Sunday, June 12, 2022

WHERE WERE YOU IN '62?

                 Moviegoers of 1973 and beyond may remember the advertising slogan from the hit                                                                             film AMERICAN GRAFFITI.

It was a catchy phrase that stayed in the minds of folks for quite a while.

So, since I'm spotlighting some great 1962 JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS shows from GREENSBORO, N.C., I'll ask again...

WHERE WERE YOU IN '62?

FEBRUARY 15, 1962

ARGENTINA ROCCA defeated RIP HAWK.

U.S. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION PAT O'CONNOR won over HANS SCHMIDT via DQ.

DON McCLARITY topped SWEET DADDY SIKI.

STEVE BOLUS and ANGELO MARTINELLI whipped SONNY FARGO and JACK VANSKY.

RITA CORTEZ pinned JUDY GRABLE.

GUY LA ROSE bested ANGELO SAVALDI.



APRIL 5, 1962

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BUDDY ROGERS retained the title over BILLY 'TARZAN' DARNELL.

REGGIE PARKS and STEVE BOLUS beat KURT and KARL VON BRAUNER via DQ.

GEORGE BECKER topped RIP HAWK.

BABY CHERYL pinned DARLING DAGMAR.

CHIEF BIG HEART and PANCHO VILLA wrestled to a draw.

LUTHER LINDSAY whipped MIKE PAIDOUSIS.



MAY 3, 1962

ARGENTINA ROCCA and HAYSTACK CALHOUN topped KURT and KARL VON BRAUNER via DQ.

IVAN KAMEROFF and JOHN SMITH stopped JIM LA-ROCK and JERRY LONDON.

JOHNNY WEAVER pinned ANGELO SAVALDI

STEVE BOLUS and PAT O'BRIEN wrestled to a draw.

TINY SMITH won from JACK VANSKY (subbing for JACK TERRY).



MAY 24, 1962

JOHNNY VALENTINE stopped JOHNNY WEAVER.

RIP HAWK won over GEORGE BECKER.

HAYSTACK CALHOUN and ABE JACOBS toppled SWEDE HANSON and GYPSY JOE.

JOHN SMITH and IVAN KAMEROFF defeated TONY BAILLERGEON and MAURICE LA POINTE.

RAY VILLMER bested PANCHO VILLA.



JULY 5, 1962

HANS SCHMIDT defeated PAT O'CONNOR.

GEORGE BECKER and ARGENTINA ROCCA stopped P.Y. CHUNG and TARO MYAKI.

RIP HAWK won over JOHNNY WEAVER via DQ.

PENNY BANNER topped ANN LAVERNE.

ABE JACOBS and ROCK HUNTER wrestled to a draw.

DICK STEINBORN pinned ANGELO SAVALDI.



OCTOBER 18, 1962

RIP HAWK and ROCK HUNTER defeated GEORGE BECKER and BILLY TWO RIVERS.

THE GREAT BOLO topped JOHNNY WEAVER.

REGGIE PARKS and RAY VILLMER bested JOHN SMITH and IVAN KAMEROFF.

PAT SHERRY pinned BRENDA SCOTT.

EDUARDO CASTILLO lost to P.Y. CHUNG.

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