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Saturday, June 1, 2024

Terry Funk with Les Thatcher

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In 1976, Les Thatcher conducted a number of promotional interviews with NWA World Heavyweight champion Terry Funk which would appear later d...
Sunday, May 26, 2024

Salvador Lutteroth - Father of the Ten Pounds of Gold

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Don Salvador Lutteroth (right), the father of Lucha Libre, with his son Hector (left). Photo from EFE Salvador Lutteroth (at right in...
Thursday, May 23, 2024

Jerry Brisco a Top Contender for the Harley Race's NWA TItle (1973)

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Jerry Brisco and "Big" Bill Ward at WBTV studio in Charlotte, NC The following is an excerpt from Les Thatcher's "Wrestle...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

NWA Champion Harley Race with Gordon Solie

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Monday, May 6, 2024

Kerry Von Erich Tours Florida as NWA Champion (1984)

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When Kerry Von Erich won the NWA World title in 1984, he fulfilled the appearance contracts of the previous champion Ric Flair, which...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

"Ten pounds of PURE gold, buddy!"

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Gene Gordon Photo / c. Ditchcat Photography No champion ever spoke more reverently of the NWA World Championship belt than Handsome Harley R...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Ric Flair: "And Then It Was My Turn."

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By Dick Bourne Mid-Atlantic Gateway On Monday night May 8, 2000, Ric Flair appeared on WCW Monday Nitro on TNT and brought with him the o...
Friday, September 8, 2023

A Close Encounter with the Ten Pounds of Gold

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by Dick Bourne Mid-Atlantic Gateway I suddenly realized the referee in the ring was walking towards my position. I thought, well this i...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Review: The Last Real World Champion: The Legacy of "Nature Boy" Ric Flair

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One of the great frustrations for wrestling fans interested in wrestling history, especially fans a little older like me, is the lack of foc...
Sunday, July 23, 2023

Rich and Race

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Great magazine cover from 1982, former NWA World Champion "Wildfire" Tommy Rich battling reigning champion Harley Race. This was T...