1980's Wrestling checks

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One of my favorite things to collect are wrestling checks. Just wanted to share a few from my collection.

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Road Warriors with Ellering.

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cardsfan73

Very cool! Love the St. Louis checks! Do you have any older ones that Sam Muchnick signed off on?

Dpeck100

Sweet!

Interesting to see the date on the Hogan check. That has to be one of the last checks he got from that promotion.



St. Louis Wrestling Club

skrezyna23

Very interesting! Enjoyed seeing them!

Ironmanfan

I think checks look great slabbed!

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KNAPP

Here's a Muchnick check from my collection.

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Dpeck100

These are so cool!!!!!

I love how they sign both their stage name and real name on the back.

Unless you have more, that is the only PSA authenticated Bruiser Brody I have ever seen.

lawnmowerman

Those are badass. They display great in the slabs.

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scashaggy

Great looking items.

Interesting that some are made out to 'stage names'.

Fergman78

These are really cool pieces. I always wanted a card company to insert wrestling cut sigs into boxes. I mean they do it with all the other sports so why not wrestling?

telephoto1

Those are really cool. The Brody piece in particular...there can't be many of those floating around.

KNAPP

Thanks for the compliments. Here is my favorite.

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Dpeck100

That is insane!

These are some of the coolest pieces of wrestling memorabilia I have ever seen.

From Wiki


In Alabama, he and Leslie wrestled as Terry and Ed Boulder, known as the Boulder Brothers.[24] These early matches as a tag team with the surname Boulder being used by both men prompted a rumor among wrestling fans unaware of the inner workings of the sport that Hogan and Leslie were brothers,[24] as few people actually knew their real names outside of immediate friends, family, and of course the various promoters the two worked for. After wrestling a show for Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) in Memphis,[25] Jerry Jarrett, the promoter for the (CWA), approached Hogan and Leslie and offered them a job in his promotion for $800.00 a week;[25] this was far more than the $175.00 a week they would make working for Tillet.[25] Hogan and Leslie accepted this offer and left Tillet's territory.[25]
During his time in Memphis, Hogan appeared on a local talk show, where he sat beside Lou Ferrigno, star of the television series The Incredible Hulk.[26] The host commented on how Terry, who stood 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) and weighed 295 pounds with 24 inch biceps, actually dwarfed "The Hulk." Watching the show backstage, Mary Jarrett noticed that Hogan was actually bigger than Ferrigno, who was well known at the time for having large muscles.[27] As a result, Bollea began performing as Terry "The Hulk" Boulder[27] and sometimes wrestled as Sterling Golden.[2]
In May 1979, Bollea had an early shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, which at the time was generally recognized as the highest honor in wrestling. On December 1, 1979, Bollea won his first wrestling championship, the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division), recognized in Alabama and Tennessee, when he defeated Bob Roop in Knoxville, TN. Bollea would drop the belt in January 1980 to Bob Armstrong. Bollea briefly wrestled in the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory from September thru December 1979 as Sterling Golden.

brian26

Notice that the St. Louis check is written to Bockwinkel by misspelling his name: Bockwinkle. However, he signs it correctly on the back as Bockwinkel.

Also note that David Von Erich endorsed his check first as David Adkinson and then crossed it off and wrote Von Erich.

Good stuff.

cardsfan73

Very cool stuff, thanks for sharing!

KNAPP

Thanks. I'm glad people appreciate these.

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The Von Erichs all signing their real names: Mike, Kevin, Kerry, and David.

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Dpeck100

I don't know where you find these gems but so cool.

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Thanks Dave.

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Both checks are from 1985.

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Von Erich


I see Flair wrestled David Von Erich in St. Louis on September 6th of that year. The check is September 19th. Would be really cool to know who he wrestled to earn the money.

wrestlingcardking

I have a Bob Geigel Al Haft card from the 1950s. It would be really cool to have that one in a PSA DNA slab.