THE ASSASSINS with MGR. PAUL JONES

 

COWBOYS, SKIN HEADS AND RAMS

                                                                    March 12, 1966

LEXINGTON, N.C.

NELSON ROYAL

TEX McKENZIE

KURT VON STROHEIM

BRUTE BERNARD and SKULL MURPHY

STEVE BOLUS

GORY GUERRERO

The wrestling tag teams of TEX McKENZIE / NELSON ROYAL and BRUTE BERNARD / SKULL MURPHY will return to the LEXINGTON YMCA tonight for more professional wrestling action, but each shall be meeting different foes.

The cowboys, TEX and NELSON, who gained a disputed win over BRUTE and SKULL last Saturday, will face the rugged German brother combo of KURT and HENRY VON STROHEIM.

The co-feature tonight pairs BERNARD and MURPHY against the NFL L.A. RAMS duo of DON CHUY and JOE CAROLLO.

Both tag matches are set for the best two-of-three falls.

Singles action tonight finds popular STEVE BOLUS against Mexico's GORY GUERRERO.

There is also an 8:15 opening match.

JOHNNY VALENTINE

 

CHARLOTTE'S BIG DOME MAY EXPLODE

                                                                     May 20, 1963

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

When four of the roughest and toughest wrestlers EVER to appear in the Carolinas face off against each other, there's bound to be quite a collision. Add to that a tuxedo-wearing, cane-carrying "gentleman" who provides even more dirty work while operating at ringside, and you have a rousing night's work cut out for a wrestling referee.

That will be the scenario at the CHARLOTTE COLISEUM tonight when THE GREAT BOLO and BOLO, the masked roughnecks who have kept their identities secret for so long, go against equally rugged BRONCHO LUBICH and ALDO BOGNI (accompanied by their manager HOMER O'DELL) in a two-out-of-three falls BATTLE OF THE BULLIES clash.

It's the headline bout on a seven match card which gets underway at 8:15 p.m. Tickets for this big show are now available at the COLISEUM box office and the NATIONAL HAT SHOP in downtown Charlotte.

ARGENTINA ROCCA, the man who has filled New York City's Madison Square Garden to capacity no less than fifteen times, is also on the card in a special match against ruffian FRANK VALOIS in a one-fall event.

THE KENTUCKIANS, TINY ANDERSON and BIG BOY BROWN, will also make an appearance. They will put their combined 700 pounds against another huge team in SWEDE HANSON and "CRYBABY" CANNON. This tag match is set for the best-of-three falls.

RIP (don't call me chicken) HAWK, yet another vicious character, returns to Charlotte for the first time since Christmas to meet popular Indian star BILLY TWO RIVERS in the main prelim match.

Three more single matches featuring top mat stars will round out tonight's gigantic wrestling event.

THE ASSASSIN (JODY HAMILTON)

 

AROUND THE CROCKETT TERRITORY

 

PAUL JONES and NELSON ROYAL

GREENVILLE, S.C. - 1971

NELSON ROYAL and PAUL JONES beat THE MASKED MARVELS.

JOE FURR and JIM DILLON lost to GENE ANDERSON and ART NELSON.

TOMMY SEIGLER topped BILL BOWMAN.

JOE TURNER and BUTCH JACKSON wrestled to a draw.

GORY GUERRERO

RICHMOND, VA. - 1966

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT defeated 'BIG' BOB ORTON and THE GREAT MALENKO.

ALDO BOGNI and BRONCHO LUBICH with HOMER O'DELL smothered GORY GUERRERO and OMAR ATLAS.

RUDY KAY pinned CORSICA JEAN.

DON CHUY polished off JACK DANIELS (haven't we all).

HANS SCHMIDT drew with ABE JACOBS.

BRONCHO LUBICH, GEORGE 'TWO TON' HARRIS, ALDO BOGNI

LYNCHBURG, VA. - 1969

NELSON ROYAL, PAUL JONES and ABE JACOBS defeated ALDO BOGNI, BRONCHO LUBICH and GEORGE 'TWO TON' HARRIS in a six man contest.

THE AMAZING ZUMA and BILLY HINES went the time limit.

JIMMY HINES beat BOBBY KAY.

LES WOLFE topped PANCHO VALDEZ.

LES THATCHER

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - 1968

TEX McKENZIE and NELSON ROYAL lost to RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON.

THE INFERNOS with J.C. DYKES defeated LES THATCHER and RUDY KAYE.

BOB NANDOR pinned TINY MILLS.

'BULLDOG' LEE HENNING topped ALEX MEDINA.

PAMPERO FIRPO

CHARLESTON, S.C. - 1968

GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER defeated LARS and GENE ANDERSON.

HAYSTACK CALHOUN and THE AMAZING ZUMA beat THE MISSOURI MAULER and PAMPERO FIRPO.

DENNIS HALL lost to 'BULLDOG' LEE HENNING.

RUDY KAYE whipped JERRY LONDON.

LES THATCHER topped CHUCK CONLEY.

THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (STAN LANE, BOBBY EATON, JIM CORNETTE)

 

THE KENTUCKIANS AND HAYSTACKS CALHOUN VERSUS THE THREE BOLOS

 

BECKER GETS O'DELL

                                                                   October 24, 1964

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Hero GEORGE BECKER and the arrogant HOMER O'DELL will face off in a wrestling special at the LEXINGTON YMCA tonight, and BECKER is so anxious for the match that he has agreed to beat O'DELL two falls within twenty minutes or he'll work for free.

The match is one of several on another all-star agenda, which also includes a two-out-of-three falls tag team battle between the polished duo of NICK KOZAK and 'IRISH' MIKE CLANCY taking on the 'BLONDE BOMBERS' of the sport, RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON.

Another best-of-three falls tag contest features O'DELL's team of ALDO BOGNI and BRONCHO LUBICH facing the popular twosome of JESSE JAMES and DOUG GILBERT.

The 8:15 opening match will feature colored girls BETTY ANN SPENCER meeting SWEET GEORGIA BROWN in a special encounter.

HOMER O'DELL

GEORGE BECKER

RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON

NICK KOZAK

ALDO BOGNI and BRONCHO LUBICH

'IRISH' MIKE CLANCY

THE MASKED MEDICS

 

ROWDY RICHMOND

                                                                        JCP wrestling fans in and around the Richmond, Virginia area didn't have to journey far to see some great cards.

Here are five from the year 1966...

SANDY and GEORGE SCOTT

RICHMOND, VA. - 1966

LOU THESZ defeated PAT O'CONNOR to retain the NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT topped 'BIG' BOB ORTON and THE GREAT MALENKO in three-out-of-five falls.

STEVE BOLUS and JESSE JAMES lost to RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON.

GORY GUERRERO and CORSICA JEAN wrestled to a draw.

'ROWDY' RED ROBERTS

(Just another pretty face)

RICHMOND, VA. - 1966

DON CHUY and JOE CAROLLO wrestled KURT and HENRY VON STROHEIM to a draw.

IKE EAKINS and JOHN GUDISKI lost to GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT.

PENNY BANNER pinned JUDY GRABLE.

ROGER KIRBY topped 'ROWDY' RED ROBERTS.

'BIG' BOB ORTON

RICHMOND, VA. - 1966

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT versus RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON ended in a 'no contest'.

BILLY TWO RIVERS and SUNI WAR CLOUD toppled 'BIG' BOB ORTON and THE GREAT MALENKO via DQ.

GORY GUERRERO pinned TONY NERO.

OMAR ATLAS lost to JOHN GUDISKI.

HAYSTACK CALHOUN

RICHMOND, VA. - 1966

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT bested RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON.

HAYSTACK CALHOUN and ABE JACOBS squashed JOHN GUDISKI and TONY NERO.

JESSE JAMES drew with GORY GUERRERO.

STEVE BOLUS pinned JOHNNY HEIDEMAN.

SKULL MURPHY

RICHMOND, VA. - 1966

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT and GEORGE BECKER won over HOMER O'DELL, ALDO BOGNI, BRONCHO LUBICH in a six man match.

RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON versus NICK KOZAK and 'IRISH' MIKE CLANCY ended in a no contest.

ABE JACOBS and EMILE DUPRE won over THE ALASKAN and THE BEAST via DQ.

SKULL MURPHY took the measure of ED CASTILLO.

RUDY KAY bested TONY NERO.

RIP HAWK

 

FOUR PILLARS OF JCP

 

HOW TO UNMASK THE GREAT BOLO

                                                                       April 22, 1963

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

61 Years Ago

Special terms will be in effect tonight when CHIEF BIG HEART and THE GREAT BOLO are matched again in a wrestling feature at the LEXINGTON YMCA.

THE GREAT BOLO, wrestling's hooded menace, has agreed, for this match only, to remove his mask in the ring if he loses the match, no matter how it might happen.

Last Saturday, he lost his second match within a month to the big Indian, but again through a disqualification.

BIG HEART was busted open during the melee, and BOLO's yellow mask was stained red, himself cut badly.

In the past, BOLO has agreed to unmask if he lost two falls by pin fall or submission, and that's it. Tonight, it will be different, and the best-of-three falls match has a NO DISQUALIFICATION clause added anyway.

However, if BOLO is counted out of the ring, that would constitute losing a fall, and the mask must come off.

"I know I am a better wrestler than this redskin. He's a tough competitor, I'll give him that, but no one is a better wrestler than I am," shouted THE GREAT BOLO. "I am that confident of a victory that I have baited the CHIEF back into the ring by putting my mask on the line if he can beat me two falls in any manner. He can't and I'll prove it. It's probably the last chance for the wrestling fans to see the Indian wrestler, because I'm going to hurt the man really bad."

ANGELO MARTINELLI and BOB BOYER, a new winning tag team, will meet TERRY GARVIN and MARK STONE in a two-out-of-three falls semifinal.

Other matches send JACK BERNARD against European star BOB NANDOR, and CHARLIE LAYE will face JACK MARSHALL.

Bell time is 8:15.

PENNY BANNER

 

TWO TITLES ON THE LINE

                                                                   August 28, 1965

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

HAYSTACKS CALHOUN

BRONCHO LUBICH, HOMER O'DELL, ALDO BOGNI

ABE JACOBS

RON REED

BOB ORTON

MIKE GALLAGHER

GORY GUERRERO

OMAR ATLAS

'ROWDY' RED ROBERTS

Something unusual is on tap for wrestling fans tonight at the LEXINGTON YMCA as two heavyweight championships are up for grabs when action gets underway at 8:15.

The current SOUTHERN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, ALDO BOGNI and BRONCHO LUBICH, will defend their title against the popular contenders in that of big HAYSTACKS CALHOUN and speedy ABE JACOBS.

HAYSTACKS is the biggest man in the wrestling business, and JACOBS is a top competitor who should mesh well with CALHOUN.

BOGNI and LUBICH will have their devious manager, HOMER O'DELL, in their corner.

SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 'BIG O' BOB ORTON will put his title up against top contender RON REED (he later wrestled as BUDDY COLT). REED is certainly capable of taking the belt away from the current champ.

Both title bouts are scheduled for two-out-of-three falls with one hour time limits.

Prelim action will find GORY GUERRERO squaring off against tough MIKE GALLAGHER.

The opening match pits good-looking fan favorite OMAR ATLAS facing the rugged 'ROWDY' RED ROBERTS.

LES THATCHER

 

GEORGE and SANDY

 

Today I salute one of the top tag teams who ever worked for JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS. I refer to the fabulous GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT, known in the business as THE FLYING SCOTTS.

GEORGE slams BRONCHO LUBICH.

SANDY applies the 'abdominal stretch' to LUBICH.
It was a bad night for BRONCHO.

Here SANDY gives THE MISSOURI MAULER a free chiropractic adjustment.

At home, GEORGE poses with his son, GEORGE JR. and family pet Sam.

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Next to BECKER and WEAVER, the SCOTTS were the top 'babyface' team in the MID-ATLANTIC WRESTLING area during the 1960s. In fact, GEORGE and SANDY were already world renown before ever coming to JCP in 1957, nearly five years before George and Johnny ever got together.

In 1967, Gene Gordon said that 'the SCOTT brothers have done more for tag team wrestling than the Smith brothers have done for cough drops. Jumpin' GEORGE and Slammin' SANDY have been flattening the best in the business for the past ten years like a pair of Mack trucks driving over balloons.'

It was at Central High School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, that the wrestling bug first bit GEORGE. Already an ice hockey and football player, he was asked to work out with the wrestling team one day, and that workout changed his life. He turned professional in 1949.

It wasn't until five years later, in 1954, that younger brother SANDY joined his brother in the wrestling ring. At this point, they began wrestling all over the world, holding tag team championships in numerous countries. Then in 1957, they landed in CROCKETT country for the first time.

GEORGE stated, in a 1967 interview, that LOU THESZ was the best he personally ever met in the ring, with GENE KINISKI a close second. In terms of tag teams, SANDY credits BRUTE BERNARD and SKULL MURPHY as the most rugged team he and GEORGE ever butted heads with, with ALDO BOGNI and BRONCHO LUBICH right behind.

Ironically, the very first live wrestling I ever attended at Charlotte's PARK CENTER (around 1965) was headlined with GEORGE and SANDY challenging BOGNI and LUBICH for the SOUTHERN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, then held by the 'heels'.
The champions took the first fall, the challengers evened the match winning the second fall. The match ended in a sixty-minute Broadway.

Disappointed that the good guys did not win the titles that night, we consoled ourselves by making a stop on the way home at the KRISPY KREME on Independence Boulevard.

SANDY has BRONCHO LUBICH wishing he had stayed at home.

GEORGE acknowledges the crowd after an introduction.

One of wrestling's ALL-TIME great tag teams.

SANDY after hanging up his tights.