THE ROCK 'N' ROLL EXPRESS (RICKY MORTON AND ROBERT GIBSON)

 

LET THE BULLIES BATTLE

                                                                       July 28, 1969 

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

PARK CENTER is a great venue for professional wrestling as proven over the years, but the building may not be able to handle the action tonight when two of the very roughest and brutal tag teams (and constant rule breakers) in the business collide head-on in the evening's headline attraction.

In what has to be billed as a BATTLE OF THE BULLIES, the skin headed duo of BRUTE BERNARD and SKULL MURPHY clash with wrestling's 'BLONDE BOMBERS' RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON. Sympathies to whichever referee is assigned the job of officiating this two-out-of-three falls contest. One may describe the match as two locomotives colliding at breakneck speed.

BRUTE BERNARD and SKULL MURPHY

RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON

EL LOBO

ABE JACOBS

JOHNNY HEIDEMAN

ROCK HUNTER

LES WOLFE

More tag team action is in store for fans attending tonight when the popular duo of New Zealander ABE JACOBS and his youthful partner LES WOLFE face the rugged ROCK HUNTER and his masked partner EL LOBO. No one seems to know the identity of EL LOBO, and if HUNTER actually does, he isn't talking. This is also a best-of-three falls match.

Two singles matches will open the 8:15 card when JESSE JAMES takes on TOM BRADLEY and the youngster MATTI SUZUKI faces veteran tough guy JOHNNY HEIDEMAN.

THE ASSASSINS with MGR. PAUL JONES

 

LET'S TAKE TIME FOR THIS COMMERCIAL MESSAGE...

                    ABOUT THE MID-ATLANTIC WRESTLING EVENTS COMING UP IN YOUR AREA...

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

(Typo on card: 'Rick' Hunter was actually 'Rock Hunter'.)

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

(What a booking for DORY FUNK JR.---wrestling 'Bulldog' LEE HENNING in a prelim.)



RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
(from the MID-ATLANTIC GATEWAY)



RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

THE ALASKANS - JAY YORK AND FRANK MONTE

 

QUEEN CITY WRESTLING

                                                                         July 15, 1963

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

JOHNNY WEAVER

JOHNNY 'RUBBERMAN' WALKER

JOHN and CHRIS TOLOS

GEORGE 'TWO TON' HARRIS

RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON

JESSE JAMES

GEORGE 'CRYBABY' CANNON

Six man tag team action, one of the wildest, rowdiest forms of professional wrestling, will head up tonight's big card at Charlotte's PARK CENTER. Bell time is 8:15.

Making up one trio of the big scuffle will be wrestling's 'BLONDE BOMBERS', RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON, who will be joined by GEORGE 'TWO TON' HARRIS, and opposing this rugged threesome will be fan favorites JOHNNY WEAVER, 'COWBOY' JESSE JAMES and JOHNNY 'RUBBERMAN' WALKER.

This main event is scheduled for the best two-out-of-three falls with a one hour time limit.

There's also standard four man tag action in the semifinal, this one matching two brother teams against one another, when JERRY and BOBBY CHRISTIE face rule breakers JOHN and CHRIS TOLOS, known as THE MICHIGAN WRECKING CREW.

The best-of-three falls will also settle this one.

In singles competition, PAT O'HARA meets the girth of GEORGE 'CRYBABY' CANNON, and popular REGGIE PARKS takes on JOE McCARTY, a newcomer from (honestly, he says) Tigertail, Tennessee.

MASKED SUPERSTAR (BILL EADIE) VERSUS MR. WRESTLING (TIM WOODS)

 

SOMETIMES YA WIN...SOMETIMES YA LOSE

                             Results from JIM CROCKETT PROMOTIONS shows of the past...

THE GARVINS

RALEIGH, N.C. - 1968

JOHNNY WEAVER and HIRO MATSUDA wrestled to a draw

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT defeated THE INFERNOS with J.C. DYKES

TERRY and RONNIE GARVIN topped BOB NANDOR and JESSE JAMES

ALEX MEDINA lost to 'BULLDOG' LEE HENNING

GENE KINISKI

ROANOKE, VA. - 1969

GENE KINISKI defended the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP successfully beating PAUL JONES

NELSON ROYAL, GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT topped THE INFERNOS and J.C. DYKES in six man action

THE MATADOR whipped JACK RICE

JIM GRABMIRE and JESSE JAMES wrestled to a draw

MR. WRESTLING and SAM STEAMBOAT

-
CHARLESTON, W.V. - 1969

RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON versus SAM STEAMBOAT and MR. WRESTLING ended in a double DQ

EL GAUCHO and LEON BAXTER topped BOB RAMSTEAD and JESSE JAMES

TINKER TODD lost to ROCK HUNTER

BOBBY KAY beat TONY NERO

EL GAUCHO

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - 1969

SAILOR ART THOMAS, GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER won over HIRO MATSUDA, THE MISSOURI MAULER and HOMER O'DELL in six man action

GENE and OLE ANDERSON bested ABE JACOBS and LES WOLFF

JESSE JAMES got by 'BULLDOG' LEE HENNING

BOB RAMSTEAD lost to EL GAUCHO

LORD LITTLEBROOK topped LITTLE BRUISER

THE AMAZING ZUMA beat LEON BAXTER

LES WOLFF

RALEIGH, N.C. - 1969

THE MISSOURI MAULER, HIRO MATSUDA and HOMER O'DELL won over SAILOR ART THOMAS, NELSON ROYAL and PAUL JONES

LES WOLFF wrestled SWEDE HANSON to a draw

BILLY HINES topped BILLY SPEARS

JIMMY HINES bested JESSE JAMES

PAUL JONES and NELSON ROYAL

RALEIGH, N.C. - 1970

NELSON ROYAL and PAUL JONES wrestled THE INFERNOS with J.C. DYKES to a draw

RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON topped ABE JACOBS and LES WOLFF

PANCHO VALDEZ lost to LUTHER LINDSAY

PEDRO VALDEZ beat PEPE GOMEZ

GREG VALENTINE AND RIC FLAIR

 

TAG TEAM TITLES UP FOR GRABS

                                                                  September 14, 1959

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

The SOUTHERN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP will be up for grabs tonight at PARK CENTER in the co-feature of a big four bout wrestling card promoted by JIM CROCKETT.

Colliding for the coveted title will be the current champions, THE GREAT BOLO and LARRY 'CRUSHER' HAMILTON, and a pair of more than worthy challengers, GEORGE BECKER and CYCLONE ANAYA.

The animosity between these men is staggering, especially that of BECKER and BOLO. These two men have battled all over the southern United States for several years, and the fire is now hotter than ever.

Two recorded falls by pin fall or submission is the requirement for the challengers to become the champions. The title match carries a one-hour time limit.

The co-feature tag match has FARMER McGREGOR and PANCHO LOPEZ taking on SKY LOW LOW and FUZZY CUPID in a midgets' tag scrap. McGREGOR is subbing for LITTLE BEAVER, who was injured in a match a few days ago and is out of action for the time being. This one's also for the best-of-three falls.

A pair of single matches opens the card with PAT FRALEY tackling CHICK GARABALDI and STEVE BOLUS faces MARTINO LORENZO.

Each of the single contests is set for one fall, twenty minutes.

Action begins at 8:15 p.m.

GEORGE BECKER

THE GREAT BOLO

CYCLONE ANAYA

LARRY 'CRUSHER' HAMILTON

SKY LOW LOW

MGR. GEORGE HARRIS and THE MASKED RED DEMONS (JIMMY & BILLY HINES)

 

CHARLOTTE DEBUT OF NELSON ROYAL & PAUL JONES

                                                                        April 1, 1969

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

Two tag team matches that will follow the pattern of science against "no holds barred" tactics rate equal billing on tonight's professional wrestling program at PARK CENTER kicking off at 8:15.

Local fans will be anxious to take their first look at the Texas team of NELSON ROYAL and PAUL JONES. The swift twosome was the rage in the Orient recently.

ROYAL and JONES will face the rugged duo of THE MISSOURI MAULER and HIRO MATSUDA. Add the judo skills of MATSUDA to the rough brawling of the MAULER, and they make quite a twosome.

The other tag battle will send the masked MR. WRESTLING and SAM STEAMBOAT up against "The Blonde Bombers," RIP HAWK and SWEDE HANSON. These two teams are locked in a bloody feud (see poster) these days, and nothing has been settled...yet. It's been a brutal brawl every time these men have locked horns.

Both tag matches are governed by the best-of-three falls, one hour time limits.

MIKE SHANE will open the card in his one-fall contest with villainous "Bulldog" LEE HENNING.

MR. WRESTLING (TIM WOODS)

 

ANDERSONS DEBUT - SO DOES KLONDIKE BILL

                                                                       JULY 9, 1966

LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

58 Years Ago

Fan favorite JOHNNY WEAVER gets another crack at the SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP when he meets title holder THE MISSOURI MAULER in tonight's LEXINGTON YMCA pro wrestling two-out-of-three falls main event.

It will be a rematch of a thriller here several weeks ago in which the MAULER was able to hang on to his title only by a thread.

WEAVER employed his famous "sleeper hold" for what would have been the deciding fall, but he was outside the ropes, and the brutal (and fortunate) champ was allowed to retain his belt when the referee was forced to disqualify WEAVER.

JOHNNY has promised a different outcome tonight.

In the evening's tag team battle, the popular duo of ABE JACOBS and RUDY KAYE will meet LARS and GENE ANDERSON, a rugged twosome from Minnesota, who are making their Lexington debut.

This match is also for two-of-three falls.

Another big man of wrestling, Kodiak, Alaska's KLONDIKE BILL, also makes his first appearance here when he faces the tough veteran EL GAUCHO in one of two supporting bouts.

The 8:15 opener will send two bullies, IKE EAKINS and TONY NERO, against one another.

NELSON ROYAL, SWEDE HANSON, ANDRE THE GIANT

 

CROCKETT GAVE US THE BEST

 

RIP HAWK shows he could wrestle as well as break the rules.

JOHNNY WEAVER in control of his match.

Russian "bad guy" NIKITA MULKOVICH prepares for battle.

SKULL MURPHY having a bad day at the office.

A bloodied GREG VALENTINE and partner RIC FLAIR puttin' it to RUFUS R. JONES.

GENE ANDERSON and DUSTY RHODES trading blows.

The match over, RIC FLAIR hops into his Caddy and heads back to Charlotte.

ED CAPRAL interviews #1 PAUL JONES on TV's WIDE WORLD WRESTLING.

Referee SONNY FARGO tries to get GREG VALENTINE and RIC FLAIR off WAHOO McDANIEL.

THE SUPER DESTROYER (DON JARDINE)

 

GREAT CARDS FROM WAY BACK

 

THE GREAT MALENKO

GREENSBORO, N.C. - 1967

GEORGE BECKER and JOHNNY WEAVER topped THE MASKED RED DEMONS

TEX McKENZIE and NELSON ROYAL defeated EL GAUCHO and GEORGE 'TWO TON' HARRIS

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT bested THE GREAT MALENKO and THE MISSOURI MAULER

GEORGE 'TWO TON' HARRIS

LYNCHBURG, VA. - 1968

GEORGE BECKER, JOHNNY WEAVER and HAYSTACK CALHOUN defeated THE MISSOURI MAULER, PAMPERO FIRPO and GEORGE 'TWO TON' HARRIS in six man action.

TAMMY JONES topped DONNA CHRISTENELLO

LUTHER LINDSAY beat BULL RAMOS

THE AMAZING ZUMA and THE MUMMY wrestled to a draw.

P.Y. CHUNG

LYNCHBURG, VA. - 1967

KLONDIKE BILL defeated HARU SASAKI and P.Y. CHUNG in a handicap match.

PEDRO GODOY beat GENE DUNDEE.

JERRY LONDON topped BULL RAMOS.

JESSE JAMES wrestled THE MUMMY to a draw.

PENNY BANNER versus TAMMY JONES

CHARLESTON, S.C. - 1967

GEORGE BECKER defeated HOMER O'DELL

ALDO BOGNI and BRONCHO LUBICH topped GEORGE SCOTT and DON CHUY

JOHNNY WEAVER won over THE MISSOURI MAULER

PENNY BANNER bested TAMMY JONES

HAYSTACK CALHOUN squashed JACK BENCE

LUTHER LINDSAY

NORFOLK, VA. - 1969

GEORGE BECKER and LUTHER LINDSAY versus THE INFERNOS with J.C. DYKES ended in a double DQ

BOB NANDOR and JIM OSBORNE won from THE MISSOURI MAULER and HIRO MATSUDA on a DQ

GEORGE GRANT won from JIM GRABMIRE

ALEX MEDINA lost to 'BULLDOG' LEE HENNING

JIM GRABMIRE

CHARLESTON, S.C. - 1968

GEORGE and SANDY SCOTT won from LARS and GENE ANDERSON

PEPE GOMEZ and JACK RICE lost to TERRY and RONNIE GARVIN

NIKITA MULKOVICH defeated BOB NANDOR

JIM GRABMIRE lost to JESSE JAMES