Friday, May 31, 2024

BLACKJACK MULLIGAN


 

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Monday, May 27, 2024

MID-ATLANTIC WRESTLING WARS

 

TERRY KAY feels the wrath of KURT VON STEIGER.


LES THATCHER applies a headlock on RIP HAWK. That's referee ANGELO MARTINELLI, with THATCHER's partner JOHNNY RINGO in the background.


Referee TOMMY YOUNG looks as PAUL JONES applies a hammerlock on RIC FLAIR at CHARLOTTE's PARK CENTER.


A rare sight---referee SAM 'LUCKY' ROBERTS raises the hands of EL GAUCHO and TINKER TODD in victory.


P.Y. CHUNG has GEORGE BECKER at his mercy.


INFERNOS manager J.C. DYKES asks a poor fellow to check his shoe size.


JOHNNY WEAVER and DORY FUNK JR. battle for the NWA WORLD title.

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

TWO LEGENDARY CROCKETT TEAMS TANGLE

                                                                   January 30, 1965

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Action galore is on tap for professional wrestling fans fortunate enough to attend
the big card tonight at the LEXINGTON YMCA starting at 8:15.

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT, known world-wide as THE FLYING SCOTTS, and victorious here last Saturday, will face long-time rivals RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON, wrestling's BLONDE BOMBERS, in the featured two-out-of-three-falls main event.

A top semifinal match is scheduled with popular young JOHNNY WEAVER taking on rugged ex-footballer MIKE PAIDOUSUS.

Two other singles matches will round out the program when Indian star CHIEF BIG HEART faces MIKE VALENTINO *, and TONY NERO will face a newcomer to Lexington when he squares off against THE ALASKAN (JAY YORK).


GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT


MIKE PAIDOUSUS


MIKE VALENTINO


JOHNNY WEAVER

RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON


* MIKE VALENTINO wrestled in the WWWF as BARON MIKEL SCICLUNA.

Tuesday, May 14, 2024