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DECEMBER 16, 1967

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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42 Years Ago

Wrestling will observe a week's hiatus at the LEXINGTON YMCA at the completion of tonight's star-packed holiday card.

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The traditional Christmas holiday break will be observed on Saturday, December 23, with action returning December 30.

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Two tag team main events feature tonight's festive card. Both are set for the best-of-three falls.

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THE FLYING SCOTTS, GEORGE and SANDY, will meet the rough and rowdy duo of THE MISSOURI MAULER and PAMPERO FIRPO. These two teams have battled each other here before, with nothing really being settled. Perhaps that will change in tonight's contest.

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Ruffians TINY MILLS and STEVE STANLEE, fresh from a victory here last week, might find the going very tough this time when they meet prize grapplers ABE JACOBS and LUTHER LINDSAY, back together after ABE's recent return to the area.

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Two single matches will open the holiday program, the first at 8:15.

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ROGER KIRBY will meet THE MATADOR, and DENNIS HALL faces CHUCK CONLEY.

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The youthful and popular KIRBY and HALL are cousins.

CROCKETT PROMOTIONS GAVE US THE BEST...

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RIP HAWK shows he could wrestle as well as break rules.

JOHNNY WEAVER in control of his match.

Russian "bad guy" NIKITA MULKOVICH prepares for his match.

SKULL MURPHY having a bad day at the office.

A bloodied GREG VALENTINE and partner RIC FLAIR puttin' it to RUFUS R. JONES.

GENE ANDERSON and DUSTY RHODES trading blows.

The match over, RIC FLAIR hops into his Caddy and heads back to Charlotte.

ED CAPRAL interviews #1 PAUL JONES on TV's WIDE WORLD WRESTLING.

Referee SONNY FARGO tries to get GREG VALENTINE and RIC FLAIR off WAHOO MCDANIEL.

A MAIN EVENT OF INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR...

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December 10, 1966

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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43 Years Ago

Two tag teams plus a battle between two pretty girl grapplers give interest to tonight's LEXINGTON YMCA mat card, kicking off at 8:15.

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The popular duo of KLONDIKE BILL and ABE JACOBS are rematched tonight against KURT and HENRY VON STROHEIM. The German brothers made demands for this return match after a disputed loss to BILL and ABE here last Saturday.

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PAUL DEMARCO and LUTHER LINDSEY, hero winners last week, return to face top competition in the likes of RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON, wrestling's "BLONDE BOMBERS."

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Both tag team battles are set for the best two-out-of-three falls.

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PENNY BANNER, the most popular girl wrestler around these parts, faces stiff competition when she faces TAMMY JONES, a not-so-nice lady, in a special one fall event.

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TINKER TODD clashes with EL GAUCHO in the opening bout of the night. Don't look for many rules to be followed in this one.

DOWN AND DIRTY...

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December 10, 1962

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

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47 Years Ago

A rematch of the tag team bout between two rowdy combos, THE GREAT BOLO and BOLO and RIP HAWK and ROCK HUNTER, headlines tonight's wrestling card at PARK CENTER.

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The two teams collided last Monday night, with HAWK and HUNTER receiving a disqualification loss for going beyond the rule limitations allowed. RIP and ROCK apparently entered the ring with that intention, and maybe were willing to take the DQ in order to wreck havoc on THE BOLOs, which they did. When the BOLOs exited the ring, one was a bloody mess, and the other's mask was ripped half-way off his head.

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HAWK and HUNTER have vowed they will finish the job tonight, and the reign of terror of THE BOLOs will be over. This week's two-out-of-three falls match, however, will be fought under a NO DISQUALIFICATION stipulation, meaning either team can do virtually anything they choose without risk of penalty.

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In the evening's other tag battle, GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT, both winners in individual competition last Monday, are reunited as "THE FLYING SCOTTS" when they collide with IKE EAKINS and PANCHO VILLA in a best-of-three falls encounter.

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Single actions finds popular JOHNNY WEAVER facing BILL PARKS, and RAY VILLMER battling FELIX LAMBAN.

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Action begins at 8:15.

THE "BAD GUYS" WILL PROBABLY WIN...

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December 9, 1968

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

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41 Years Ago Today

Promoter JIM CROCKETT has announced the complete wrestling card set for tonight at PARK CENTER starting at 8:15.

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The headliner finds two of the nation's toughest tag teams opposing one another. GENE and OLE ANDERSON, known as the "MINNESOTA WRECKING CREW", will go hammer and tong with the brutal combination of THE MISSOURI MAULER and HIRO MATSUDA. As usual, HOMER O'DELL will second the MAULER and his Japanese partner. It's set for two-out-of-three falls.

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Since the ANDERSONs and O'DELL's team have both been steady winners at tag team efforts, the outcome will be interesting for the fans. It will also provide a key to future main event shots for the winning combination.

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Towering ART THOMAS, the wrestling sailor from Arkansas, and THE AMAZING ZUMA will test the talents of the brother duo TERRY and RONNIE GARVIN. This one is also for the best-of-three falls.

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JESSE JAMES grapples with LEON BAXTER in one of the prelims.

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The opener offers SILENTO RODRIGUEZ, the Mexican swifty, against EL GAUCHO in a "south of the border" contest.

TWO BRUTES AND TWO KENTUCKIANS...

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December 5, 1964

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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45 Years Ago

A SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH, growing out of a disputed finish of a tag battle last week, features tonight's wrestling card at the LEXINGTON YMCA, kicking off at 8:15.

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GEORGE BECKER, who served as referee last week after the assigned official was injured and who was involved in the final fall, will join last week's winners THE KENTUCKIANS, TINY ANDERSON and BIG BOY BROWN, to form one team. The two angry losers of the same match, BRUTE BERNARD and SKULL MURPHY, will be joined by THE BRUTE to form what should be one of the roughest trios ever to enter the Lexington ring.

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The battle will go for the best two-out-of-three falls with a one hour time limit.

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Girl wrestlers PENNY BANNER and MARGIE RAMSEY will square off in a special attraction.

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The opening match sends GEORGE "TWO TON" HARRIS against young DOUG GILBERT.

IT COULD GET MESSY...

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December 3, 1962

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

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47 Years Ago

A pair of tag team matches will headline tonight's big PARK CENTER professional wrestling program starting at 8:15.

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The main event is a long-awaited skirmish of THE GREAT BOLO and BOLO meeting RIP HAWK and ROCK HUNTER. The two masked men have yet to taste defeat in Charlotte as a team, and HAWK and HUNTER claim they're the two men who are tough and rugged enough to put down the hooded duo. They'll have one hour and two-of-three falls to do the job.

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The other team contest sends THE KENTUCKIANS, TINY ANDERSON and BIG BOY BROWN, against JOHN SCOTT and IVAN KAMEROFF. This one is also for two-out-of-three falls with a one-hour time limit.

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THE FLYING SCOTTS, GEORGE and SANDY, are also scheduled, but in individual competition.

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SANDY faces big IKE EAKINS, and GEORGE will take on GEORGE "TWO TON" HARRIS.

"LEGEND" - A WORD SOMETIMES OVER-USED...

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BUT NOT WHEN SPEAKING OF THE FOLLOWING...

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These guys did it all in the world of professional wrestling. They were all impact players in every territory they worked, and that certainly includes the JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS area.

RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON

WAHOO MCDANIEL

SKULL MURPHY and BRUTE BERNARD

JACK BRISCO

SEVENTIES & EIGHTIES - OH, TO GO BACK...

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BLACKJACK MULLIGAN's "claw" does in another opponent.

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RIC FLAIR stomps on THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON.

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JERRY "CRUSHER" BLACKWELL ties up an adversary.

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JERRY and JACK BRISCO clown for the camera.

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GENE ANDERSON receives a GREG VALENTINE leg drop.

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GREG VALENTINE on the receiving end of a WAHOO MCDANIEL chop.

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After a match, nothing like a big cigar and good wrestling magazine for the "NATURE BOY".

THE BIG MEN MEET THE BALD MEN...

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November 28, 1964

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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45 Years Ago

Last week's professional wrestling main event featuring THE KENTUCKIANS versus BRUTE BERNARD and SKULL MURPHY was expected to be a wild contest, and indeed, it did turn out that way. TINY ANDERSON and BIG BOY BROWN were disqualified in the third and deciding fall.

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So tonight, the two teams will go at each other again at the LEXINGTON YMCA , but this time, a NO DISQUALIFICATION stipulation has been added. Both teams agreed to the rematch to show their respective supremacy in the ring.

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Fans are in for quite a treat when the two-out-of-three falls clash begins.

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Fan favorite GEORGE BECKER returns to the YMCA to face rough guy MIKE VALENTINO in the evening's co-feature.

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BILLY PARKS will attempt to control and defeat THE BEAST, and NICK KOZAK will face FRANK VALOIS in the 8:15 mat opener.