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  • I remember when Hercules Cortez was killed in a auto accident In Denver before a big match, Red Bastin was in the car with and injured, Cortez was so big they had trouble getting him out of the wreck, Cortez was real power he could with ease left another wrestler. No steriod freak like today, real natural power.

  • @htrrz The auto accident was in St. Cloud, Minnesota. They were driving to the Twin Cities from Winnipeg.

  • @htrrz Did you see the first appearence of Cortez in AWA? As the story line goes ( as I recall from 40 years ag0) Red Bastien is teamed with Pepper Gomez and they are going best of 3 against Larry Henning and Lars Anderson. Gomez is injured in the first fall but Bastein fights by himself evening winning the 2nd fall- then he gets pummeled until Cortez rushes out of the locker room and saves the day...absolutely mesmerizing drama to an 8 year old...I have long looked for that video....

  • @LJARSONBECK yes I was just a bit older then, but I remember Hercules coming to the rescue.

  • Fantastic! What a collection of memories. The glory days. Thanks for this great post. Absolutely priceless

  • Great work with this and its companion clips.

  • thank you for opening up in St. Louis.

  • people seem 2 forget milwaukee was also a hotbed for wrestling in the 60's and 70's and 80's

  • @mistasmif31

    Dennis Hilgard the Promoter then?

  • Thank you so much, got any more?

  • This is absolutely AWESOME! Great work brother!

  • ...Some Really Great Product Here,Impressive,Adonis,Mark Lewin,Pampero Firpo,Abdullah,Bull Curry,"Bulldog"Bob Brown,"Superstar","Cowboy"Bob,­...Gagne Had a Great Promotion at one Time,Its Really too Bad There Was No Vision...Really Too Bad about His current State!...

  • I'm a long time fan-really great job capturing the essence of the eras and the flair of the territory system as it once was. Really good and hope you have more coming!

  • This is very well done. It looks like a trailer for a documentary I would definitely watch. Great that you included Dick Beyer and that AWA group shot was awesome.

  • Wow...what a great video...I don't know that much about this area, but the video makes me want to learn all about it. 5 Stars without a doubt!

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