 Issue #40


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BENNY & BILLY MCGUIRE Heaviest kids in school Moving to Texas Arrested and jailed Riding minibikes Taught by Gory Guerrero Wrestling Frankenstein Traveling the world 110 miles an hour with Sam Bass Life on the road Free meal from the Bearman ... for $10 Stabbed with a bayonet in Japan Billy's tragic death Life after wrestling Spreading God's Word Jumping sixteen school buses on a Honda 125 Guinness Book of World Records |
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PERCIVAL A. FRIEND A fan in Detroit, Michigan Breaking in as a referee Memories of Bobo Brazil The Green Hornet Origin of the Percival A. Friend character Managing Black Angus The Hart dungeon Stu Hart and Les Thornton get in a shoot Riot in Des Moines, Iowa Pat O'Connor's Cadillac Ribs Rufus R. Jones Life in the outside world Sputnik Monroe's bald spot |
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BILL CROUCH, aka BUTCH MALONE Growing up in Omaha, Nebraska Trained by an outlaw promoter Sailor Art Thomas vs the fat kid Wally Karbo blows off steam Setting up the ring Training at Verne Gagne's school Bill Crouch becomes Butch Malone Working with Jim Dalton Police escort Home O'Dell and the silver dollar Working for the government The cauliflower ear |
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LOU THESZ Eddie Quinn, Montreal promoter Joe Louis Strangler Lewis and Billy Sandow Thoughts on Frank Gotch John Pesek and Strangler Lewis brawl on a train Lewis and Sandow split Ad Santel Eddie Quinn and Yvon Robert open Montreal Paul Bowser gets shut out Jack Pfefer exposes the business Behind the doors of an NWA promoter's meeting Thoughts on his match with Ed Carpentier Negotiations for match with Bruno Sammartino N.W.A. World Junior Heavyweight Title Tom Packs, St. Louis promoter Promoting St. Louis Title unification match cancelled Battle of the Bite: Lewis vs DeGlane Bobby Bruns Breaking kayfabe with George Zaharias Jess McMahon, father of Vince McMahon Karl Gotch Carnival athletic shows Leo Nomellini Roy Shire starts promoting in San Francisco Verne Gagne shoots with Dick the Bruiser Wrestling in Atlanta in 1938 Ray Steele breaks an amateur wrestlers' ankle | |
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DR. JOHN BONICA Learning to wrestle George Bothner's gymnasium Shooting with Pete Sturgis, while Sturgis warms up Wrestling in New Yrok during the '30s Wrestling challengers from the audience Going to medical school The Masked Marvel Rikidozan murdered | |
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DANNY ROLAND Trained by Robert Gibson The Black Sheep "Mizark in the rizing" Broken collarbone Thoughts on steroids | |

Dr. John Bonica

THE WAY I REMEMBER IT by Dick Steinborn Wrestling in the amateurs Lenny Montana as the Zebra Kid The Welch and Fields family Dallas promoter Ed McLemore Memories of Tom Renesto Conflict in Puerto Rico with Jose Gonzales, the Invader Billy McGuire jumps 17 trucks
TALES OF OZ by Ossie Timmins Swerved by Rudy Kay Bull Curry and the fire extinguisher
TINKER'S TALES by Tinker Todd Paul Jones ribs in the dressing room Wrestling The Dazzler
VIC ORLANDINO'S "TOP 10" LISTS Wrestling Memorabilia you'll never see for sale
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