Wrestling Cards
5thScaleRacer
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Just wondering if anyone collects Wrestling cards?
I like collecting 1985 Topps and OPC, 1989 Wonderama, and the 1983 "All Star Wrestling" sets.
I like collecting 1985 Topps and OPC, 1989 Wonderama, and the 1983 "All Star Wrestling" sets.
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<< <i>I absolutely love those four sets and have a ton of sets and singles available. Are you working on sets or needing any cards? I have even submitted some for PSA grading and am always looking for neat wrestling cards. Let's trade or buy/sell. Let me now what you are looking for...
reach me at gregmo32@aol.com >>
Right now I am trying to locate some unopened 1989 Wonderama material. I have a waxbox of 1985 OPC 2nd series if you are interested in trade?
Don't waste your time and fees listing on ebay before getting in touch me by PM or at gregmo32@aol.com !
I've never collected wrestling, but I have kept my eye out for wrestling items from the old Olympic Auditorium days in L.A., circa 1960, when Edouard Carpentier was champ; Tricky Ricky Starr and Gene LaBell, the Destroyer and "Classy" Freddie Blassie, Mr. Moto and Haystack Calhoun, Dick Lane shouting "Whooaaa Nellie!"
"All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
It's time for the old timer's Hall of Fame! Remember:
Bruno Sammartino?
And Killer Kowalski?
I was a fan of the wrestlers from the late 50's and early 60's!
your friend
Mike
I can remember my grandmother almost popping a vein yelling at the tv screen telling the ref to watch out for cheating .
Keith - I used to get wrestling magazines that showed the bloodiest matches in Chicago - did they televise those things? Compared to what we had on local TV here, those Chicago photos were horrendous!
Wasn't it Kowalski that perfected the dreaded "sleeper" hold?
"All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
There was only a slight trickle at the most on TV. But from the scars on Dick the Bruisers head, Im guessing some of the cuts and blood pictures were real (at least real, probably self-inflicted, cuts).
And the sleeper hold was the key hold of Verne Gagne in Illinois. Whether or not he originated it, I dont know.
I got this set in a Mastro auction 5 years ago.
Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
Ed the "Strangler" Lewis invented the sleeper hold. Killer Kowalski had the biggest hands I ever saw and had the famous "stomach claw" as his finishing move.
Also, I believe Bruno spelled his name with two m's.
your friend
Mike
Absolutely cool set...watched some of those guys wrestle as a kid. Is there an Argentino Apollo in the set? I'm thinking he wrestled in his bare feet and had some really cool moves.
Thanx
your friend
Mike
<< <i>Haystack Calhoun >>
Perry
He was a great draw...they say he went 600 lbs but I'm not sure about that. Saw him many times as a kid on TV.
Wrestling had the same MO even back then - good gets beat up two bad guys...so in comes good guy #2 to save the day!
your friend
Mike
Mantle - outstanding set of cards. I want them. Do you need my address?
"All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Mark...Sure, make the check out to mantlefan and leave the amount blank [leave room for plenty of zeroes].
Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
I think Sammartino once lifted Haystack off the ground and slammed him.. which caused the ring to cave in under them.. heh..
When i started watching wrestling, my favorite rivalry was Nikita Koloff and Magnum T.A. .. and the Fabulous Freebirds.. the Von Erichs.. Rock & Roll Express, Midnight Express.. Barry & Kendall Windham & their dad "BlackJack" Mulligan.. heh.. great memories..
Probably most kids go thru a phase where they watch wrestling - todays wrestling has more of an "in" feel to it with actors and actresses attending and stuff...that's not the kind of people I saw at Madison Square Garden as a kid. In the late 50's the event came out of Sunnyside Gardens in NJ I think?
your friend
Mike
Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
Gotta love those trunks that came up over the wrestlers belly button.
And, yes, thank god for those old high rise trunks - with a few exceptions, most of those old wrestlers were just flabby sunsabees, compared to the way today's wrestlers are cut.
"All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
<< <i>Sunnyside Gardens I believe was in Sunnyside Queens...just east of Manhattan. >>
Thanx Frank
I don't know why I thought it was in NJ?
Every kid has to have their Hulk Hogan! In my case it was Bruno.
your friend
Mike
<< <i>Mike - I sure do remember "the claw" - I used to use it on my brother (the bastid) till he screamed for help!
And, yes, thank god for those old high rise trunks - with a few exceptions, most of those old wrestlers were just flabby sunsabees, compared to the way today's wrestlers are cut. >>
This is true Mark...just compare the "old" like Bruno with the "new" in a guy like Hogan - and Bruno was considered one of the fittest guys out there:
And remember before when you mentioned the bloody scenes from the old wrestling days in mags - I remember going to the candy store just to look at all the pubs on the wall and of course pick up this months Superman issue!
Nothing but cool stuff! Unless you had a weak stomach of somethin.
thanx
your friend
Mike
<< <i>I can remember my grandmother almost popping a vein yelling at the tv screen telling the ref to watch out for cheating >>
Yup..my grandmother too!
My grandmother passed away about 7 years ago....she would not watch WWF etc....said it was all phony and fixed. But the stuff from the 50s & 60s..well that was real!...OK Grandma
<< <i>Wasn't it Kowalski that perfected the dreaded "sleeper" hold? >>
I've always been under the impression that "Whipper" Billy Watson originated the sleeper..along with his famous "Whip".
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TUSTIN CA
lol those were the days!
I saw Walter Kowalski last week. He still runs a wrestling school here in Ma. (Doesn't like to be called Killer anymore). His hands are absolutely enormous.
My buddy has had Bruno Sammartino in his store twice signing autos. Each time after the show they went into the North End for Italian food. After, Bruno liked to walk thru the neighborhood. Before they got a block from the restaurant there was a mob around them. Bruno is like the pope leading the parade at the feast of St. Anthony.
He is still adored in the Italian neighborhood of Boston. Great guy.
Just wanted to share, Bob
61 Topps (100%) 7.96
62 Parkhurst (100%) 8.70
63 Topps (100%) 7.96
63 York WB's (50%) 8.52
68 Topps (39%) 8.54
69 Topps (3%) 9.00
69 OPC (83%) 8.21
71 Topps (100%) 9.21 #1 A.T.F.
72 Topps (100%) 9.39
73 Topps (13%) 9.35
74 OPC WHA (95%) 8.57
75 Topps (50%) 9.23
77 OPC WHA (86%) 8.62 #1 A.T.F.
88 Topps (5%) 10.00