "We're just another wrestling match but we just happen to be women."
Of Thursday's tryout, she says she's "petrified". "It's nine years of work in one day." And if she gets in? "Words couldn't explain how I'd feel, that's my life goal."
It's a sentiment echoed by Josh Fikret, known as JXT. With his distinctive noggin (dreadlocks on side, shaved on the other), Fikret understands that the more memorable your character is, the more popular you'll be.
He travelled to the US last year to try and crack the big time but his attempts to audition were at the whim of selectors who kept "running out of time".
On Thursday, he's guaranteed an audience. "My friends are like, 'You're obsessed!', I'm not obsessed, I'm just driven," he says.
"I'm telling you I'm going to be in WWE, that's what I'm going to do."
WWE Live is at Margaret Court Arena on Thursday, December 8 and at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney on Tuesday, December 13
