Good morning!
Are you ready for a trip back in the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel today?
I have some exciting news for our paid subscribers today as I launch a new history series here in the Time Tunnel. Details coming after we do our daily wrestler salutes for today
July 12th in the Time Tunnel:
Happy Birthday to those who have passed on and to those great wrestlers still with us:
In Memoriam:
Les Wolfe 1907
Bobby Bruns 1914
Joe Murnick 1916
Roy Hefferman 1925
Newton Tattrie\Geeto Mongol 1931
Rene Goulet 1932
Happy Birthday:
Gregory "Hurricane" Helms (51)
Brock Lesnar (48)
Rami Sebei\Sami Zayn (41)
RIP Memorial: We stop & remember those who have passed on this day and gave themselves to the business for us, the fans. We salute you and thank you.
Jack Curley 7-12-1937 at the age of 61
Yvon Robert 7-12-1971 at the age of 56
Dara Singh 7-12-2012 at the age of 83
Paul Orndorff 7-12-2021 at the age of 71
The First Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Podcast Series: Personalities, Territories, Towns and Buildings
My first podcast series is now 13 episodes old and the latest release with George Schire is getting amazing compliments and reviews.
If you haven't had a chance to add "Personalities, Territories, Towns & Buildings" to your podcast playlist yet, what are you waiting for?
Check out this clip of George in Episode 13, The History of the AWA and 1975 about how Verne Gagne handled telling his trainees about finishes of matches when they first emerged from his training barn in Minnesota:
Listen, watch, like and subscribe for my podcast today here in the Substack channel:
Episode 13: George Schire and the AWA in 1975
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Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Presents: The Evolution of Pro Wrestling Series
Introducing a new series for our Paid Subscribers, The Evolution of Pro Wrestling. Today, our paid subs will receive in their email inbox the very first entry into this brand-new series I am super excited about. I have been watching and studying the performance art of pro wrestling since becoming a fan 53 years ago in 1972.
The Evolution of Pro Wrestling is in itself, a very wild ride we will be taking in the Time Tunnel.
As a mixture of sport, athleticism and theater, professional wrestling has survived and evolved as cultural shifts and technology shifts have occurred over time periods.
Its morphed from the stages of traveling carnival and athletic shows to becoming a public shareholder driven company with global influence.
I will be looking at all those shifts in various parts of the world and I'll be starting where I have spent a majority of my research time the last two years, in West Texas.
In a sub-series entitled “History of Pro Wrestling in West Texas”, I'll kick it off with "The West Texas Masked Mystery of 1935" about a match taking place in Amarillo on July 11th, 1935, between two wrestlers both having worked as The Masked Marvel. The West Texas Masked Mystery of 1935 has been solved, and I will tell the whole story coming out today for our paid subs in the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel's "Evolution of Pro Wrestling Series" exciting debut!
Paid Subscriptions are only $5.00 per month or you can save $10 a year by subscribing annually for $50.00
One Thing I Learned Today About Pro Wrestling History
Roy Hefferman is best remembered as one of The Royal Kangaroos tag team with Al Costello. His first tag team partner prior to Costello was Red Bastien. They won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championships in 1956, just previous to his joining as a Kangaroo.
Thank You for Reading
I'm Tony Richards, Pro Wrestling Historian, Author and Storyteller. I share pro wrestling historical items in each issue of the Time Tunnel Pro Wrestling History Newsletter. Thanks for reading! If you enjoy my information on select events, matches and insights, please share it with folks you think might like to be a subscriber!
Remember, paid subscribers get access to exclusive and special content such as some special issues including a multi-part deep dives on wrestling territories, wrestler bios and championship title histories, special audio and video interviews on territory pro wrestling and more available in The Vault of the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel for Paid Subscribers.