 Issue #53

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TONY ATLAS Growing up in Roanoke, Virginia Stabbed with a pitchfork Fighting on Scrappers' Corner Learning a hard lesson about money and fame Wrestling Harley Race in Houston Learning the value of keeping his mouth shut Off to correction school Steak and lobster for breakfast in the ghetto Pumping steel Teenage Mr. Virginia Shooting at the YMCA Introduction in the Greensboro dressing room $150 a week to train Training with Gene Anderson, Ole Anderson, and Larry Sharpe Shooting with the sleeper hold Tony's second father Hearing a pin drop in the dressing room Ole Anderson challenges a black belt |
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B BRIAN BLAIR Childhood in Tampa, Florida Wrestling in high school Selling cokes at Tampa Stadium Babysitting Buddy Colt's kids Following Jack Brisco in Zayre's Department Store Training with Hiro Matsuda Shooting in the Sportatorium Screwing up the finish as a referee Getting juice for Eddie Graham and Dusty Rhodes Mooning the customers at Stuckey's Restaurant First paycheck - $750 Steve Keirn learns carny How he got the B in B Brian Blair Brian and Jesse Ventura learn a valuable lesson in Kansas City Learning to do interviews Helping Paul Orndorff get juice Hotel parking lot brawl with Larry Latham Fight in the bar with Matt Borne Airborn foreign objects in Boston Garden Wrestling with Jim Brunzell as the Killer Bees Soured on the WWF Steroid use There is life after wrestling ... Andre the Giant farts in a taxi Running for political office |
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JOE ROSSI Growing up as a wrestler's brat Amateur wrestling at Maplewood High School Earning the name "Canvas Back" Working out with the pros First pro match at age 14 The birds and the bees for a wrestler's kid Love-hate relationship with Nick Gulas Bearcat Brown and the flat tire The redneck, southern sheriff Thoughts on promoters and wrestlers Saul Weingeroff and ethnic jokes Riot in South Africa Tommy Heggie in Puerto Rico Knocked cold during a "Lights Out" match Charles Kirault and chicken blood Comparing wrestling today with yesterdayQuitting the business Diagnosed with cancer |
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BARON GATTONI Interview with Rick Gattoni Family roots in Argentina Throwing Pedro Martinez off the ship Life on the road as a "Road Man" Gattone Bologna Life in school as a wrestlers' kid Memories of the Baron | |

MEPHISTO'S MUSINGS by Frankie Cain A rib on Wahoo McDaniel Football tackle in Miami Beach Wahoo and the jeweler's loupe Lenny Montana sells Wahoo a $500 watch
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