December 25, 1969
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
55 Years Ago
Promoter JIM CROCKETT has slated another CHRISTMAS DAY spectacular for the CHARLOTTE COLISEUM, starting at 8:15 p.m.
It is a charity card with a FENCE MATCH set as the headliner.
This type of match takes place inside a seven-foot high steel barrier, which eliminates any escape routes by the combatants.
The two teams confined will be fan favorites GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER and the angry twosome of SKULL MURPHY and BRUTE BERNARD.
In their last meeting, MURPHY enlisted the aid of a steel chair, smashing WEAVER's head into a bloody mess, then bolting to the dressing room. The fence will prevent MURPHY (or anyone else) from doing it this time.
This main event is set for two-out-of-three falls, within a one-hour time limit.
"Two other tag team matches are booked on tonight's card," said CROCKETT.
ABE JACOBS and LES WOLFE will face KURT VON STROHEIM and ART NELSON in one of them.
In the other, SAILOR ART THOMAS and LUTHER LINDSAY will collide with GENE and OLE ANDERSON, the MINNESOTA WRECKING CREW.
"It's a wrestling card with something for everybody," said CROCKETT, pointing to the Christmas spirit of the event. "We'll also have midgets and girls as well."
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