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    • OT: The Latest Dead
  • 4/10/12
  • justin

He used to wrestle under his real name, Joe Scarpa, and was quite successful in the mid-south. When he signed with Vince, they came up with the Native American gimmick.

This is a show from Jonesboro in the early 60s when matches were held at the American Legion Arena. In the main event, he teams with the legendary Sputnik Monroe. Evidently, at this time, Monroe was wrestling baby face. Sputnik alternated between baby face and heel much like Jerry Lawler did.

Sputnik is a civil rights hero in Memphis. He single-handedly integrated the old Ellis Auditorium by refusing to wrestle unless blacks were allowed to sit anywhere in the building they wanted (not just in a special section for colored). Since Monroe was the biggest draw, the promoters had to go along with him.

http://billcosoldschoolwrestling.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/jonesborowrestlingposters507.jpg

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  • 4/10/12
  • Okie4Cards
You might know too much about this.
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  • 4/10/12
  • astatecard
That is so neat. Wonder where you can find some old Memphis wrestling posters like that. Dad told me about seeing matches in the AL Arena. By the time I got up to Jonesboro, they were holding them in the Earl Bell Center.
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  • 4/10/12
  • astatecard
You need a Strongbow sleeper hold.
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  • 4/18/12
  • astatecard
RIP- <Dick Clark. Just came over NBC. Dead at, I think, 83.
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  • 4/19/12
  • MrXray

DiĀ­ck in a Box

that was a really bad/good headline I just read.

RIP

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  • 4/19/12
  • MrXray

yep. not good.

same with robin gibb

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  • 4/19/12
  • gortthe2nd
Levon Helm. R.I.P.
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  • 4/19/12
  • cardsfan67
Boy some good songs from The Band. RIP.
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  • 4/20/12
  • astatecard
The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Great songs. RIP to an Arkansas native.
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  • 4/20/12
  • simbafan
If any one is old enough to remember Dark Shadows,Jonathan Frid passed away at 87.Funny,I though vampires lived forever unless they were killed with a spike through the heart.
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  • 4/20/12
  • Card_Martian

I remember it...with the movie coming out soon it seems timely in a weird kind of way.

RIP

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  • 5/2/12
  • MrXray

RIP Junior Seau

"Former football player Junior Seau was found dead in his home, according to a report from TMZ.

Police are investigating a shooting at the former New England Patriot and San Diego Charger's home in Oceanside, Calif., according to multiple reports.

Seau, whose full name is Tiaina Baul Seau Jr., last played for the Patriots in 2009.

According to the North County Times, Seau committed suicide. A San Diego television station, 10news, also reported it was a suicide."

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  • 5/2/12
  • MrXray
He was beast and a true field general. It's a shame.
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