2017 Pro Wrestling Thread

Fair enough. HAHA!

First on the left is George Gordienko,. Second guy on the right is Don Leo Jonathan.

 

Jonathan was a top big man. I've barely heard of Gordienko.

 

One more tonight. Its an easy one:

 

Looking at Gordienko now, he had a 30-year career, with a couple NWA title matches against Lou Thesz, and was prominent in Canada and Europe. Thesz called him one of the top legitimate wrestlers.

 

Pedro Morales doing push-ups with Gorilla Monsoon.

 

Also, nice showers they had back then.

 

Well done.

More pictures to follow tomorrow. I hope you wrestling fans have enjoyed this picture guessing/sharing so far.

 

It is fun.

 

Interesting thing about Gorilla. He actually owned a piece of the WWWF in the 1970s and early 80s. He sold his shares to Vince in exchange for, I think, some cash, and the guarantee of a job for life.

Imagine if he'd held onto his percentage, though. He may have been out of work, at some point, but his descendants would have been super rich.

 

Not sure, but Pat Patterson wishes he was the guy in the back.

 

Bright and early. Picture time. The fellow on the left may be obvious, but the fellow on the right may be a bit tricky:

 

A young, beefy Ric Flair and his "uncle", Rip Hawk.