GEORGE BECKER AFTER CROCKETT PROMOTIONS - Part 2

Popular GEORGE BECKER left JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS in 1971, but as it turned out, he did not leave the wrestling business entirely. He and MIKE GALLAGHER, another retired grappler, began their own wrestling company through an association with the SHAKEY'S PIZZA chain.

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Even though the promotion did not last very long, I thought you might enjoy these rare glimpses of the BECKER / GALLAGHER promotion and some of the wrestlers on their roster.

MIKE GALLAGHER during his in-ring career.

MIKE and brother DOC formed a potent heel team in JCP during the late 1950s and early 1960s and often feuded with BECKER at the time.

Throughout his wrestling career, GEORGE appreciated his fans and was always accessible to them.

BECKER / GALLAGHER PROMOTIONS six man team of DIZZY MCSHANE, ROCK RIDDLE (2008 NWA FANFEST guest) and THE CONVICT.

DALE STARR works on the leg of DIZZY MCSHANE in a match held in Gastonia, North Carolina.

MCSHANE, RIDDLE and THE CONVICT do battle with DALE STARR and the VALENTINE BROTHERS, JIMMY and JERRY.
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Going up against JCP in their hometown of Charlotte was a mountain too high to climb.