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How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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to remember these Old Timers?!!
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Don't you mean rasslin'?***
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Re: Don't you mean rasslin'?***
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:19 PM
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Yes, and another rasslin’ great “Ellie Mae Clampett”!
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 1:44 PM
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King Harley race was the toughest guys in the business hands down. True tough guy in and out of the ring.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Yes I remember them all. Watched mid-Atlantic wrestling every Saturday when I was a kid in the 70’s and went to Greenville Memorial auditorium every Monday night to watch and I’m a woman 😆
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Monday night in GVL, Tuesday nights in Columbia at the Township.***
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Re: Monday night in GVL, Tuesday nights in Columbia at the Township.***
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:08 PM
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Saw them and many more at The Township Auditorium in the early to mid 70's.
I found a 1780 coin on the floor of the Township during a Rick Flair Wahoo McDaniel cage match.
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Re: Monday night in GVL, Tuesday nights in Columbia at the Township.***
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Jan 15, 2024, 10:52 PM
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The Chief!!
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Heisman Winner [140587]
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Haha, thanks for the memories...
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Jan 15, 2024, 1:47 PM
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Who could forget Lex Luger, Magnum T.A. and Scotty 2 Hotty.
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Re: Haha, thanks for the memories...
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:35 PM
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sounds like a pansexual's wet dream
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Re: Magnum T A
Jan 16, 2024, 7:19 AM
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Yeah the whole wrestling world cried when he broke his neck.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 1:56 PM
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I know who they are, but born in 84 and grew up in the Hulkamania era, was always a big Hogan fan. Probably been to 20+ shows since I was a good. Actually got me and my daughter...who loves it now, front row tickets to the Live Show in Charleston in March. VIP Meet n Greet package.
Did you see The Iron Claw movie with the Von Erich's? Harley Race character was good, but they did Flair wrong lol
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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I know who they are, but born in 84 and grew up in the Hulkamania era, was always a big Hogan fan. Probably been to 20+ shows since I was a good. Actually got me and my daughter...who loves it now, front row tickets to the Live Show in Charleston in March. VIP Meet n Greet package.
Did you see The Iron Claw movie with the Von Erich's? Harley Race character was good, but they did Flair wrong lol
Actually, he was ok. Go back and look at his stint with WCCW as the NWA Champion which controlled most of the terriotories like wccw, he wasn't as flamboyant as in WCW or WE. He was ok because i saw some interviews and there were some famous wrestlers who said that
BTW the movie was very good.
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I dont know the first but 2 was Johnny weaver
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:06 PM
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And 3 was Harley race
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Johnny Valentine, used to go to County hall in Charleston every weekend it seems, saw all the true legends of the sport, Wahoo McDaniel, Paul Jones, Ric Flair, Blackjack mulligan, the list goes on, good times as a kid.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:20 PM
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Great memories. My father used to take me and my little brother to county hall almost every weekend. What a great place to watch wrestling.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 6:20 PM
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Went there many times myself with my granddaddy, he knew the old feller (as he called him) in the ticket booth from the navy yard. We had front row seats every time. I remember seeing Johnny Weaver in three different matches one night because of no shows. Good memories!
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1. Not sure 2. Johnny Weaver 3. Harley Race***
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Johnny Valentine***
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Re: Johnny Valentine***
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I remember Johnny Valentine had a big fishbowl with 1000? or so silver dollars in it for whoever could beat him in a certain time period.
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CU Medallion [65528]
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Johnny Valentine had a mean streak that was dyed all the way through him.
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He and Blackjack Mulligan truly knew how to be Heels.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:21 PM
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If you did not, and you didn't include Bo Bo Belinski you left out a great one from late 50's early 60's.
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Greenville is Ric Flair and 4 Horsemen Country
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:31 PM
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I started watching when Crockett had
Rock N Roll Express
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Dusty
Nikita and Ivan Koloff
Road Warriors
4 Horsemen
Barry Windham
Lex Luger
wahoo McDaniel
Jimmy Valiant
Paul Jones Army
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^^^This, used to attend events at the Winthrop Coliseum in the 80's***
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Have you heard story about guy who stabbed I believe Ole Anderson there
Jan 16, 2024, 9:15 AM
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An older guy who attended the weekly Monday shows at the Auditorium got so mad at Ole Anderson, that he stabbed him as Ole was walking back to the locker room after cheating in a match.
The guy was arrested and part of his sentence was being banned from wrestling shows at the auditorium. This hurt the guy more than any jail sentence or fine since the highlight of each week was watching wrestling on Monday nights. He died from a broken heart a few months later.
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Re: Greenville is Ric Flair and 4 Horsemen Country
Jan 16, 2024, 7:22 AM
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Yeah Crockett based out of Charlotte. My dad was a member of the Gold's Gym where they all worked out and hung out everyday. He would meet them guys all the time. He said most of them were just as nice as I'll get out
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Re: Greenville is Ric Flair and 4 Horsemen Country
Jan 16, 2024, 7:24 AM
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All get out. He said the Barbarian to bring his little girl up there all the time and walk around with her on his arm showing her off. Said he was just a teddy bear. And Ivan and Nikita Koloff, super good dudes.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:31 PM
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Last guy looks familiar but have never seen the first 2. I grew up NWA. Never got into WWF and have no idea what’s out there now.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:42 PM
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We used to get dropped off at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium and watch all the wrestlers of that time period. We would then walk next door to Krispy Kreme and get donuts and meet one of our parents there. Good times.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
Jan 16, 2024, 8:47 AM
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My only time was at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium. Pulled for the bad guys and I thought me and my friends were going to get our butts kicked. You could actually smoke inside back then.
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Gorgeous George, Ace Freeman , Bruno Sammartino
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:41 PM
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I had a chance to meet Bruno in Pittsburgh and learned he wrestled an Orangatang
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:56 PM
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If you show Johnny Weaver , where is pic of his partner, George Becker?
Classic matches with Rip Hawk and Swede Hansen, the Golden Bolos, Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 2:59 PM
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Saw Harley Race in his prime when I was little. Couldn’t name the others. I was maybe 8 and they were wrestling near the hotel we were staying at. Little arena but people were everywhere. Great memories
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:01 PM
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Johnny Weaver no George Bekert Rip Hawk Swede Hansen Madked Inferno
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:02 PM
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1) Johnny Valentine
2) Johnny Weaver
3) Harley Race
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Did Weaver do the Keowee leg roll or the kiwi leg roll? Lol
Super Destroyer, Blackjack Mulligan, Valentine, the Anderson’s, Flair, Ricky Steamboat, John Paul Jones, Wahoo…those were the days. Could hear my Grandmother yelling at the TV across the way on Saturday while I was out playing. She thought it was real.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 6:56 PM
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That leg roll you speak was done by Abe Jacobs.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:05 PM
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But I don't see anyone mentioning Argentino Apollo. He used to walk on his hands and kick the guys in their face. He was somewhere in the very early 70's. Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:14 PM
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Those Darkside of the Ring episodes are good on VICE channel. Its crazy what a lot of them guys went through back in the day.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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I used to go the Rec Center in Anderson on Thursday nights.
You used to be able to go to ringside and hand your program up and the wrestlers would sign it. Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood were wrestling either the Superstars or the Destroyers. I handed my program to Jay, who signed it and he asked if I wanted Rickey to sign it. I said yes and he handed it to him. About that time the other guys started across the ring like they were going to attack them. Ricky went to chop them and in the process creased my program. He straightened it out best he could, signed it, and as he handed back said, "I'm sorry." My thought was sorry for what. He was getting ready to whip somebody's butt with my program!!!! Not sure what ever happened to it. Wish I still had it.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:30 PM
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I loved Ricky Steamboat. I lived for rasslin for awhile in my childhood days. I couldn’t stand Ric Flair! Wahoo McDaniel was really popular also.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 6:25 PM
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Ricky Steamboat was my favorite too!
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WRONG BOARD, MOR oh wait, nevermind.***
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Chief Jay Strongbo and Sargent Slaughter
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Jan 15, 2024, 3:26 PM
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That’s what I’m talkin bout
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Some great moves in those days. Billy Two Rivers and his Tomahawk Chop, Mr. Moto and the magic dust he would spew out his mouth, The Abdominal Stretch, Figure Four Grapevine, Bolo putting the metal piece into his mask to head butt, and on and on.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
Jan 15, 2024, 4:03 PM
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Can’t believe no one in this thread has yet acknowledged the tribal chief
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CU Medallion [65528]
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LOL, Johnny Weaver's "Finishing Move" was the Sleeper Hold. Modern wrasslers
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Jan 15, 2024, 6:13 PM
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seldom even waste their time with that one.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 6:16 PM
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I remember the boogie woogie man and the killer bees those were my favorite. I remember a match where they cut off his beard. Anyone else remember that one?
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 8:58 PM
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The middle guy is Johnny Weaver. His partner was George Becker.
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Re: How many of you Wrestling fans go back far enough,
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Jan 15, 2024, 9:11 PM
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brute bernard
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