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Originally Posted by jimmyb
Haystacks Calhoun, Bruno Sammartino. The midgets, Little Beaver and Sky Low Low.
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I see the midget wrestlers mentioned often on other forums when rasslin' is discussed (especially Sky Low Low).
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Originally Posted by olddaddy
Verne Gagne, Dick The Bruiser, The Crusher, Mad Dog Vachon, BlackJack Lanza, Baron Von Raschke, and Pretty Boy Bobby Heenan. This was part of the Midwest Rasslin promoted by Bob Luce that I grew up with.
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Indiana, right?
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Originally Posted by FakeNameChanged
I saw Gorilla Monsoon and Professor Toru Tanaka from ringside in the convention center at Atlantic City in the mid-60's. Tanaka was truly a scary individual up close. The crowd was booing him as he was climbing into the ring, and I remember he stomped his foot onto the wooden steps and it sounded like a cannon shot(maybe rigged with a mic for sound?).
Gorilla was a huge human being, and also played the bad guy. Some kid was taunting him with one of those big red horns next to the ring. Afer several warnings, Gorilla leaped over the ropes, and raced the kid up the aisle out of the arena. He could move very fast.
Later on, Gorilla played golf at my bro-in-laws CC at North Hills in Phily. He said he was a very nice guy, and told him some horror stories about all the injuries he'd suffered rasslin. My BIL was the club pro there for 40 years, and said Gorilla was a pretty good golfer.
I don't know about the Golden Age, the crowd that night wouldn't have filled a small HS gym.
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IIANM the Golden Age was cut off at the early '60s but I read recently that Vince McMahon Sr. stopped filming at one arena b/c the crowds were small in the late '60s.
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Originally Posted by Greyfox
Not sure about Buffalo.
New York City, Toronto, Montreal, Western Canada
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Ahh I see. The wrestlers you named passed through the Buffalo circuit during the time. I was curious if you watched the NYC circuit. Vince McMahon Sr. promoted his territory out of DC, NYC/Long Island, Newark (and some other cities in NJ). His main TV program aired on Thursday nights. Siki was a regular there.
