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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 15, 2021 19:59:37 GMT -5
Yeah, Haystacks was like an actual size Big Boy statue. Good call on the horseshoe.
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Post by Renfield on Apr 15, 2021 20:04:51 GMT -5
That happened more than once I expect. Johnny "The Champ" Valentine had Mr. America (or something) Tim Woods in the same hold and broke his femur. Saw it on tv. You could tell it was real because the referee actually jumped in to help relieve the pressure on the leg and let Valentine to know to let up. Of course those guys all went for dinner and beers afterwards. Years ago Ric Flair, John Valentine, and a few others were in a plane crash. One of them only used his real name at the hospital instead of his "wrestling" name so that when the news came out, no one would realize the "good" guys and the "bad" guys traveled together. |
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Post by inger on Apr 15, 2021 20:08:20 GMT -5
Of course those guys all went for dinner and beers afterwards. Years ago Ric Flair, John Valentine, and a few others were in a plane crash. One of them only used his real name at the hospital instead of his "wrestling" name so that when the news came out, no one would realize the "good" guys and the "bad" guys traveled together. WHOOO! ... |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 15, 2021 20:10:57 GMT -5
Of course those guys all went for dinner and beers afterwards. Years ago Ric Flair, John Valentine, and a few others were in a plane crash. One of them only used his real name at the hospital instead of his "wrestling" name so that when the news came out, no one would realize the "good" guys and the "bad" guys traveled together.  , So committed. |
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Post by inger on Apr 15, 2021 20:22:46 GMT -5
Yeah, Haystacks was like an actual size Big Boy statue. Good call on the horseshoe. If you hid brass knucks in your trunks the referee would almost tear your sack off to find them, still never did. Haystacks wore a horseshoe around his neck, and it was “okay”... |
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Post by desousa on Apr 15, 2021 20:41:28 GMT -5
I used to watch wrestling in the 60's and 70's from Tampa, with master of the deadpan Gordon Solie as host. The Great Molenko was the Russian bad guy, but probably really from Peoria. Eddie Graham had the hardest punch in wrestling, Solie would declare. Abdula the Butcher would eat light bulbs and other stuff at Solie's desk. Pak Sun from Korea had the Claw. Bob Roop was the All-American back jumper. Dusty Rhodes and I think Harley Race were a bad guy tag team until they had a falling out and Rhodes became the star of the show as a good guy.
I worked at a bar in 1974 and I'd turn wrestling on the TV Saturdays at 7 pm and there wouldn't be a seat left at the bar. The place would go crazy.
I can't believe I remember this and so much more. I could go on and on. Thanks guys for all your memories.
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 15, 2021 20:59:53 GMT -5
Like Graham, The Sheik, Tony Garera... How did I miss this Tony Garera reference? He was my favorite wrestler when I was like 8 years old. He was almost always wrestling in tag team matches, usually with Larry Zbysko. I can't remember him ever wrestling in single matches, until of course, him and Zbysko had a fallen out that could only be settled by squaring off in the ring. You know this game thread was become more entertaining a day later, certainly better than the game it was created for. |
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Post by inger on Apr 15, 2021 22:26:12 GMT -5
Like Graham, The Sheik, Tony Garera... How did I miss this Tony Garera reference? He was my favorite wrestler when I was like 8 years old. He was almost always wrestling in tag team matches, usually with Larry Zbysko. I can't remember him ever wrestling in single matches, until of course, him and Zbysko had a fallen out that could only be settled by squaring off in the ring. You know this game thread was become more entertaining a day later, certainly better than the game it was created for. Lol. That’s what game threads are supposed to do. They heal after the beating. They allow us to bask in the glow after a big win. They break down and become a part of our lives, the actual life we lived. As I recall Garera, it seems he was the speed and Zbysko... was the muscle. I had forgotten about Zbysko. He looked a bit like Jonathan Winters only half insane uncle... |
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