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NFT: Anybody remembers Antonino Rocca?

owarp : 6/30/2022 2:21 am
Anybody remembers Antonino Rocca, Buddy Rogers or Johnny Valentine?
I remember Rocca.  
Ira : 6/30/2022 4:23 am : link
We used to watch wrestling on tv when I was growing up. Rocca was one of the good guys.
I remember all of them.  
Bubba : 6/30/2022 7:26 am : link
Add Lou Thesz and of course Bruno Sammartino to the list of old time greats.
Argentine Apollo  
PEEJ : 6/30/2022 7:31 am : link
Bobo Brazil, Killer Kowalski, The Fabulous Kangaroos.
From the Wilds of the Yukon  
Earl the goat : 6/30/2022 8:01 am : link
???! The wolf man
Chief Jay Strongbow. Ivan Putski  
Victor in CT : 6/30/2022 8:29 am : link
Bruno Sammartino
A few of my favorites  
prh : 6/30/2022 8:41 am : link
Gorgeous George, Big Chief, and Haystacks Calhoun.
Chuckling at seeing some of those names  
ColHowPepper : 6/30/2022 8:54 am : link
after decades of having slipped deeply below the surface of consciousness. Yeah, Rocca was one of the good guys and a fave; I tuned in not because I was in love with wrestling of that brand but because to a young adolescent it was entertainment, a parade of silliness in good fun?
Wasn't Rocca the father of the flying drop kick?  
Lurts : 6/30/2022 9:02 am : link
Or was that Argentine Apollo (who my ten year-old sources told me was Rocca's nephew)?

Haystacks Calhoun.
I remember them, but most of the better guys  
Bill in UT : 6/30/2022 9:56 am : link
weren't shown on TV, you had to go see them live. Like Bruno. Saw a lot of Lewin and Curtis, the Kangaroos, Arnold Skaaland, Chief Jay Strongbow, and the occasional midget match back in the day. And refs who never saw the foreign object no matter how loud I yelled. I will say though, that back then most of those guys actually had some wrestling skills.
Dick the Bulldog ....Haus Modia....Rip the Profile Hawk  
BCD : 6/30/2022 10:03 am : link
Dink the clown...Jimmy Valent...talk about the boy from new york city...Sailor Art Thomas some of my favorites.
Dick the Bruiser, Ernie Ladd, Baron von Ratschke, Blackjack  
Anakim : 6/30/2022 10:07 am : link
Mulligan, Vern Gagne


I feel like we're in a Richard Christy call
Ballet dancing wrestler  
Big Al : 6/30/2022 11:06 am : link
Rikki Starr
Golden boy Arnold Scolan who I think lost every match  
gtt350 : 6/30/2022 2:44 pm : link
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More people than I expected  
owarp : 7/1/2022 2:25 am : link
How about the Bastien Brothers? Tolos Brothers? Graham Brothers? Handsome Johnny Barend & Magnificent Maurice?

In comment 15744284 prh said:
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Gorgeous George, Big Chief, and Haystacks Calhoun.


Chief Big Heart?

In comment 15744408 Big Al said:
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Rikki Starr


If you remember Ricki Starr I imagine you also remember Karl Von Hess.
RE: More people than I expected  
prh : 7/1/2022 9:50 am : link
In comment 15745448 owarp said:
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How about the Bastien Brothers? Tolos Brothers? Graham Brothers? Handsome Johnny Barend & Magnificent Maurice?

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Gorgeous George, Big Chief, and Haystacks Calhoun.



Chief Big Heart?

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Rikki Starr



If you remember Ricki Starr I imagine you also remember Karl Von Hess.

I think you're correct sometimes memories get a little fuzzy. Especially for some that came of age in the late 60"s
My maternal grandfather's favorite wrestler.  
Klaatu : 7/5/2022 6:08 am : link
Both were 'Antoninos.' He retired shortly before I got into pro wrestling, but I remember him doing the color commentary with Vince McMahon on the old WWWF TV shows.

On one show, I can't recall exactly who was wrestling - I think the heel was Big Bobby Duncum, but I don't remember who the babyface was. Might have been Chief Jay Strongbow. Anyway, the Valiant Brothers came out with Lou Albano and began interfering in the match. Andre the Giant came out to help the good guy, but the numbers still favored the heels. Pandemonium ensued.

All of a sudden, at the bottom of the screen, Rocca stands up, tears off his jacket, shirt and tie, runs up and vaults over the top rope into the ring and begins cleaning house with kicks and dropkicks. It was awesome.

You can find some of his old matches on YouTube, along with many other old-timers from the 50's and 60's.
Miquel Perez  
yalebowl : 7/6/2022 4:08 pm : link
was usually Rocca's tag team partner. I watched TV wrestling from age 10 to 15.

The Graham Brothers (Jerry and Eddie) bled a lot.

I remember wrestling being on channel 5 on Tuesday night from Sunnyside Gardens, Thursday night from Washington, DC, and from New Haven, CT on Saturday night. They may have all been on tape (not sure). Ray Morgan was the announcer.

I used to only watch the interview portions as they hyped the matches coming up at Madison Square Garden and there would usually be arguments and tussles between the heels and the beefcakes.

Channel 9 had matches from the Boston Garden (Masked Marvels in white and black masks) and Channel 13 had matches from Chicago as I remember it also.

I went to one wrestling match in Norwalk, CT. Saw one Scuffling Hillbilly teamed with Cousin Alfred. Killer Kowalski defeated Tony Altimore (Later one half of the Sicilians with Lou Albano) who was from Stamford, CT.

Didn't known this but Arnold Skaaland who lost most of the time was a promoter himself.
E-mail  
owarp : 7/13/2022 11:14 am : link
In comment 15744263 PEEJ said:
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Bobo Brazil, Killer Kowalski, The Fabulous Kangaroos.


In comment 15744348 Bill in UT said:
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weren't shown on TV, you had to go see them live. Like Bruno. Saw a lot of Lewin and Curtis, the Kangaroos, Arnold Skaaland, Chief Jay Strongbow, and the occasional midget match back in the day. And refs who never saw the foreign object no matter how loud I yelled. I will say though, that back then most of those guys actually had some wrestling skills.


In comment 15744408 Big Al said:
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Rikki Starr


In comment 15748157 yalebowl said:
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was usually Rocca's tag team partner. I watched TV wrestling from age 10 to 15.

The Graham Brothers (Jerry and Eddie) bled a lot.

I remember wrestling being on channel 5 on Tuesday night from Sunnyside Gardens, Thursday night from Washington, DC, and from New Haven, CT on Saturday night. They may have all been on tape (not sure). Ray Morgan was the announcer.

I used to only watch the interview portions as they hyped the matches coming up at Madison Square Garden and there would usually be arguments and tussles between the heels and the beefcakes.

Channel 9 had matches from the Boston Garden (Masked Marvels in white and black masks) and Channel 13 had matches from Chicago as I remember it also.

I went to one wrestling match in Norwalk, CT. Saw one Scuffling Hillbilly teamed with Cousin Alfred. Killer Kowalski defeated Tony Altimore (Later one half of the Sicilians with Lou Albano) who was from Stamford, CT.

Didn't known this but Arnold Skaaland who lost most of the time was a promoter himself.


Can I shoot you guys a message via email? I wanted to ask you guys a question about Wrestling From Washington hosted by Ray Morgan.
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