... Her brother, Cody, said their parents and even their grandmother have come to appreciate wrestling events.
"She even had fun," he said.

Granted, much of the familial bonding is centered around enthusiastic jeers — such as "wimp!", "loser!" and "Oompa-Loompa!" — shouted at wrestlers during their matches.
Sitting up front, one of the evening's most serious hecklers, Debbi Carlton, let her thoughts be known.
"Wake up! Wake up! You are sunk!" she yelled.

"If you just want something that you don't have to take very seriously, come and see it," Carlton said. "You can get your aggressions out."

Carlton had another reason for sitting through the show. She wanted to watch her daughter, Amber, serve as "valet" — or ring girl — for wrestler High Roller Hayze.

Dressed in fishnets, boots and a top slightly revealing for a family show, Amber — aka Victoria Hayze — sauntered around the ring, alternately tempting and tormenting Hayze's opponent through her own hits, slaps and stomps.
As you watch the show — made up of equal parts cheese, spice and guilty pleasure — there's a good chance that little voice in your head will be asking, "What the heck are you doing here?"

When that happens, just take another swig of beer, grab another nacho and remember: You're there to make sure that your guy kicks that other guy's butt.

After that, the whole scene should be pretty easy to swallow.
kristin.finan@chron.com

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