Milwaukee Sentinel – December 9, 1985
Jerry Blackwell defeated Michael Hayes in the strap match main event on Saturday night’s pro wrestling card at the Auditorium. Blackwell won the match when Hayes fled from the ring and was counted out. Continue reading
The Age – December 21, 1964
Extra police were set to Festival Hall on Saturday night to control a crowd of about 2000 trying to force their way in to see the wrestling.
The building was already filled to capacity with 8000 spectators, and the doors were closed before 8 p.m.
With the overflow crowd becoming restive, Festival Hall authorities called extra police. Continue reading
Posted in 1964
Tagged Buddy Austin, Con Tolios, Dale Lewis, Danny O’Dea, Dominic DeNucci, Hans Schroeder, Killer Kowalski, Mongolian Stomper, Tex McKenzie
The Miami News – January 1, 1975
Dusty Rhodes defeated the Mongolian Stomper in the feature wrestling match at the Miami Beach Auditorium last night. Joe LeDuc won by disqualification over Cowboy Bill Watts for the Florida Heavyweight Championship.
Posted in 1975
Tagged Beauregard, Beautiful Bruce, Bill Watts, Bob Armstrong, Bob Roop, Danny Hodge, Dick Slater, Dominic DeNucci, Dusty Rhodes, Frank Hester, George Goulouvias, Jay Clay, Joe LeDuc, Mike Pappas, Mongolian Stomper, Rocky Johnson, Sonny Rogers, The Patriot, Tony Charles, Tony Parisi, Toru Tanaka
The Milwaukee Journal – December 8, 1985
Jerry Blackwell beat Michael Hayes in the main event on the professional wrestling card at the Auditorium Saturday night before a crowd of 2,648.
The Post and Courier – December 17, 1995
Mike Mooneyham
(This is the second of a two-part series)
Smoky Mountain Wrestling, a grand experiment started by Jim Cornette in 1991, ended several weeks ago in Cookeville, Tenn., when Jim Cornette announced to his crew that the promotion would be closing shop effective immediately.
Posted in 1995
Tagged Abdullah The Butcher, Abe Jacobs, Al Greene, Al Snow, Bob Armstrong, Brad Armstrong, Brian Armstrong, Chris Candido, Daryl Van Horn, Don Greene, Don Wright, Frank Morrell, Glen Jacobs, Jim Cornette, Johnny Weaver, Magnum T.A., Mongolian Stomper, Nelson Royal, New Jack, Paul Orndorff, Prince Kharis, Rock ‘N Roll Express, Ron West, Ron Wright, Ronnie Garvin, Sandy Scott, Scott Armstrong, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, Steve Armstrong, Swede Hanson, Tammy Lynn Sytch, Terry Funk, The Gangstas, Tim “Mr. Wrestling” Woods, Tommy Youn, Tracy Smothers
The Miami News – May 7, 1975
Professional wrestling’s world heavyweight champion lost a match but kept his title last night at Miami Beach Convention Center. Dory Funk Jr. won by disqualification over Jack Brisco, but a title cannot change hands on a disqualification.
Rome News-Tribune – September 23, 1976
A new face, the Mongolian Stomper, appears on the weekly professional wrestling program which will be presented tonight at Rome’s Memorial gymnasium.
Ocala Star-Banner – August 14, 1992
OCALA – The Summer of ’92 takes on a final challenge with a modern day marathon and an International Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Championship. North Central Florida’s “Hand-A-Thon” is back, an event won only by women in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
Rome News-Tribune – September 19, 1976
Five individual matches will be featured on this week’s professional wrestling card to be presented Thursday night at Rome’s Memorial gymnasium. The program starts at 8:30 p.m.
