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Give drason a coco butt

A man with that talent relegated to social security disability. What a shame.

I went to Belden Elementary with his son John. We would always see him walking his younger sister to school. We didn't know who he was, just that he was scary looking! In 5th grade his wife was an aid in our class and he came in one day to talk to us. I just remember being so scared of him until that day. He was the nicest guy ever with a great sense of humor. He passed around pictures and answered our questions. We asked him why he always had his mouth open in all his pictures and he said cause it made him look so scary 😁. I stumbled on this clip quite randomly and it took me back.

He passed away on my birthday. He was one my favorites he wrestled in Brantford a few times

The purple Lincoln still exists. My friends brother in law in Perry Michigan bought it from Tommy Farhat about 25 years ago.

I loved his tag team partnership with The Stomper. Didn't like when he turned heel,it just didn't seem right.

Bill Eadie was also Demolition Ax

Loved watching Dick the bruiser

Greg Valentine looks so much like his father Johnny it's scary. And he definitely took after his father in the ring.

Thanks for the memories. The old days were the best days as far as wrestling goes. Anything pre-hogan was the best imo

igor came to my home town and wrestled at our vfw it was great!!! prob around 68 or 69??

Channel 62..... never heard of it.... UHF 😂😂

BoBo!

Thanks so much to you guys for sharing stories about the good old days when wrestling was still 'rasslin and not the ridiculous stuff of today. The boys are good athletes and actors, but the matches ain't the kind you go home and talk to buddies about. Back in the day, I remember going to the sportatorium to watch the wars between Kabuki and the von erichs. Mondays at school the air was buzzing about Saturdays match. My favorite match was Kabuki vs bugsy McGraw. Bugs came to the ring in a gorilla costume, which freaked Kabuki out. He fled through the crowd and disappeared. Backstage Kabuki ran into me spilling my drink and popcorn. Those were the great times.

Stomper had the best sleeper hold.

Good old "Crazy"Brooks! "I'm the King 'a Cincinnati! Ho"

I'll never forget Lord Layton bonking one of the Skull Brothers on the head with a microphone. It made a sound like "booonk". My sister and I still laugh about that.

Thanks to talk about our hero 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

Will there be more new Big Time Memories episodes??

Watch Bull vs Johnny Valentine from Houston, in 1969!

Also met Danny McShane, several times!

SAID...OOPS!

Our landlord brought Bull to our house in Houston, back in the 60's. I was too young, but dad he was a really nice guy!

Saw many of the greats in Boston in the late 50s; Killer Kowalski was our “World Champion.”

We put this show on in the weight room since the language is acceptable to the young wrestling fans Thanks guys

From what I recall, Johnny Valentine was always introduced from Seattle, WA - as was son, Greg…

I love the history of the business that you all bring forth.

Thank you both 💓

I used to go to matches in Worcester Ma. and saw Bull Curry almost every Tuesday night. There were some older wrestlers there such as Frank Scarpa and Bull Montana.

The brain buster

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Just goes to show you how much the world has changed. Lady wrestlers banned in New York. Total discrimination.

Howabout Handdsome Johnny Barond and Magnificent Maurice

Rip Bug

My first match in Detroit...

As a kid I saw The Wild Bull Of The Pampas, Pampero Firpo "The Missing Link" on The Island Of Oahu in the mid 60's, it was the beginning of a life long love of Pro Rasslin! He was always a Baby Face when he came to Hawaii and wrestled in the Promotion run by Ed Francis! His interviews with James "Tally Ho" Blears were hilariously awesome and his feuds with "King" Ripper Collins, "Handsome" Johnny Barend and a non speaking Gorilla Monsoon were Legend! "OHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHH" Gravely Voice and lots of energy!

I knew Chief White Owl’s. sister and her children. The Chief was African American and hid his identity well. Do you have any stories about the Chief? We lived near Dayton Ohio.

THUNDER BOLT PATTERSON IS DEAD

I grew up in Wichita, Kansas and, while you hear a lot of trash talked about it I watched and loved wrestling out of the Central States Territory. In terms of video footage available online I've seen an episode of Central States Wrestling from I'm guessing the 60s with Geigel, Bob Brown, The Stomper and Ox Baker in his first (?) television appearance, not as a wrestler per se but as an overzealous fan. I've also seen the footage of Harley Race Winning his first title against Dory Funk Jr, which I remember seeing the first time when it happened. There is some other stuff from the 80s which was pretty terrible. I understand that Geigel was kind of a skin flint and had the tapes used over and over but I wonder if any of that 70s Central States stuff is being tied up by WWE or elsewhere. Closest I can find is the thirteen disc series of Wrestling from the Chase that featured a lot of the Kansas City guys from that same time period.

Another excellent show, guys. I enjoyed it greatly. Ron Eller's Continental Wrestling and Southeastern Pensacola are not owned by WWE. Eller, so far as I know, still owns those tapes. Like the Big Time tapes, Eller's Southeastern Knoxville tapes were recorded over, and the weekly TV shows were not saved. Do you know if WWE owns the Jarrett promotion tapes from Memphis? The promotion during its failing days was sold and a lawsuit was filed over the sale.

I could listen to Dave Drayson and Terry Sullivan all day!!!!

finally bigtime memories has come back

THE PURPLE HAZE! Dr. Tom Prichard was just talking about Mark Lewin in a Shoot interview, where He was asked about "WHO IYO IS THE GREATEST GIMMICK IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING?" And He named "MANIAC" MARK LEWIN, because "HE WAS REAL!" "HE WAS A MANIAC!" He trained Prichard, who said that He lived His gimmick, & was Kayfabe to the point that He lived in a one, or MAYBE two bedroom apartment with His Wife, 3 Kids, & His 86 Year old Father(AT THE TIME) And Tom said to Himself "WHY IS THIS HUGE WRESTLING STAR LIVING IN A TINY LITTLE APARTMENT IN THE PROJECTS?"

BoBo was a major star in the WWWF in the late 60's and beyond. He was the United States Heavyweight Champion for a few years. BoBo was a headliner over Bruno Sammartino in many places even though Bruno was champ. ......particularly Washington DC where there was a large black populace.

Tony Marino and Victor Rivera were WWWF Tag Team champions in 1970. They lost the title to the Mongols at Madison Square Garden. You Tube has footage..........No doubt Tony's association with Bruno Sammartino paid off! He was big for a time in the old WWWF!

She was a pimp

Thank you for posting this.

My father took me to see Big Time Wrestling at Cobo Arena. I remember a mixed tag team match. Lou Klein and his daughter, Linda vs. Mr. X (or Dr. X) and Tanya West. The Kleins won.

Loved the show, guys. Good job!

Heather wrestled on the card at my high-school in 1974😊