Posts about wrestling history
In this episode, we travel down villainy lane via a MAD MAN parody, for a brief nostalgic visit with the MAGNIFICENT DON MURACO. A dreamy, nostalgic ad man goes off the “deep end” about a favorite bad guy wrestler during an advertising pitch to a high-powered client. Below is the script from the episode, if … Read more
Everything I learned about geography, I learned from pro-wrestling. It’s true. Well, maybe not everything. Every time the ring announcer claimed someone was from Grenoble, France, or Kraków, Poland, or some other exotic part of the world, I had a sudden urge to know where these places were. The next thing I knew, I was … Read more
I think I was eleven, lying on my stomach watching the TV. Black and white, by the way. Saturday morning wrestling. WWOR: channel 9. Local New York television from Seacaucus, New Jersey. That’s when I first saw Blackjack. Blackjack Mulligan. Yep. Long handlebar mustache. Oily black hair. Thick mutton chop sideburns. A 6-foot-9, 345-pound Texas … Read more
There was a time in my life when I was a big fan of professional wrestling. Maybe you were too? If so, see if your story is similar to mine From roughly 1975 to 1985, pro wrestling had me hooked. It started with a wrestling magazine that someone had brought to school. I was around … Read more