Bruno Sammartino, Ivan Putski, Billy Graham......
edmundfitzgerald
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I found no old time wrestling thread in the PSA archives, so I just wondered who you enjoyed watching as a kid. I don't watch it anymore, but it was quite entertaining as a youngster.
1. Bruno Sammartino
2. Chief Jay Strongbow (The Sleeper Hold)
3. The Executioners
4. Stan Stasiak (The Heart Punch)
5. Baron Von Raschke (The Brain Claw)
6. Stan "the man" Hansen (The Lariat)
7. George "the incredible" Steel (Eating Turnbuckles )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmYkje9xyso
1. Bruno Sammartino
2. Chief Jay Strongbow (The Sleeper Hold)
3. The Executioners
4. Stan Stasiak (The Heart Punch)
5. Baron Von Raschke (The Brain Claw)
6. Stan "the man" Hansen (The Lariat)
7. George "the incredible" Steel (Eating Turnbuckles )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmYkje9xyso 0
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Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka
Bob Backland
Sgt. Slaughter
Mr. Fuji
Andre the Giant
I, too, enjoyed and went to see many of these 'events' when I was a kid.
Don "The Magnificent" Muraco,
Paul Orndorff
Greg Valentine
Ricky Steamboat
Iron Sheik
Ernie Ladd
Ox Baker
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Vern Gagne
Freddie Blassie
John Tolos
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i always like
dusty"the american dream" rhodes
mil masqurese (spelled wrong but always wore a mask)
the mulligan brother
the captain lou albano
great memories
thanks
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<< <i>One of my dad's buddies Walt Weedling got 43 stitches in his head courtesy of a gas can smack from Dick the Bruiser. Evidently Walt was kicking his butt. My other remembrance other than those mentioned is Bobo Brazil. >>
I enjoyed Bobo Brazil too. I always looked forward to his head butts, or coco butts !!!
Was Dick the Bruiser also called Bruiser Brody ? There was a Bruiser Brody too.
Also, what was the name of that wrestler who people always tried to pull his mask off. He wrestled in the 1970's.
I think he was a villian. I never saw his mask get pulled off and he wrestled quite often.
Also, can anyone remember the name of those guys who always lost their matches ? Wrestling always
had a couple of guys you knew were going to lose no matter what. I don't think these guys ever won a match.
Their lifetime records must have been 0-150.
<< <i>Back in the 60`s my father would take me to Madison Square Garden to see my hero Bruno Sammartino wrestle. My son in 2000 was an all state high school wrestler. His biggest match was against a 5 foot eleven 265 lb opponet who looked exactly like Bruno and was exactly the same size. After losing to him twice, my son beat him in the state semi`s in 39 seconds. The greatest feeling to see my son beat my heros undefeated lookalike. They rematched in New Englands and ny son pinned him again. Awesome Memories! >>
I coached wrestling. It really is a great technical sport. Talk about sports where conditioning is very important.
Lou
Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Junkyard Dog
Rockers
Rock and Roll Express
Road Warriors
Iron Sheik
and of course, Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, and Macho Man
The Missing Link
Cactus Jack
Jesse Ventura
Superstar Billy Graham
Ric Flair (even though he still entertains)
Jerry Lawler (especially with the Andy Kaufman thing)
Junkyard Dog
One Man Gang
Jake The Snake Roberts
Fabulous Freebirds
Maddog Buzz Sawyer
Nikita Kolov
Big John Studd
Jimmy Garvin
Ronnie Garvin
Terry Funk
Steve Austin (early years)
Yeah, I enjoyed 80s wrasslin'
<< <i>And back then professional wrestling was real sport, real competition just like any other sport...not like today because I heard Vince McMahon himself a few years ago saying that today's wrestling is scripted with the outcome known ahead of time - I almost didn't believe it but it must be true if the owner of the WWE states it. >>
I thought pro wrestling was like that all along?
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
Me thinks Steve's post was said with a touch of sarcasm.
Just thought of a couple more: Who remembers Chief
Wahoo McDaniel? Pampero Firpo? And of course the
villanous tag team of Black Gordman and Goliath? What
about Pork Chop?
I'll think of more....
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Adrian Adonis
Junkyard Dog
moondogs
Paul Orndorff
Tito Santana
Miss Elizabeth
Don Muraco
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
Lex Luger
Steiner Brothers
Hart Foundation
Ric Flair & The Four Horseman
Magnum T.A.
King Kong Bundy
Demolition
Baron Von Raschke
The High Flyers (Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell..I trhink??)
I saw Putski wrestle VonRaschke in Omaha in '78 as a "grudge" match and the loser had to leave town and never wrestle
in Omaha again!! I loved Putski as a kid...think he lost that match though!
-I too wrestled thru highschool & college and coached highschool for 8 years.....stll go to open-class tournaments and compete but youreally take a beating being in your 40's and wrestling 20 year olds!!!!!!
Mr. Saito
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Billy Jack Haynes
Tully Blanchard
Arn Anderson (actually the 4 horsemen)
Roddy Piper
Tony Atlas
Kamala
Iceman Parsons
Chris Adams...I think he invented the superkick?
The Samoans
Gorilla Monsoon
Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant
Brisco Brothers
Blackjack Mulligan
Barry Windham
Larry Zbysko
Wow...I never realized how many great names there were in years past!
brings back a lot of memories
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
Butcher Brannigan
Brooklyn Brawler
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Not that it really matters, however,
Read in an old boxing/wrestling magazine, that many times the wrestlers would wrestle privately in a place, watched by various promoters and officials, a short 5-6 minute wrestle real, or "shoot" match as I think it was called. The true outcome would determine who would win the future scripted event, as everyone felt actual legit grappling was way too much a bore, to garner big crowds and popularity.
Sometimes the test or "shoot" match yeided no clear winner, so in the big main event there was perhaps 15-20 minutes of planned script, going back and forth, then the final minutes actually did determine the better man.
Todays' high priced "entertainment is much more excitement/controversey than actual skill. So way back when, guys like Lou Thez, Verne Gagne, and of course Nature Boy Buddy Rodgers, were actually a bit better than the rest, but used a script to add excitement and doubt as to whom the winner might be.
.. what about the Brooklyn Brawler?
As much as I hated him...did anyone mention Koko B Ware?
<< <i>gosh, if you wanna talk popular guys who lost alot....SD "Special Delivery" Jones
As much as I hated him...did anyone mention Koko B Ware? >>
How could anyone hate Koko B. Ware?!?!? He was The Bird Man!! Remember Frankie, his parrot (or macaw, or whatever it was)? He did lose a lot though.
What about:
Bad News Brown
Ronnie Garvin
Tommy "Wildfire" Rich
The Southern Boys
The Z Man Tom Zenk
Johnny B. Badd
The Midnight Express
"Mean" Mark Callus before he was The Undertaker
Haku
Koko B Ware just annoyed me for whatever reason. I thought he was just dumb.
I did like Doink the Clown! Dink too!
Anyone mention the Killer Bees?
<< <i>gosh, if you wanna talk popular guys who lost alot....SD "Special Delivery" Jones
>>
Oh my. Thanks for bringing up SD "Special Delivery" Jones. I think he used to roll his hands before delivering a punch.
Do you remember any of the "losers" from the 70's ? There were always guys who got beat all the time.
There was also a David Sammartino. I wonder if he was really Bruno's brother.
<< <i>David is Bruno's son! >>
Did he ever fight Larry Zybszko (sp?) ?
I'm going to have to go youtube him because I never saw him wrestle.
There were two things for sure on a Saturday night.
#1- Horse Racing was on at 11:30pm
#2- Frank Williams was going to lose
Also remember another guy with the stage name "Bengali". I remember
the announcer (Dick Lane) would always say : "He's (Bengali) a well taught
wrestler." I guess not taught well enough, because I never saw him win
a match.
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