Pro-Wrestling in Texas

This video is a little overview of the notable personalities, places and events in Texas. It mainly focuses on the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. From the days of dominance by the Houston office under Morris Sigel and the days of the reigns of the Funks as NWA Champions to the boom of World Class and the tragedies that have damaged the state, Texas is one of the most tumultuous and noteworthy homes to pro-wrestling in world.

Opening reel - Fritz Von Erich vs. Joe Blanchard

Opening segment features the song "Spinning Toehold" that was used by the Funks in All Japan. Texas Road trips has pictures of Sportatorium promoter Ed McLemore and Amarillo
s Cal Farley. Rearview mirror pictures: Paul Boesch, Fritz, Funks (Terry, Dory Jr, Dory Sr), Joe Blanchard. Footage: Johnny Valentine vs. Wahoo McDaniel, King Curtis vs. Ricky Romero, Rikki Starr vs. Duke Keomuka, Danny McShain vs. Gino Garibaldi, Dory Jr. hits a double-arm suplex

Rodeo segment features "Hoedown" by Aaron Copeland; The Sportatorium in Ed McLemore's day, World Class days ("Welcome" by Bill Mercer) and GWF days;
Blackjack Mulligan (audio), Bob Sweetan (audio); Fritz, McLemore and Killer Karl Kox; Kox & Sputnik Monroe; Terry Funk audio from Shotgun Saturday Night; Dory Funk Sr., Mike Dibiase, Red Bastien, Ciclon Negro, Thunderbolt Patterson, Kenji Shibuya, Killer Brooks, Dory Dixon, Dick Murdoch & Barry Windham, Toru Tanaka, Buck Robley, Terry vs. Eddy Guerrero from `89, young Terry & Dory, Guerrero family (L to R: Hector, Gory, Chavo Sr, Eddy, Mando); Shawn Michaels in TAW; Junkyard Dog (audio), Von Erich boys (Kevin, David, Kerry), Matt Borne, Percy Pringle, Buzz Sawyer (audio), Bugsy McGraw, Dos Caras, Mil Mascaras (audio from Boesch), Iceman Parsons, Murdoch (audio) w/ chair, Dory Jr. uppercutts a young Stan Lane

"Collison Course" segment: Flair vs. Kerry cage match where Michael Hayes turned and Terry Gordy slammed Kerry's head in the door, General Skandor Akbar (audio), with The Punisher (The Undertaker), with Missing Link & Kamala as Devastation Inc.; Tully Blanchard (audio from father Joe), Jose Lothario & Gino Hernandez (audio), Chris Adams, Adams & Gino's heads being shaved by the Von Erichs in the Cotton Bowl, Ric Flair (audio), The Fantastics (audio), Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey, Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton), Cornette (audio), Tex McKenzie, Kox, Cowboy Bill Ellis, Scott Casey, The Freebirds (Gordy, Hayes & Buddy Roberts); Butch Reed (audio), Terry Garvin (audio) & Precious, King Kong Bundy, Marc Lowrance (audio) with Gary Hart, Jim Duggan (audio) with Boesch, Steve Austin (audio) vs. The Punisher, Austin & Adams, Hart (audio) w/ Kabuki, The Spoiler, Bruiser Brody, Adams; Rick Rude, Pringle (audio) w/ Eric Embry, Jerry Jarrett (USWA promoter), Von Erich boys (as children & young adults), audio from Boesch; Hayes & Gordy confront Fritz before David & Kerry run them off


**I understand I left out many people and perhaps included others too much. I tried to balance between the four major cities in Texas: Amarillo, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. There was a lot of overlap in terms of featured talent in these promotions. There are other promotions like Texas All-Star and GWF (Global) that I did not feature extensively, but hopefully this package is enjoyable. I am an amateur pro-wrestling historian and amateur videographer. Please view my website if you'd like to access more information about any of these promotions, their histories or the individuals who made these promotions**

Tech Used: iPhoto, iDVD, iMovie HD, GarageBand, Youtube, Zamzar, MPEG Streamclip

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• pro-wrestling
• texas
• world
• class
• WCCW
• SWCW
• southwest
• championship
• wrestling
• amarillo
• western
• states
• houston
• gulf
• coast
• funk
• terry
• dory
• boesch
• blanchard
• von
• erich

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Hail old school wrestling from The Lone Star State.

[alanjr333]

Im not one to point out mistakes, but that clip of Wahoo/Johnny Valentine is actually from WGHP-TV in High Point, NC, from Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling. Sorry.

[rwhitenight]

To your knowledge, are there any pro wrestling venues in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, or within a 50-75 mile radius of said location?

[BigDaddyLarry215]

Really cool old stuff. Can anyone tell me if there is a video posted on YouTube from June of 1983 videoed in Reunion Arena in Dallas Texas of the David Von Erich v Jimmy Garvin for the Texas Heavyweight Title? I saw a little snippet from the feud between David and Jimmy Garvin, I've been looking for more video from that event for quite sometime and have just about given up. Can anyone help?

[hempnut]

TEXAS TORNADO!!!!!

[thisdontmatter]

On the clip with Austin, was that the punisher? aka the undertaker

[mrbluto3]

Dallas wrestling started at the North side Coliseum and the Sportatorium. They move from North Side to Will Rogers later. I was about 11 years old the first time we went to matches at the North side, Johnny Valentine posted George Scott and made him bleed like a stuck pig, from then on I was hooked.

[armandroh666]

@DefLeppardVanHalen Fair point, with Blackjack Mulligan who was a great brawler with Lanza for sure, then of course Barry who was tremendous in the ring, especially during his early days with Mid-Atlantic and the NWA. As well as Berry's brother, Kendall Windham who'm wasn't that bad in the ring but he was just kind of there. And Mike Rotundo who was so much more than his I.R.S. gimmic within the WWe during the early 90's, case in point his early career from 1984 - 87, to NWA stint from 1987 - 91

[DefLeppardVanHalen]

@armandroh666 Don't forget the Windhams.

[merishane]

nice vid !!! csc/10 in Lynchburg V.A. (U.S.A.)