It would take a visit from baby boomers' Saturday morning cartoon buddies Sherman and Peabody and their Wayback Machine to witness the JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS wrestling card that occurred sixty-one years ago, but I'd give almost anything if I could.
January 26, 1963
LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
GEORGE BECKER
BILLY TWO RIVERS
THE SICILIANSLOU ALBANO and TONY ALTOMARE
P.Y. CHUNG
THE KENTUCKIANSTINY ANDERSON and BIG BOY BROWN
The two winning teams on last week's wrestling card at the LEXINGTON YMCA will be back tonight to meet top competition in an action-packed program that kicks off at 8:15 p.m.
In one of two main events, the rugged team of THE SICILIANS, LOU ALBANO and
TONY ALTOMARE, victors last Saturday, face stellar competition in the very-popular duo of GEORGE BECKER and Mohawk warrior BILLY TWO RIVERS.
Crafty Oriental judo wizards, P.Y CHUNG and YASHINO SATO *, also winners last week, will be in the unenviable position of meeting one of the largest tag teams in the wrestling business when they clash with THE KENTUCKIANS, BIG BOY BROWN and TINY ANDERSON. These two fellows top the scales at a combined 700-plus pounds and dwarf the Orientals in height.
Both tag team main events are scheduled for the best two-out-of-three falls.
A singles match featuring a local hero will open the card when Asheboro's own LARRY HULIN meets the wily veteran TINKER TODD.
* YASHINO SATO later wrestled in the MID-ATLANTIC territory as THE GREAT KABUKI.
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