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I'm not sure if it was Mil Mascares or not, chances
are it probably was, but Corpus Christi, with it being only a few hours from
border, we used to have all types of guest wrestlers. Also had a LOT of midgets,
and even women wrestlers! Now most of the women wrestlers have chomped more
steroids than Barry Bonds, or they have so much plastic they could double as a
life raft. But back then, and I don want to sound old, (but already do gee) the
women wrestlers would think nothing about dragging another by the hair across
the ring, or over the top ring, or face first into the turnbuckle. I'm sure some
of them woke up bruised the next day too. I know I would, we used to get good
seats for $5-$10 5-10 rows from the ring too. Sure, a lot of it is orchestrated,
but even now, you darned well better be in shape to have some goon 250-350...or
more, land on you.
One wrestler comes to mind...and that was Mankind.
Might find him here:
Over 85 broken bones last I heard, not sure what
ever happened to him sort of like the Evel Knievel of wrestlers. I remember he
defeated the Rock, we had it on PPV at the club, must have been 300 people in
there, good natured crowd, but also like a Willie Nelson concert, probably a
whole set of teeth amongst them.
But Mankind was a crowd favorite, hell, everyone
has a few crowd favorites. But the old school ones many of have talked about
simply paved the way for what glitz you see now, toy figures, cartoon shows, and
of course, all those sparks, big screens, lights with several of the current
arenas.
You must remember some of the people I mentioned
earlier, and more before them, simply worked for $50-$100, or a small take of
the door, per night. Not a easy way to make a living!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 6:49
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Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re:
Wrestling old school (was flair, ect)
Eddie , Was that maske mexican wrestler "Mils Masqueres"? Or
close. eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
Well, I was about 14-15, and I knew I was going to have to clean up the
crap that was breaking, think I got out of there at 4:00am that time. So was
not the size now I am that am more than happy to get in the middle of bar
brawls the last 25 years here in Houston at sports bars I run.
Speaking of brawls, I'm a big fan of amatuer wrestling, but also grew
up watching Lucha Libre on television. Those Mexican wrestlers rock, and are
extremely acrobatic and can literally FLY. Yes, they have "plots" like
American wrestling did, and still does, you have your good guys, bad guys,
people you cheer for, and referree sometimes gets knocked coo coo, only to
have one of the bad guys 'help' his partnet fall across to 'pin' the fellow
and the ref mysteriously wakes up at that moment and counts a quick 1, 2,
3!!! Some things never change, no matter what country.
I sure wished I could remember the name of the Mexican wrestler who
used to wear his mask everywhere in Corpus Christi also. Nothing like
walking thru Padre Stapels mall and seeing something like that, of course,
lots of people following him, asking for autographs too. Not sure if he went
to church like that though.
Since we are still talking for a moment about wresting in the middle of
AMC talk, here is a good lucha libre site.
I'm not sure if this guy sells these old tapes, but check out the
legendary matches......
Or there, boy, this brings back some memories of MAYHEM
But these are and also have a forum:
AMC content...................I used to drive my old 1970 Javelin I
bought in 1976 to these, and would ge to the Colseum huors before the meet,
just so I could park that big red booger across the street on Shoereline at
McGee Beach. In other words, it was like going to a cruise night early to
get prime spot. Obviously other gear heads had same idea, and was usually
joined by Roadrunners, Corvettes, Novas, and other, usually pre-75
classics!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:01
PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re:
Wrestling old school (was flair, ect)
Why didn't you jump in Eddie LOL some Mucha Lucha you are LOL I loved
Wrestling as a kidThe Road Warriors Hawk'R.I.P' And Animal were my
favs,that's when the greats were still around now Wrasslin is all about
naked chicks and jerry springeresq soap opera gabbing.
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