Chaz Warrington spent last Saturday in tights and eyeliner, pile-driving his way to a Coastal Championship Wrestling title belt with longtime tag-team partner Glen “Thrasher” Ruth.

And how will Warrington, the former WWF stalwart who still competes locally, follow up that thrill this Saturday? By playing kickball — yes kickball — for money.

Long associated with grade school recess, kickball — the baseball/dodgeball hybrid sport — has grown up. Since the turn of the century, rec leagues have sprouted up all over the country, and like most everything else with wide grassroots appeal, the cash has followed.

More than 30 teams from across the country will participate in Saturday’s South Florida Kickball Open, held at Broward’s Tradewinds Park, with a $4,500 first-place purse at stake.

The dough — not to mention his competitive spirit — has been more than enough to convince Warrington, the 6-for-2, 243-mauler who has also gone by the charming stage names of Beaver Cleavage and Mother Smucker, to give the game a shot.

“When I’m off the field, I’m a great guy, a nice guy,” said Warrington, who has paid the bills selling office supplies since the World Wrestling Federation (since renamed World Wrestling Entertainment) dropped him from its rotation a decade ago. “But when I get out on the field, it’s different story. If you’re on my way in the base paths, you’re getting run over.”

Warrington, 40, is a power -kicking utility fielder for the Fort Lauderdale-based squad The Meatballs, who some call the best kickball team in the nation. The ’Balls are the defending SFKO champions, capturing last year’s kickoff event of a multi-city pro league’s schedule.

Known as the Kickball365 Circuit, the co-ed association holds events predominantly in destination cities (e.g. New York, San Diego, Austin). Teams accumulate points based on their results throughout the season, in hopes of qualifying for the year-end Circuit Cup Championship.

The Meatballs, whose lineup includes former FAU place kicker Warley Leroy, captured last year’s Circuit Cup, and the $10,000 grand prize.

“We’ve built a pretty good team, and this year’s the best we’ve ever had,” said Meatballs captain Kevin Carter, whose day job is as a starter at the Boca Raton Resort’s golf course. “Competitive kickball involves a lot of strategy. When you’re playing for money, that changes the whole game.”

While still growing, Kickball365 has already far surpassed all expectations held by Matt Kemph, one of the league’s founders.

Kemph is an active part of Washington D.C.’s thriving rec kickball league, and decided a few years back to establish an online message board to connect players from across the country. The interest was strong enough that he formed three open tournaments in 2008 — including one in South Florida. Three years later, there are more than a dozen events, with at least 20 teams ponying up the $500 entry fee in each one.

“South Florida is the biggest one of the year,” Kemph said. “This is like our Daytona 500. Everyone wants to come down here.”

The Meatballs, led by their muscle-bound cleanup kicker, will be waiting.