When Wrestling was Fun
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Windsor's Walter "Killer" Kowalski started investing his money in gold in the 60's, when the Arab oil Embargo hit, he became very rich.
When my family immigrated to Toronto, Maple Leaf Wrestling was the only game in town. When the CHIN Picnic began, Tony Parisi would hold wrestling event at it. Domenic DeNucci, The Beast, Bo Bo Brazil and a freaky looking dude named Pampero Firpo would show up. DeNucci ran a wrestling school in Pittsburgh some of his pupils were Shane Douglas, Mick Foley and Steve Austin.
When my family immigrated to Toronto, Maple Leaf Wrestling was the only game in town. When the CHIN Picnic began, Tony Parisi would hold wrestling event at it. Domenic DeNucci, The Beast, Bo Bo Brazil and a freaky looking dude named Pampero Firpo would show up. DeNucci ran a wrestling school in Pittsburgh some of his pupils were Shane Douglas, Mick Foley and Steve Austin.
The Hennig family from Minnesota were a mainstay of Stampede Wrestling. Larry " The Axe" Hennig trained Scott Hall, known in Calgary as The Diamond Stud.
Brett Hart owns 3 of the Top Five most highly rated Wrestlemania Main Events, two of them with Shawn Michaels and the other with Steve Austin. Even so Hart and Michaels never got along. It was a different story with Austin. In WCW, Hulk Hogan had Austin relegated to the undercard. Hart told McMahon to bring him to WWF, he would work with him. It was the start of The Attitude Era and the beginning of the end of WCW.
Rowdy Randy Piper ruled. Yukon Eric used to live in our neighborhood. Fritz Von Eric actually tore his ear off with a drop kick. Fun times indeed....
Tiger Jeet Singh has a school named after him in Mississauga, his son didn't do so well in the WWE.
What ever happened to Dick The Bruiser?
What ever happened to Dick The Bruiser?
Killer Kowalski and the "claw grip" Lord Athol Layton and the "judo chop" used to se them all at CJOH TV in Ottawa.
Steve Austin's career was saved by Brett Hart vouching for him with McMahon. Had Hart been more selfish, Hogan would have crushed Austin's career and he would have ended up like his co-pupil Shane Douglas.
Due to privacy restrictions, I cannot entirely confirm this. After Austin heard about Brett's stroke, he dropped his schedule and flew to Calgary to get him walking again. Even if caught in time with the proper drugs, stroke protocol does not allow you to sleep in the 48 hrs after one. And we all know what a stone cold SOB Austin can be when he puts his mind to something.
If you can make the time, it's worth listening to.
Due to privacy restrictions, I cannot entirely confirm this. After Austin heard about Brett's stroke, he dropped his schedule and flew to Calgary to get him walking again. Even if caught in time with the proper drugs, stroke protocol does not allow you to sleep in the 48 hrs after one. And we all know what a stone cold SOB Austin can be when he puts his mind to something.
If you can make the time, it's worth listening to.
I knew all those names, I was watching wrestling as a kid in the 60s/70s and some of the WWF era...I don't watch it anymore, I'm not into all the woman wrestlers and the guys all seem the same to me...