First cage match I ever saw was at the Olympic Auditorium between Fred Blassie and the Sheik. A hundred years later and I still remember it like it was yesterday
I remember watching LA wrestling from the Olympic Auditorium with Jimmy Lennon doing the ring announcing on Channel 41 in New Jersey, in Spanish. First time I ever saw guys like Piper. The big tag team feud was Black Gordman and the Great Goliath vs The Hollywood Blondes {Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown).
How ironic at the end when he said the WWF took over where the NWA was and then you see the ref counting you out, it seemed to sum up when Vince took over the territories wrestling as we knew it died.
Some of my earliest memories as a toddler were of watching this with my parents when it was NWA. My parents went to the matches a couple of times at the Olympic Auditorium back in '69 or '70. It wasn't until 1979 that my dad took my friend and I for the first time. The main cards were held on Friday nights. I always hold those memories dear. The Olympic Auditorium looks nothing like it did then. It's been turned into a Korean church but always seems lonely. I've never seen anything go on there. Its surroundings seem lonely. Maybe that's just how I see it.
I remember the last boxing card at the Grand Olympic. It was Pacquiao, before he became a big name. Then it became a Korean church. Do you live around downtown? That's great that you have fond memories and your parents were fans!
The real Jules Strongbow was in the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby movie "Road to Morocco." The Strongbow you showed was the one who was in WWF in the '80s. The original Jules Strongbow was a star wrestler in the '30s and '40s before working for this promotion as a backstage interviewer and matchmaker/booker. There's footage here on RUclips of him interviewing Freddie Blassie and a very young Nick Bockwinkel.
@@grawakendream8980 You're 100% correct Jules Strongbow did promotions at Hollywood Legion Stadium on El Centro in Hollywood. He also did the locker room interviews
Thanx muchissimo for this in-depth presentation! Black Gordman & The Great Goliath were my favorite bad guys and Mil Mascaras and El Solitario were my favorite Good guys ^_^
Beginning in 1970, the L.A. promotion held a yearly Battle Royal that received major coverage in all the major wrestling mags. Bruno Sammartino won it in early 1972. A number of legendary wrestlers were left out of this documentary, like Killer Kowalski, Ripper Collins, Don Carson, Superstar Billy Graham, Dominic DeNucci, Black Gordman, the Great Goliath, Earl ("Mr. Universe") Maynard, Kenji Shibuya, Mr. Saito, Professor Toru Tanaka, Dory Dixon, Wild Red Berry, Gorgeous George and Dick the Bruiser, to name just a few.
Good episode. I lived out in Los Angeles from 1975 to 1978 and there was a lot of great individual stars there. I think their top baby face was Chavo Guerrero and they had a host of heels come through. I remember Roddy piper there and also Mr. Akanat. Which was merely professors Toru Tanaka‘s name spelled backwards.
And your ringside physician, Doctor Bernhard Schwartz! Ah, memories with Miss Olympic waiving around her rubber chicken and Rodney Allen Rippy at ringside.
Back in the '50s and '60s a lot of celebrities used to attend the Olympic Auditorium wrestling matches. Jay North (aka Dennis the Menace), Ron and Clint Howard and their dad Rance Howard were huge wrestling fans. Rose Marie would go to those shows all the time too. She was friends with Freddie Blassie; that's how they got him to appear in an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
I kind of wished you would’ve went through the championship reigns throughout the years. I would like to know more of this era as I’m from L. A. and this was before my time. Although, I have been in the Grand Olympic twice, once for ECW when they came to L. A. and once for an XPW event.
@@AntonXul I wish I would have known about that event. I would have liked to go see a wrestling event there. The last time I was in the Olympic was 1987. Some years after the NWA Hollywood wrestling left the Olympic a Mexican promotion brought in Mexican wrestling with mostly masked wrestlers. That didn't last very long, unfortunately, because it was pretty good. The first time I was there was August 31, 1979 when NWA was still there. Such great times.
I remember Rowdy Roddy Piper wrestling in this organization back in the late 70s. Ron Bass was also around along with some karate themed wrestler. The television program was broadcast on the Spanish network in Los Angeles with Miguel Alonzo.
Thank you guys for this. I'm playing a computer games...a booking simulator based on the real world at different eras. My particular mod starts in 1970. I thought NWA Hollywood would be an interesting promotion to start with. This video has provided me a nice little knowledge base
??? Kids were allowed.. Roller Derby was not much different than Pro Wrestling, I used to go to both at The Olympic and I was born in 1949. Not that much older than you. Fond memories indeed.
I remember a couple of wrestlers one was Ricky Starr That used to put some ballet moves on his opponents, the other was Dr Lee Grabel that used to hypnotize his opponents , Any one remember these two.Oh and another was Sky High Lee, I remember all 3 at the Olympic Auditorium
Vince should bring back the territories and each one put so many stars in each with up and coming talent and see how it goes people love watching about territories so why wouldn't they go weekly to watch do it old school
OMG i didn't know Hollywood was WWA !!! thanks so much. I'm only 23 but i've been watching a ton of golden era wrestling and love what wwa did ! (Even though AWA and JCP still my favourite american promotions ever :p)
Didn't Dick the Bruiser defeat Freddie Blassie for the WWA (California) championship in 1964 in L.A. and ultimately took it to Indianapolis for his WWA promotion?
my god so much misinformation in this...the SF promotion in this period was run by former wrestler Roy Shire. He operated from 1960 to 1981. His two main stars were Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson ( you may have heard of them). Both of them left at the end of the 1970's leading to dropping attendance and loss of TV show in 1979. Shire continued promoting w/o TV until the end of 1980 and in January 1981 Verne Gagne (AWA) took over running San Fran. While it is possible Mike LeBell may have run 1 or 2 spot shows in SF he never "ran" or controlled the territory.
Gene meet Piper here. Gene later taught Judo at Gokors gym. When in LA ask an Armenian cab driver about Gokor. Judokas and later MMA fighters like Karo Parisyan and Manvel Gamburyan got their start at that gym. And their most famous student was of course Ronda Rowdy Rousey. Before Ronda's goes out to the ring she rocks out to 1970's porn music. True story.
This is also where a very young Tom Prichard got his start. He was often teamed up with Chris Adams and Hector Guerrero (Chavo's younger brother). Those three were the "good-looking ones" at the time.
Wow! "Judo" Gene looks just like his mother. Not in an insulting way, mind you, but as a resemblance between mother and child. I just mean you wouldn't doubt it if you didn't know and were just told.
I remember buying wrestling magazines up in Toronto Ontario Canada, and reading about promotions in the United states, that we couldn't get on tv,I remember I remember reading in the Los angles area about two tag teams, the medics and the team of black gordman and great goliath. Plus reading about john toles and fred blassie.i always wondered what happened to the team of the medics. I spelled John's name wrong I think it's spelled tolas.
@@voodoo49 I remember reading that the sheik had some matches with bobo Brazil in the Los angles area .do you know what happened to the medics tag team.
@@brucesturton8521 The Medics went to WWWF and became The Masked Russians. Their real names were Juan Onaindia and Pedro Godoy. Yup, a Mexican and a Venezuelan playing Russians. Welcome to the wacky world of pro wrestling.
It was also developed as a tribute to the incredible heritage of Amarillo Pro Wrestling. Which explains why Barry Windham, Blackjack Mulligan's Son and a Horseman no less at the time, held this Championship.🤔🎤🐴💎🤼♂️B.W.
Wow I had no clue about any of this. They were off and on quite a bit with the NWA. I like how that one picture had the NWA's symbol (The one with the two guys wrestling). I'm surprised they got away with that.
This group promoted Worldwide (Pro) Wrestling decades before NWA JCP had their classic weekly show from various in house venues on syndicated TV!😂😮B.W.
That photo of Johnny Doyle was the Australian wrestler Johnny Doyle (Desert Storm). Different guy, same name. The Australian Johnny Doyle was (is) one of the GREATS of Australian wrestling.
Back in the seventies when reading the wresting mags. I think I recall reading about Blassie or Tolos and a California version of a US championship. No?
And The Aptermags invariably referred to California and more specifically Los Angeles and San Francisco as The Americas Territory with Promotional memberships in both the AWA and the NWA. The territorial Championship was called The Americas Championship.🤔B.W.
The Jules Strongbow that you picture isn't the L.A. promoter you reference. That is Frank Huntington who also worked as Frank Hill before being hired by the WWF to work as Chief Jay Strongbow's ( Joe Scrapa ) brother. Huntington wasn't born until 1952. The legendary wrestler during the 30s and powerful, influential WWA/NWA Hollywood promoter of is John Bilbo, also know as Jules Strongbow. That just gave me a pretty nice chuckle. Thank you for your hard work. I'm enjoying this series.
The Jules Strongbow pictured was not the right one. The Jules Strongbow he was talking about was a heavy-set man who did some announcing in the Western States area back in the 50s, where two of the wrestlers who worked there were Mr. Moto and Nick Bockwinkel (who was a face at the time).
The wwa title somehow ended up in Indianapolis in Bruisers promotion exactly how this took place I don't know. I do recall on Bruisers TV they seldom if ever mentioned their own titles. At least their TV that aired in Chicago. I suppose one could say the title died a long slow, painfull , death.
In the mid-1970s, this promotion was having a hard time getting top flight talent, so they began importing job wrestlers from other promotions, mostly the WWWF, to be main event and midcard performers. Among the jobbers given pushes in NWA Hollywood were Butcher Joe Nova (as Butcher Brannigan), Johnny Rodz (as Java Ruuk), Lenny Solomon (as Wildman Jack Armstrong), Tim Patterson, Dennis Stamp, and a young Roddy Piper. By the time the promotion closed their doors, they had been reduced to putting some big goof in a Frankenstein costume and giving him a push.
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First cage match I ever saw was at the Olympic Auditorium between Fred Blassie and the Sheik. A hundred years later and I still remember it like it was yesterday
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I remember watching LA wrestling from the Olympic Auditorium with Jimmy Lennon doing the ring announcing on Channel 41 in New Jersey, in Spanish. First time I ever saw guys like Piper. The big tag team feud was Black Gordman and the Great Goliath vs The Hollywood Blondes {Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown).
How ironic at the end when he said the WWF took over where the NWA was and then you see the ref counting you out, it seemed to sum up when Vince took over the territories wrestling as we knew it died.
I've been a wrestling fan for a long time and I'm learning stuff about the territories that I didn't know. Keep them coming....
Some of my earliest memories as a toddler were of watching this with my parents when it was NWA. My parents went to the matches a couple of times at the Olympic Auditorium back in '69 or '70. It wasn't until 1979 that my dad took my friend and I for the first time. The main cards were held on Friday nights. I always hold those memories dear.
The Olympic Auditorium looks nothing like it did then. It's been turned into a Korean church but always seems lonely. I've never seen anything go on there. Its surroundings seem lonely. Maybe that's just how I see it.
I remember the last boxing card at the Grand Olympic. It was Pacquiao, before he became a big name. Then it became a Korean church. Do you live around downtown? That's great that you have fond memories and your parents were fans!
Thank you for sharing Esther. Next time I head back that way I'll have to check out this Korean Church.
@@grawakendream8980 and Esther no you don't
@@qaz-fi1id what do you mean
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The real Jules Strongbow was in the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby movie "Road to Morocco." The Strongbow you showed was the one who was in WWF in the '80s. The original Jules Strongbow was a star wrestler in the '30s and '40s before working for this promotion as a backstage interviewer and matchmaker/booker. There's footage here on RUclips of him interviewing Freddie Blassie and a very young Nick Bockwinkel.
thank you
I was just going to make that same point.
I think Jules Strongbow ran Legion Stadium on El Centro
@@grawakendream8980 You're 100% correct Jules Strongbow did promotions at Hollywood Legion Stadium on El Centro in Hollywood. He also did the locker room interviews
There needs to be more about the LA promotions!
One of my favorite childhood memories was meeting promoter Mike Le Bell, very nice gentlemen and even got his autograph. RIP.
Loved him!!
Gene Le Bell was also a pallbearer for the TV Superman, George Reeves. He was Reeves' personal trainer and one of his best friends.
So what
👍👍👍👍
@@randycompton9191 So what? SO WHAT? So let's dance! (Sorry, couldn't resist quoting Rodney Dangerfield there.)
@@randycompton9191Rude!
Thanx muchissimo for this in-depth presentation! Black Gordman & The Great Goliath were my favorite bad guys and Mil Mascaras and El Solitario were my favorite Good guys ^_^
Beginning in 1970, the L.A. promotion held a yearly Battle Royal that received major coverage in all the major wrestling mags. Bruno Sammartino won it in early 1972. A number of legendary wrestlers were left out of this documentary, like Killer Kowalski, Ripper Collins, Don Carson, Superstar Billy Graham, Dominic DeNucci, Black Gordman, the Great Goliath, Earl ("Mr. Universe") Maynard, Kenji Shibuya, Mr. Saito, Professor Toru Tanaka, Dory Dixon, Wild Red Berry, Gorgeous George and Dick the Bruiser, to name just a few.
they should have interviewed you for the video
@@grawakendream8980 If they want my help with future docs, they can leave me a message in the comments. I would gladly help them out.
Good episode. I lived out in Los Angeles from 1975 to 1978 and there was a lot of great individual stars there. I think their top baby face was Chavo Guerrero and they had a host of heels come through. I remember Roddy piper there and also Mr. Akanat. Which was merely professors Toru Tanaka‘s name spelled backwards.
Thanks, I appreciate that...
And your ringside physician, Doctor Bernhard Schwartz!
Ah, memories with Miss Olympic waiving around her rubber chicken and Rodney Allen Rippy at ringside.
Back in the '50s and '60s a lot of celebrities used to attend the Olympic Auditorium wrestling matches. Jay North (aka Dennis the Menace), Ron and Clint Howard and their dad Rance Howard were huge wrestling fans. Rose Marie would go to those shows all the time too. She was friends with Freddie Blassie; that's how they got him to appear in an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
You remember the lady at ringside with the loose goose?
I kind of wished you would’ve went through the championship reigns throughout the years. I would like to know more of this era as I’m from L. A. and this was before my time. Although, I have been in the Grand Olympic twice, once for ECW when they came to L. A. and once for an XPW event.
thats cool you are interested in history
No one cares what an gaythiest thinks
What year was that, when ECW came to the Grand Olympic?
@@emmel4fun
It was July 16, 2000 for the PPV Heatwave. It was an awesome event to see live. My 1st live wrestling show. I was 19.
@@AntonXul I wish I would have known about that event. I would have liked to go see a wrestling event there. The last time I was in the Olympic was 1987. Some years after the NWA Hollywood wrestling left the Olympic a Mexican promotion brought in Mexican wrestling with mostly masked wrestlers. That didn't last very long, unfortunately, because it was pretty good. The first time I was there was August 31, 1979 when NWA was still there. Such great times.
I remember Rowdy Roddy Piper wrestling in this organization back in the late 70s. Ron Bass was also around along with some karate themed wrestler. The television program was broadcast on the Spanish network in Los Angeles with Miguel Alonzo.
Alvaro Aguirre I saw an interview with Piper were he almost started a riot by lacocarcha in NWA Hollywood crazy bastard
That's that 70's style porno music in the background!😆
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I recall Carpentier being pronounced"Car-PON-tee-ay."
you're right!
Thank you guys for this. I'm playing a computer games...a booking simulator based on the real world at different eras. My particular mod starts in 1970. I thought NWA Hollywood would be an interesting promotion to start with.
This video has provided me a nice little knowledge base
Being born in 1952, I was too young to see anything but Roller Derby at the Olympic Auditorium, but have fond memories!
You didn't watch it in the seventies?
Ronny "Psycho" Raines and Skinny Minny Miller.
??? Kids were allowed.. Roller Derby was not much different than Pro Wrestling, I used to go to both at The Olympic and I was born in 1949. Not that much older than you. Fond memories indeed.
Damn yall old as hell lol
I remember a couple of wrestlers one was Ricky Starr That used to put some ballet moves on his opponents, the other was Dr Lee Grabel that used to hypnotize his opponents , Any one remember these two.Oh and another was Sky High Lee, I remember all 3 at the Olympic Auditorium
What about Joe Beat the Champ Pazandak
Vince should bring back the territories and each one put so many stars in each with up and coming talent and see how it goes people love watching about territories so why wouldn't they go weekly to watch do it old school
OMG i didn't know Hollywood was WWA !!! thanks so much. I'm only 23 but i've been watching a ton of golden era wrestling and love what wwa did ! (Even though AWA and JCP still my favourite american promotions ever :p)
Hey thanks, there was also another WWA run by Dick The Bruiser in Indianapolis.
Im from Wisconsin, only 40 mins outside Milwaukee, watching da bruiser is hilarious
Didn't Dick the Bruiser defeat Freddie Blassie for the WWA (California) championship in 1964 in L.A. and ultimately took it to Indianapolis for his WWA promotion?
Hi. have you been able to watch the rebroadcast of the original 60s so cal shows? where? how?
@@lindameltzer7893 i haven't seen any of those. did any survive?
In 1998, i met Don leo Jonathan somewhere in Montreal and he speaks french very well with a french Canadian accent.
Whowver weote that background music is a lyrucal genius.
Brutal grammar
my god so much misinformation in this...the SF promotion in this period was run by former wrestler Roy Shire. He operated from 1960 to 1981. His two main stars were Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson ( you may have heard of them). Both of them left at the end of the 1970's leading to dropping attendance and loss of TV show in 1979. Shire continued promoting w/o TV until the end of 1980 and in January 1981 Verne Gagne (AWA) took over running San Fran. While it is possible Mike LeBell may have run 1 or 2 spot shows in SF he never "ran" or controlled the territory.
Gene meet Piper here.
Gene later taught Judo at Gokors gym.
When in LA ask an Armenian cab driver about Gokor.
Judokas and later MMA fighters like Karo Parisyan and Manvel Gamburyan got their start at that gym.
And their most famous student was of course Ronda Rowdy Rousey.
Before Ronda's goes out to the ring she rocks out to 1970's porn music.
True story.
Your documentaries are awesome
Thanks, I appreciate that.
I agree. I just discovered them and am loving them.
Are you gonna make new videos please @ Original Wrestling Documentaries
Wish I was living in the WWA territory and it was still back then
Dennis Stamp - "The problem is I'm not booked".
I thought I recognised his name! Poor dude. At least Terry let him ref the main event.
Yea, I believe I saw him on the "Beyond The Mat" documentary. I too felt bad for the guy.
Sad part is that guy is dead now, and after more than 30 years in wrestling that phrase is all he's remembered for.
This is also where a very young Tom Prichard got his start. He was often teamed up with Chris Adams and Hector Guerrero (Chavo's younger brother). Those three were the "good-looking ones" at the time.
How could you forget to mention wrestler Ripper Taylor and, more significantly, announcer Dick Lane?
Derek
Dick Lane was the best of his time
Wow! "Judo" Gene looks just like his mother. Not in an insulting way, mind you, but as a resemblance between mother and child. I just mean you wouldn't doubt it if you didn't know and were just told.
I remember buying wrestling magazines up in Toronto Ontario Canada, and reading about promotions in the United states, that we couldn't get on tv,I remember I remember reading in the Los angles area about two tag teams, the medics and the team of black gordman and great goliath. Plus reading about john toles and fred blassie.i always wondered what happened to the team of the medics. I spelled John's name wrong I think it's spelled tolas.
Actually it's Tolos, he and Blassie had a great collection of matches.
@@voodoo49 I remember reading that the sheik had some matches with bobo Brazil in the Los angles area .do you know what happened to the medics tag team.
@@brucesturton8521 The Medics went to WWWF and became The Masked Russians. Their real names were Juan Onaindia and Pedro Godoy. Yup, a Mexican and a Venezuelan playing Russians. Welcome to the wacky world of pro wrestling.
Yep, it’s Tolos. In interviews, he used to say, “How do you spell wrestling?
T O L O S!”
So, how did the NWA Western States Heritage Title come about? Was it the NWA Hollywood title re-branded as a lower midcard title in JCP?
According to Tony Schiavone, Dusty made it so they could basically have a reason to run the Western States.
It was also developed as a tribute to the incredible heritage of Amarillo Pro Wrestling. Which explains why Barry Windham, Blackjack Mulligan's Son and a Horseman no less at the time, held this Championship.🤔🎤🐴💎🤼♂️B.W.
Another great story from wrestling history
Wow I had no clue about any of this. They were off and on quite a bit with the NWA. I like how that one picture had the NWA's symbol (The one with the two guys wrestling). I'm surprised they got away with that.
lots of turmoil in LA promotion over the years
What happened to all of these old territory belts? Would love to own one.
Wow alot of title variations.now am I mistaken wasn't there also a Olympic auditorium championship as well?
Its possible, but I didnt come across anything like then when I was doing my research.
I have always thought the first version of the NWA world tag team title belts in Los Angeles were one of the best looking titles ever.
This group promoted Worldwide (Pro) Wrestling decades before NWA JCP had their classic weekly show from various in house venues on syndicated TV!😂😮B.W.
Can u make a video on Jim barnett
That photo of Johnny Doyle was the Australian wrestler Johnny Doyle (Desert Storm). Different guy, same name. The Australian Johnny Doyle was (is) one of the GREATS of Australian wrestling.
Was Dale Valentine also Buddy Roberts?
Yes.
That Olympic card that sold 142k in tickets sounds amazing
which one
@@grawakendream8980Tolos vs Blassie at the Coliseum in 1971.
timeline is a little off. New Japan didn't exist until 1972
Good video
I’m from the Midwest. Can someone tell me how much Freddie Blasee was an impact in NWA Hollywood?
Freddie was always the main attraction at The Olympic Auditorium. John Tolos and Freddie would always sell out the Olympic on Friday nights.
he was huge. the king of men
Back in the seventies when reading the wresting mags. I think I recall reading about Blassie or Tolos and a California version of a US championship. No?
Hoonozit America’s Heavyweight Champion.
@@johnchavezjr3312 Ok man, thanks. I do remember that now that you say it.
And The Aptermags invariably referred to California and more specifically Los Angeles and San Francisco as The Americas Territory with Promotional memberships in both the AWA and the NWA. The territorial Championship was called The Americas Championship.🤔B.W.
Referee at the end resembles Dick Murdoch lol.
When did Hollywood take over San Francisco? And the Capitol US Tag Team Championship weren't considered a World Tag Team title.
By the 1970s, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(Los_Angeles_version)
Eaton? Is that Beautiful Bobby's dad?
I grew up in Indiana and Dick the Bruiser had the WWA. I am CONFUSED? Have you not made a Indiana video yet?
The Jules Strongbow that you picture isn't the L.A. promoter you reference. That is Frank Huntington who also worked as Frank Hill before being hired by the WWF to work as Chief Jay Strongbow's ( Joe Scrapa ) brother. Huntington wasn't born until 1952.
The legendary wrestler during the 30s and powerful, influential WWA/NWA Hollywood promoter of is John Bilbo, also know as Jules Strongbow.
That just gave me a pretty nice chuckle. Thank you for your hard work. I'm enjoying this series.
I wondered about that. Thanks for clarifying.
thanks I was going to make the same point...I hate that this is a "documentary" but rudimentary facts are wrong
There were cmll shows in the Olympic
recanizing? what happened to the 'g'? I mean, I LOVE the letter 'G'
Why did the WWA rejoin the NWA? Did their profits drop that badly?
precisely. by 1968 they were really up a creek from what i've read
are you guys gonna profile the wswa out of phoenix
Yes! thats one territory thats hard to find out any info on...but its on my list.
Very interesting video. I love learning more about the old territories.
No way Chris Adams was on the same card as Fred Blassie and Lou Thesz!!!
Adams started there in 81’ n Thesz didn’t completely retire til 1990. Not saying they were anywhere near their prime. But it was possible.
love when I see some hot long held headscissors action!
The Jules Strongbow pictured was not the right one. The Jules Strongbow he was talking about was a heavy-set man who did some announcing in the Western States area back in the 50s, where two of the wrestlers who worked there were Mr. Moto and Nick Bockwinkel (who was a face at the time).
thats warren bockwinkel's kid
Great video
This would cool to have Global Wrestling Network for the Classical wrestling section
Thanks for the video.
Can you do a video on the GWF?
soon
While a lot of work went into this, there are lots of inaccuracies.
What happen to Whipper Billy Watson
LeBell...where I have I heard name before....Judo Gene LeBell
Mike
He was one of the people who trained Ronda Rousey.
For one thing a bigtime modern Star pays tribute to him with his "LeBell Lock."🤔🎤🤼♂️B.W.
@@madbrowniac7871 Yup, that would be Daniel Bryan, aka Bryan Danielson. Judo Gene LeBell passed away at age 89 just the other day.
wrong jules dude that strongbow was from the 70.s and early 80's.
5:09 That looks like Freebird Buddy Jack Roberts.
Wilbur Snyder
It's Buddy
it is buddy...
That’s RI9-5171
Please do a video on jcp!!!
1:15 - Different/wrong Johhny Doyle used in the picture for this story.
These companies never used a d/b/a
I hit another even likes number.
Bearcat was a poc who bullied those he could but punked out when Gene Lebell challenged him to a shoot. Straight chump.
Sadly, we just lost Judo Gene LeBell a couple of days ago. He was 89 years old.
Car pont tee yay dude!! 4 Freakin real??
As a kid reading the wrestling mags I read the name as Edward Carpenter. Live and learn.
The endlessly bouncing images are nauseating. It's ok if text and still shots _don't_ gyrate like an epileptic seizure.
The wwa title somehow ended up in Indianapolis in Bruisers promotion exactly how this took place I don't know. I do recall on Bruisers TV they seldom if ever mentioned their own titles. At least their TV that aired in Chicago. I suppose one could say the title died a long slow, painfull , death.
If I'm not mistaken, Bruiser's WWA stood for World Wrestling Association. Different promotion, same initials.
In the mid-1970s, this promotion was having a hard time getting top flight talent, so they began importing job wrestlers from other promotions, mostly the WWWF, to be main event and midcard performers. Among the jobbers given pushes in NWA Hollywood were Butcher Joe Nova (as Butcher Brannigan), Johnny Rodz (as Java Ruuk), Lenny Solomon (as Wildman Jack Armstrong), Tim Patterson, Dennis Stamp, and a young Roddy Piper. By the time the promotion closed their doors, they had been reduced to putting some big goof in a Frankenstein costume and giving him a push.
Car-pawn-tee-ayy
Car-Pon-Tee-Ay
Ah! Ah! Ah!
Lol incorrect.
Wrestling nowadays is trash specially indy wrestling 😒🙄
NWA SUCKS