JANUARY 31, 1966
A fond look back at the great days of JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS professional wrestling.
Sunday, December 31, 2023
WILD SIX MAN ACTION
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Friday, December 29, 2023
AROUND THE CROCKETT TERRITORY
Traveling the MID-ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING territory from Norfolk to Columbia...
JOHN and CHRIS TOLOS topped GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT.
ANGELO MARTINELLI beat RAY DURAN.
'ROWDY' RED ROBERTS lost to GORY GUERRERO.
GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER won over KURT and HENRY VON STROHEIM.
THE MISSOURI MAULER defeated TEX McKENZIE.
NELSON ROYAL pinned EL GAUCHO.
PAUL DEMARCO lost to BULL RAMOS.
RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON beat TEX McKENZIE and NELSON ROYAL.
TINY MILLS and STEVE STANLEE won from RICK HUNTER and JERRY LONDON.
P.Y. CHUNG pinned BOB NANDOR.
LUTHER LINDSAY topple JIM GRABMIRE.
GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT bested THE GREAT MALENKO and 'BIG' BOB ORTON.
ALDO BOGNI and BRONCHO LUBICH with HOMER O'DELL wrestled BILLY TWO RIVERS and SUNI WAR CLOUD to a draw.
STEVE BOLUS whipped IKE EAKINS.
CORSICA JEAN won over KEN YATES.
ABE JACOBS topped TONY NERO.
RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON lost to BRONCHO LUBICH and ALDO BOGNI with HOMER O'DELL.
KARL GOTCH and ALEX MEDINA topped HANS SCHMIDT and IKE EAKINS.
GORY GUERRERO wrestled ROGER KIRBY to a draw.
LUTHER LINDSAY downed JACK DANIELS.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
LIKES & DISLIKES BY J.C. DYKES
Without any doubt, the two wrestlers he despised the most were GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER, then the top 'babyface' team in MID-ATLANTIC WRESTLING.
THE INFERNOS battled BECKER and WEAVER all over the JCP territory in one of the 'hottest' feuds in 1960's pro wrestling history.
One evening, after a jam-packed house at Charlotte's PARK CENTER, Gene Gordon was able to corner DYKES and ask him a few questions.
J.C. had been shooting off his mouth about what his boys would do to that 'old bum' and his 'half-witted partner'. The match that night was thrown out by the referee for uncontrollable wildness. 'We beat them to a pulp tonight, and only the prejudiced referee saved their skins. They're as yellow as can be and will probably never sign to wrestle us again."
'BECKER is a low life, he eats berries and bugs,' shouted DYKES. 'As far as Weaver, he's on the silly side."
GEORGE and JOHNNY, however, rushed to the promoter, demanding their schedules be changed so that they could get THE INFERNOS back in the ring right away. 'That mouth without a brain and those two cowards who are afraid to let the public see their ugly faces, are in for a real surprise,' countered BECKER.
The following Monday night, the rematch took place, again at PARK CENTER. And again, the house was packed to see THE INFERNOS and DYKES 'get theirs'.
WEAVER recorded the first fall, putting one of the masked men in slumber land from his trademark 'sleeper' hold. DYKES yelled and screamed to the official that JOHNNY had choked his man unto he passed out. The referee was not impressed by J.C.'s protest.
The second fall started with a very groggy INFERNO trying to stay on his feet, still reeling from the 'sleeper'. But then DYKES distracted the referee while the other INFERNO kicked WEAVER square in the head with the 'loaded boot' for the pin.
Fans rushed handkerchiefs and tissue to BECKER to help stop the bleeding of his partner. One fan offered his shirt.
The match was even.
The bell rang for the deciding fall. WEAVER barely answered the bell, his face a Gordon Solie 'crimson mask'. But he managed to continue, finally making a tag to BECKER, who came in like a madman. He floored both INFERNOS, knocking one out to the floor. GEORGE followed his rival outside the ring, ran the 'loaded boot' masked man into the ring post. Soon, this INFERNO was as bloody as WEAVER.
JOHNNY had cornered the other INFERNO and had the blue mask about half off when DYKES jumped into the fray. Approaching WEAVER (from behind, of course) with his metal canteen, his path was cut off by BECKER who battered DYKES until he could barely stand.
BECKER and WEAVER weren't able to remove a mask that night, but maybe they did one better. They removed J.C.'s clothes almost down to his 'birthday suit'. At this point, he blew his whistle, and a half-nude manager and his masked men (one a bloody pulp) set sail for the dressing room, forfeiting the match on a count out.
On a tirade in the dressing room, while his bloodied INFERNO received medical attention, DYKES began his ranting again, 'We will get BECKER and WEAVER if it takes a lifetime. That bug-eating BECKER and mule ears WEAVER have disgraced, humiliated and shamed my INFERNOS and me. Can you image two grownup men like these two dolts tearing my clothes off out there in front of thousands of people? If they want to act like children, they should both be placed in reform school with the other dirty-minded brats! When we first came to JCP, BECKER took off and went into hiding in the mountains somewhere until WEAVER sent out a posse to bring him back. WEAVER told BECKER a lie when he came back. He said that one of my INFERNOS burned his face with a fireball or something ridiculous like that. That is not what made the scar on old mule ear's face. Sailor Art Thomas dropped WEAVER on his head carrying him out of the ring after we beat the two of them one night. They're both no-good liars, and we'll send them into retirement before we leave the Carolinas. That's a promise.'
Although the two teams battled many more times, that promise went unfulfilled.
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Monday, December 25, 2023
A CROCKETT CHRISTMAS CARD
December 25, 1969
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Saturday, December 23, 2023
CHARLOTTE CHRISTMAS WRESTLING - 1968
December 25, 1968
A total of eighteen professional wrestlers will participate in a charity program at the CHARLOTTE COLISEUM tonight, presented by JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS.
Friday, December 22, 2023
Thursday, December 21, 2023
DOUBLE MAIN EVENTS
May 24, 1969
Power-packed action is offered wrestling fans in an all-star card at the LEXINGTON YMCA tonight, kicking off at 8:15.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
HAYSTACKS AND LUMBERJACKS
April 19, 1965
HAYSTACK CALHOUN, the mountain that walks like a man, returns to Charlotte tonight, and GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER couldn't be happier.
Monday, December 18, 2023
Sunday, December 17, 2023
INDIANS AND INFERNOS
November 11, 1967
Friday, December 15, 2023
NOT REALLY BROTHERS versus NOT REALLY BROTHERS
January 25, 1969
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
JARDINE INVADES JCP AS SUPER DESTROYER
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Monday, December 11, 2023
THE SENSATIONAL SIXTIES
THE ALASKAN and THE BEAST lost to GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER.
GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT topped THE VIKING and SIR NELSON ROYAL.
MIKE VALENTINO submitted to ED CASTILLO.
GREG PETERSON rolled 'ROWDY' RED ROBERTS.
GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT defeated LARS and GENE ANDERSON.
LUTHER LINDSAY and ABE JACOBS topped RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON via DQ.
OLE ANDERSON pinned BOB NANDOR.
PAUL DEMARCO won over TINKER TODD.
ANGELO MARTINELLI lost to BOB RAMSTEAD.
TEX McKENZIE and NELSON ROYAL won via a reversed decision over RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON.
DON CHUY and JOE CAROLLO beat IKE EAKINS and JOHN GUDISKI.
THE GREAT MALENKO bested ROGER KIRBY.
JOHNNY HEIDEMAN lost to GORY GUERRERO.
GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER topped BRUTE BERNARD and SKULL MURPHY.
TEX McKENZIE and NELSON ROYAL lost to BRONCHO LUBICH and ALDO BOGNI with HOMER O'DELL.
KARL GOTCH bested HENRY VON STROHEIM.
KURT VON STROHEIM pinned ROGER KIRBY.
RUDY KAY beat IKE EAKINS.
ABE JACOBS kee-wee rolled HANS SCHMIDT.
HAYSTACK CALHOUN won a ten man BATTLE ROYAL.
THE AMAZING ZUMA topped IAN MACBIRD.
HAYSTACK CALHOUN squashed HENRY VON STROHEIM.
SANDY SCOTT defeated THE MUMMY.
PEDRO GODOY beat TONY ROMANO.
JESSE JAMES wrestled KURT VON STROHEIM to a draw.
Sunday, December 10, 2023
Saturday, December 9, 2023
A STEAMBOAT (SAM) BATTLE
March 8, 1969
Last week's wrestling card was called off due to heavy snowfall, but action returns tonight to the LEXINGTON YMCA with a star-studded card, beginning at 8:15.
Friday, December 8, 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023
THE ANDERSONS WANT MORE
May 25, 1968