I was watching the Savage/Warrior "retirement" match on disk last night, and it came to the ending where Elizabeth threw Sherri out of the ring, and the thought came to me, "Both of these women are dead now, it's depressing."
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WWE purchases Mexican Promotion AAA Intetresting. I hope that for the Mexican fans' sakes, Hunter Paul and his bosses resist any urge to "WWE-ify" AAA and respect that Mexican fans like a different style of wrestling than the norteamericanos do. It seems to me that El Hijo del Vikingo has wrestled for AEW before.I have to wonder if at least one intended side effect of this is to cut Tony Khan off from a pool of luchadores that he might otherwise have used.
WWE Officially Acquires Legendary Wrestling Promotion
Shortly before WrestleMania 41, WWE has officially announced that they have acquired a legendary professional wrestling promotion.
Captain Comics :Regarding the history of pro wrestling in Memphis:
Some background - for much of the period from 1948 until the mid-1980's, professional wrestling in the United States and Canada was dominated by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Wrestling operated under the so-called "territory system", in which various regional promotions each had a "territory" which the other promoters respected. The territories would trade talent back and forth, so that if a particular wrestler had worn out his welcome in a given territory, he could go somewhere else where he might be a fresh face. Each territory had its own champion (and frequently, a secondary champion and tag champions as well), In addition, there was an NWA world champion, selected by the promoters, who would travel the territories, battling the various local heroes. The NWA still exists today, but it's a fragment of its former self. It is currently run by Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, and I'm not making that sh*t up.
Lawler started wrestling in 1970, and by 1977, he was a major star for promoter Nick Gulas' NWA Mid-America, which promoted shows in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. In that year, promoter Jerry Jarrett broke with Gulas and formed his own promotion, the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA). Lawler jumped to the CWA, and Gulas' promotion folded a few years later. The CWA merged with World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) out of Dallas and became the United States Wrestling Association (USWA). The USWA lasted until 1997, but by that time, Lawler was working for the WWF.
Jeff of Earth-J : I had heard of Wrestling at the Chase, but had never seen any of it. I see that it ran on KPLR-TV, Channel 11, out of Saint Louis, from Ma 1959 to September 1983. Apparently, it was the creation of legendary (to wrestling fans, anyway) promooter Sam Muchnick, president of the Saint Louis Wrestling Club, and Harold Koplar, owner of KPLR and the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.
There was a subsequent WWF-affiliated version of the ahow, which ran from 1984-1985.
In its heyday, the show was consistently among the highest-rated TV shows in Saint Louis, behind only the local news and Cardinals baseball games.
Muchnick died in 1982, and the Saint Louis office was purchased in 1985 by Jim Crockett Promotions, and folded into what would soon becmome World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
Everything you said above is true. The announcers were Larry Matysik and Mickey Garagiola (MICK-ey Garagiola, brother of Joe), the referee (one of them) was Chuck Riley, and I went to high school with his son, Jim. Everyone was always trying to get Jim to admit that wrestling was "fake" (I never did), but he never did. when I was in junior high school, watching Wrestling at the Chase with my friends was like MST3K. I remember one time Matysik said something to the effect of, "Ooh! He got him in the leg, right where the nerve crosses!" and my friend Bob said, "Thank you, Doctor Matysik!" I never did actually go to a tapiong at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, but we did go to a couple of matches at Kiel Auditorium from time to time. When I was watching it, the theme was "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy, then "Barracuda" by Heart.
I see that it ran on KPLR-TV, Channel 11, out of Saint Louis, from May 1959 to September 1983.
I still remember the very first epsiode of Wrestling at the Chase in January 1980. Larry Matasik said, "Wrestling at the Chase began in May 1959 and has been on the air ever since. That's the '50s, the '60s, the '70s and now the '80s: four decades of Wrestling at the Chase!" when actually it had been just over 20 years.
Kiel Auditorium
Kiel Auditorium was an indoor arena located in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the home of the Saint Louis University basketball team, and hosted the NBA…
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WWE purchases Mexican Promotion AAA Intetresting. I hope that for the Mexican fans' sakes,
HunterPaul and his bosses resist any urge to "WWE-ify" AAA and respect that Mexican fans like a different style of wrestling than the norteamericanos do. It seems to me that El Hijo del Vikingo has wrestled for AEW before.I have to wonder if at least one intended side effect of this is to cut Tony Khan off from a pool of luchadores that he might otherwise have used.RIP Steve McMichael Poor Mongo, I hadn't heard that he'd been ill.
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Some background - for much of the period from 1948 until the mid-1980's, professional wrestling in the United States and Canada was dominated by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Wrestling operated under the so-called "territory system", in which various regional promotions each had a "territory" which the other promoters respected. The territories would trade talent back and forth, so that if a particular wrestler had worn out his welcome in a given territory, he could go somewhere else where he might be a fresh face. Each territory had its own champion (and frequently, a secondary champion and tag champions as well), In addition, there was an NWA world champion, selected by the promoters, who would travel the territories, battling the various local heroes. The NWA still exists today, but it's a fragment of its former self. It is currently run by Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, and I'm not making that sh*t up.
Lawler started wrestling in 1970, and by 1977, he was a major star for promoter Nick Gulas' NWA Mid-America, which promoted shows in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. In that year, promoter Jerry Jarrett broke with Gulas and formed his own promotion, the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA). Lawler jumped to the CWA, and Gulas' promotion folded a few years later. The CWA merged with World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) out of Dallas and became the United States Wrestling Association (USWA). The USWA lasted until 1997, but by that time, Lawler was working for the WWF.
In 1988, Jerry Lawler won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, his only official World Championship.
Fascinating! This puts a bunch of my childhood in context. Thanks!
Jeff of Earth-J : I had heard of Wrestling at the Chase, but had never seen any of it. I see that it ran on KPLR-TV, Channel 11, out of Saint Louis, from Ma 1959 to September 1983. Apparently, it was the creation of legendary (to wrestling fans, anyway) promooter Sam Muchnick, president of the Saint Louis Wrestling Club, and Harold Koplar, owner of KPLR and the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.
There was a subsequent WWF-affiliated version of the ahow, which ran from 1984-1985.
In its heyday, the show was consistently among the highest-rated TV shows in Saint Louis, behind only the local news and Cardinals baseball games.
Muchnick died in 1982, and the Saint Louis office was purchased in 1985 by Jim Crockett Promotions, and folded into what would soon becmome World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
Everything you said above is true. The announcers were Larry Matysik and Mickey Garagiola (MICK-ey Garagiola, brother of Joe), the referee (one of them) was Chuck Riley, and I went to high school with his son, Jim. Everyone was always trying to get Jim to admit that wrestling was "fake" (I never did), but he never did. when I was in junior high school, watching Wrestling at the Chase with my friends was like MST3K. I remember one time Matysik said something to the effect of, "Ooh! He got him in the leg, right where the nerve crosses!" and my friend Bob said, "Thank you, Doctor Matysik!" I never did actually go to a tapiong at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, but we did go to a couple of matches at Kiel Auditorium from time to time. When I was watching it, the theme was "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy, then "Barracuda" by Heart.
I see that it ran on KPLR-TV, Channel 11, out of Saint Louis, from May 1959 to September 1983.
I still remember the very first epsiode of Wrestling at the Chase in January 1980. Larry Matasik said, "Wrestling at the Chase began in May 1959 and has been on the air ever since. That's the '50s, the '60s, the '70s and now the '80s: four decades of Wrestling at the Chase!" when actually it had been just over 20 years.
They say that Rocky thinks that that this picture will propel him from "action hero" to "elite actor", but I has me doubts. Of course, what do I know?
He thought the same thing with Be Cool.
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