Broken toes, pulled ligaments, cracked ribs, stitches, separated shoulders, contact amnesia, etc.

Most people consider such mishaps to be serious injuries.

For Butler's Tom Buzanoski, Seth James and Jeff Miller, it's all in a night's play.

Buzanoski drives a truck for a living. James is a computer systems support analyst and Miller is a minister.

Occasionally, all three are professional wrestlers.

All three will be on the card at 8 p.m. Friday when Pittsburgh-based Far North Wrestling brings a show to the Butler Days Inn.

"Butler has a rich history in professional wrestling and there hasn't been a show up there for a while," FNW promoter Andrew Lazarchik said. "Our organization began in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh in 1999, and we've since expanded our reach a little bit.

"Butler is ready for a good show, and we're ready to bring them one."

James, 30, has been a licensed pro wrestler for six years and has been in almost 200 matches. He said wrestlers on a card the size of Friday's can earn between $25 and $100 for their efforts.

"But guys don't do this for the money," James said. "It's like the person who takes a part in a local play or plays hockey on weekends. … We do it for the thrill and enjoyment."

Pro wrestlers have to be licensed to participate in most states and they go through wrestling schools that James compares to football camps.

"Before you learn any of the theatrics, they're going to weed out the weak," James said. "Even though it's a show, I still consider pro wrestling a sporting event because it takes athleticism to perform the tactics."

Miller will be participating in his first match since he was on a card at the 2003 Big Butler Fair.Like James, Miller used to work a busy schedule of wrestling nights."The older you get, the less time you have to go do a show - and it takes longer to physically recuperate from doing a show," Miller said."Once you begin your (working) career, you become more career-conscious," James said.Miller said he won't even meet his opponent until Friday night."I don't know if it will be a 200-pound guy or a 400-pound guy," he said. "I still watch wrestling and I know what to do in the ring."If I forget what I'm supposed to do in there, I'll just let the guy clobber me for a while."Buzanoski, 48, has been a pro wrestler for more than 20 years. He learned the craft at a wrestling school run by Newton Pattrie - better known as bad guy Guido Mongol - in Valencia."Guido was old-school," Buzanoski said. "He was 58 and could bench-press 360 pounds. He was a tough buzzard and he treated us rough. He'd thumb us in the eye, rub our face in the mat to see if we could take it."Back then, there were maybe three wrestling schools in the entire state. Now there's tons of them and guys are getting into the business who don't know what they're doing." He added.Buzanoski will be facing fellow Pittsburgh-area veteran wrestler Ken Jugan - known as Lord Zoltan - Friday night."We've had many a match together and we'll provide a good show," Buzanoski said. "It's when you're in there with someone who doesn't know what he's doing that most injuries occur."Wrestlers from Japan, Mexico and Germany will also be on Friday's card.Lazarchik works with a booking agent in Reading, Pa., to land some foreign wrestlers for his shows."The agent brings guys in and gets them on enough shows in this region to make it worth their while," Lazarchik said. "We don't pay for their travel. We'll pay for their travel from Reading to here, that's all."James said an "exchange exists where some guys will go over to Japan to wrestle on pro cards there for a week and some of their guys will come here."The FNW show is family oriented, and Buzanoski said no foul language is used.Even so, playing a bad guy in wrestling has its down-side."We had to get an unlisted phone number," Buzanoski said of his family. "I was getting crank phone calls at 3 in the morning. Some people are crazy."But evoking such emotions are part of the game."Knowing you have the power to get 2,000 people screaming and yelling at you - it can be a rush," James said.