"Pretty Boy" Larry Sharp vs. Charlie Fulton

From the Philadelphia Spectrum in spring 1982. When kayfabe was alive and well! Here Sharp takes on jobber Charlie Fulton, which was televised on PRISM's "Spectrum Wrestling."

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Pretty
• Boy
• Larry
• Sharp
• Charlie
• Fulton
• WWF
• wrestling
• Philadelphia
• Spectrum
• kayfabe
• jobber
• PRISM

[NYCman530]

Larry Sharpe couldn't be classified as a jobber or a star. He was more in the mid-carder status since he would always beat the ham & eggers, but could not prevail against the topped rank guys.

[JIMMYLINE]

Kind of like "Iron" MIke Sharp in mid 80s WWF..must be something about that last name...that's why Larry Sharpe started his own wrestling school. That way he could get some "success" in wrestling.

[JIMMYLINE]

just a quick P.S.--Sharpe did well in other territories. He was known well in Portland.  In WWF, he just didn't have it...I don't think he and McMahon got along or trusted each other too well either.

[jrxexreigns]

A buddy and me went down to Sharpe's wrestling school in early 90's. Don't know, man..he came across as a shrewd, uncaring business man, in it only for the money. We didn't trust him. Needles to say, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. My buddy took his business elswhere. Years later I ran into King Kong Bundy, trained by Sharpe, and I told him that we didn't trust Larry. Bundy looked at me, "Ya didn't trust Larry, huh?"

[JIMMYLINE]

Vince McM didn't trust him either--but then again, who trusts Vince?

[maddogwrestlingfan]

That was a pretty damn good match....

[JIMMYLINE]

Yeah, I can't say Larry Sharp was my FAVORITE wrestler, but he did know how to work--and had a very reputable wrestling school. Charlie Fulton was a good jobber too. Fulton probably should've been given more credit.

[eatpigsnot]

love the old school announcements before the match!!!!!!

[MALANGA1]

@NYCman530 Yes you're right. However, In the WWWF, Sharpe SELDOM wrestled top ranked guys in singles competition (where he always would lose) and as a result his overall win-loss record was impressive.

He was an un-glorified winning wrestler as opposed to a glorified jobber. He was the inverse of a Rick McGraw ,Steve Travis, and Eddie Gilbert who were made out to be somewhat of a big deal, beat some prelim jobbers (mostly obscure ones) yet would lose a lot more against tougher opponents.

[TheGalacticGrappler]

...don't protect their character or their gimmick or their status in this business by speaking up.

Jimmy - thanks for the vid.

[TheGalacticGrappler]

jrexreigns - I know exactly what you mean with your perception of Larry. I trained there '99-'01. After I left, I had a bit of a bad taste in my mouth about Larry himself. But the longer I've been in this business the more I've come to understand that Larry's attitude is exactly what you need to take in order to 1) not be taken advantage of and 2) get what you feel and know you have coming. Too many guys get told what to do. And while it is the promoter's show, sadly, too many workers ....

[TheGalacticGrappler]

jpez123, to be correct - Buddy Rose should remind you of Larry Sharpe ...in a WWWF ring. From the mouth of Larry himself: When Rose was brought to NY, Larry looked him up and down, thought he was looking in the mirror (hair, shape, style) and at that moment Larry knew he was out of a job.

[elc1960]

Sharpe was a pretty effective lower midcard heel. Fulton wrestled in the Ohio Valley area back in the early '70s and was successful there, along with other WWWF jobbers like Mike Masters and Bob Brothers. This match will surprise a lot of younger fans because these guys are better wrestlers than many of the guys on the current WWE rosters.

[herbertkearse]

Too Bad Fulton didn't become a star. I saw him on WWF television once and he beat the crap out of a bum named Victor Mercado. He also beat Jose Luis Rivera.

[ligreekguy]

I actually saw Fulton rip apart another jobber named Fred Marzino in Boston many years back. Total squash match dominated by Fulton, as Marzino never stood a chance.