RIP Bruno Sammartino, at age 82

[Obliviax]

Just hit the mother load:

Killer Kowalski
Tarzan Tyler
Chief Jay Strongbow
The Wild Samoans
The Fabulous Moolah
Tito Santana
Ivan Koloff
Gorilla Monsoon
Pedro Morales
Dominic DeNucci
Mr. Fuji

 

[Art]

he was the little, fast guy that always got beat, right? I always felt for him...like the Washington Generals. I also recall a tag team that were brothers or cousins.

The Mortiers, Hans and Max, brothers, managed by Wild Red Berry.

 

[CentrevilleLion]

he was the little, fast guy that always got beat, right? I always felt for him...like the Washington Generals. I also recall a tag team that were brothers or cousins.

Yes, he was the African American wrestler. These guys used to do matches at local high schools, including mine. When I was elementary school age, my Dad used to take me into the locker room after the show. It was funny seeing those guys, including Bruno, sitting right next to each other after "hating" on each other having friendly chats about their families. I was confused.

 

[CentrevilleLion]

he was the little, fast guy that always got beat, right? I always felt for him...like the Washington Generals. I also recall a tag team that were brothers or cousins.

Yeah, we would have the Harlem Globetrotters in town once a year too.

 

[RandyL]

Another acrobatic guy was the "European" champion, Frenchman Eduard Carpentier or something like that.

 

[RandyL]

Art....were you in the biz at some point?
How did you come to be standing beside Bruno on occasions?

 

[Big 0]

The good ole days of Haystacks Calhoun, Pampiro Firpo, Bo Bo Brazil, etc.

 

[Art]

Art....were you in the biz at some point?
How did you come to be standing beside Bruno on occasions?

Nope. My Dad's cousin's husband a good friend. They lived up the street and Bruno was over frequently. Needless to say it was a neighborhood occasion.

 

[RiskyBusinessPSU]

Another ring fodder who always got his ass kicked: from the South Side, Frank "Slip Mahoney" Durso.

 

[sbchron]

If you want to talk jumpers, Argentino Rocca was the guy.

Argentino Apollo maybe?

 

[Art]

Another ring fodder who always got his ass kicked: from the South Side, Frank "Slip Mahoney" Durso.

I thought Durso was from Greensburg.

 

[SR108]

I remember having to watch Saturday night wrestling, hosting by Pie Traynor (who can? American) every saturday after the Lawrence Welk Show.

Everyone is forgetting George the Animal Steel, or did I miss that post?

 

[Thus Spoke Mainer]

"The Spaceman" Frank Hickey

 

[Roar More]

How about Jumping Johnny DeFazio?

I worked with him during a summer job at J&L Steel.

 

[SR108]

Everyone is forgetting George the Animal Steel, or did I miss that post?

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...F1C0FB28999B2A01BC3CF1C0FB28999B2A0&FORM=VIRE

 

[Obliviax]

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...F1C0FB28999B2A01BC3CF1C0FB28999B2A0&FORM=VIRE

Dude, are you going up to HV this weekend?

 

[SR108]

Dude, are you going up to HV this weekend?

Not sure yet. Are You?

 

[Connorpozlee]

SD (Special Delivery) Jones was always good for falling just short in matches against the elite level wrestlers. And if I recall correctly, he had some kind of a hole in his back.