Fights typically allowed a combination of punching, kicking, kneeing, hairpulling, and a wide array of submission holds.

If you think modern hardcore wrestling is extreme, you haven’t seen the DWW BSA fights. Back in the mid-90s, Dutch World Wrestling introduced the “BSA” (Barely Legal / No Holds Barred) division — and it was less pro wrestling and more legalized back-alley brawling with a referee who seemed morally absent.