Dez Loreen has had plenty of firsts in his life.

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Loreen put his wrestling persona, Deztro the Eskimofo, forward for the registry of Indy Pro SA国际影视传媒�22, currently in development by Valdarix Games. The booking sim, essentially a fantasy-football style game, puts the player in charge of his own wrestling promotion and simulates the experience of operating it.

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In the interim, Loreen is turning his attention back to getting to the mats. Plans to host a show in Tuktoyaktuk fell through with the Covid-19 outbreak and the rapid drop in temperature made training in their unheated space rather undesirable.

But with his wrestlers returning from vacations and other business, Loreen said another season of Saturday Night Skoden is in the works, with a story arc and plans for an outdoor brawl at some point.

As for his next public show, Loreen has his fingers crossed and sights set on jamboree season.

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