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"we were told to wear it"
I spy a wrassler
"we were told to wear it"
Bakersfield used to be part of the WWA the SOCAL pro rasslin'. Every Friday the rasslers would show up on the Cousin Herb Show (country music) to peddle the up coming card. The best of times for Bakersfield rasslin'.
The WWA.
Lou Thesz
Edouard Carpentier
Fred Blassie
Gorgeous George
the Brusier
Don Eagle
Wild Red Berry
Baron Leoni
Mr. Moto
Count Billy Varga
Lord Bliears
The Torres Brothers (Alberto, Ramon, Enrique)
The Zebra Kid
Dangerous Danny McShane
Wilber Snyder
Cowboy Hutton
The Destroyer
Sholhi "Giant" Baba
"Crazy" Luke Graham
Steve & Bob Stanlee
Vic & Ted Christey
Hard Boiled Haggarty
Don Leo Jonathan
Judo Gene LaBell....a legit bad bad man.
Nikita Mulkovich
"Boom Bom" Art Mahalik
"Iron" Mike Paducious
"Maniac" John Tolos
Bobo Brazil
Ricki Starr
Haystacks Calhoun
Fritz Von Goring
Buddy "Killer" Austin
Bearcat Wright
Mike & Ben Sharpe
The Scufflin' Hillbillies
Ox Anderson
Everything north of Bakersfield belonged to the NWA. They had....
Ray Stevens
Pepper Gomez
Cowboy Bob Ellis
Bill Watts
Earl "Mr. Universe" Maynard
Chief Big Heart
Rocky Johnson....fater of The Rock
Prince Maivia...Rocks grandpa
Hercules Cortez
ie Steinborne
Luis Martineze
The Mongolian Stomper
Pampero Firpo
Moondog Mayne
Pat Patterson
Red Bastien
"Super Star" Billy Graham
Don Denucci
Jungle Jim Starr
Art & Stan Neilson
Jack & Jim Dalton
Ray "Thunder" Stern
Bill Melby
Mitzu Arwakawa
Kenji Shibuya
Irish Pat Barrett
Magnificent Muraco
Jose Lothario
Nick Bockwinkle
Brazil, Calhoun, Wright and Snyder in both.
Last edited by Avante; 03-01-2016 at 05:09 PM.
you forgot Pee Pee the Kidnapper
Pee Wee the Kidnapper rassled in the old AWA (Alabama Wrestling Association) he was twice the AWA World Champion. His finisher..."the face claw"....was devastating. He rassled and played them blues. He never left the AWA despite offers from the WWWF and the NWA. He loved Bama.
Speaking of Bakersfield.
If there is a town on the west coast that reminds you of Texas it would be Bakersfield. Oil rigs all over the place and a lot of people who just wander the streets. We hit it about once every six months, TONS of thrift shops/junk stores in Bakersfield/Oildale. And our fav Mexican restaurant.
Ran track and played football there many times. They have a stadium there where the field sits below the parking lot level, weird.
Almost forgot.....oh stop it, stop it, I'm no pedo....that should knock out 20 pages, hahaha!!!!!!!!!
But.....the little freak is finally figuring it out, ya want a successful thread just talk .,.....Avante.
Last edited by Avante; 03-01-2016 at 04:34 PM.
Go further past it and the feeling intensifies
I've been to Paso Robles a few times, everybody drives a truck and is involved in either agriculture, oil or the military. There are a lot of BBQ places that use local beef also, great food.
That area....Go further past it and the feeling intensifies
I've been to Paso Robles a few times, everybody drives a truck and is involved in either agriculture, oil or the military. There are a lot of BBQ places that use local beef also, great food.
Taft
Wasco
Paso Robles
....looks like what the old west must have looked like. Ya got.....nothing/desolate..town...sticks....town. Love to drive around out there, it's a bit unique for a place as populated as Cali. ....tumble weeds. I sold insurance out there for about a year, ....horny toads.
Horny toads but you'd never see one ing a tadpole.
I agree let's talk the rasslin'.
On Wednesday nights it was BIG TIME WRESTLING from Fresno, yep, those NWA guys. On Saturday morings it was WRESTLING FROM THE OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM (LA) yep. the WWA. Here we had that smoke filled arena and a big deal look, while the Fresno matches were held in a tv studio that held maybe 50 fans, looked small.
But...we did have a lot of the stars in the biz and options.
I know, ya wanna know who the big stars were back then not (not that they never rassled here) in Cali. Here ya go little fella, the top 20 (no order)
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
Bruno Sammartino
Antonio Rocca
Killer Kowalski
The Sheik...did show up late.
Fritz Von Erich
Johnny Valentine
Pat O' Conner
Verne Gagne
Mad Dog Vachon
Harley Race
Bulldog Brower
Crusher Lisowski
Dory Funk Jr.
Jack Brisco
Wild Bull Curry
Terry Funk
Big Bill Miller
Gener Kiniski
Eddie Graham
dora
Ever drive by the vineyards? Beautiful
Been all over that area, yep, you got it.
It's great to drive through the states, we sometimes forget there is a world outside of the big cities.
The real kick is heading out to Death Valley. You can actually be standing somewhere where nothing human made is anywhere around. Hopefully the wind is blowing which adds to the ....eerie. Fantastic at night with just a fire and a bottle. Yep, ya can hear the coyotes and the owls, see that flock of bats, very cool.
and nobody can here their screams.
Stupid, try...hear..ok ya dumb ?
I can't think Bakersfield and not think....
Merle Haggard
oil rigs
Oildale...across the bridge on Chester.
Dwight Yokum
Frank Gifford
Marques Holliwell
Buck Owens
thrft shops/junk stores
low rents wandering the streets
Bakersfield Drillers
David & Derek Carr
Ryan Matthews
avante knows why its called death valley.
and nobody can hear the screams.
translation
So who were the great tagteams back then Avante?
here ya go slick.
The top 20.
The Grahams
The Fabulous Kangaroos
The Neilsons
The Von Brauners
Crusher & Brusier
The Von Stroheims
The Scufflin' Hillbillies
The Valiants
Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkle
The Daltons
The Stanlees
The Sharpes
Arwakawa & Shibuya
The Tolos
The Medics
The Bolos
Magnificent Maurice & Handsome Johnny Barend
Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard
The Assasins
The Mongols
you forgot the diaper robbers.
I'm guessing ...hmmm?.....19? Dumb ass kid living at home with his parents.
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