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The
inside sleeve and record for the Ringside soundtrack. There was a song on
it called "I Like to Hurt People" and it seemed to spark the new
title for the final film. (The song, however was never used.) Too
bad.....Good tunes on this record..Maybe someday, I'll have them
transfered to digital so we can share them.
larK
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Mitchell, The
Stomper, another one of my wife's faves. He and Ben Justice had many
heated bouts with The Kangaroos and The Germans (Von Hess and Von
Schotz) over Tag Titles. The Kangaroos broke his leg on TV, once.
Later, Ben turned heel on Stomper and they had a series of matches
that wowed the fans all over the globe. FYI, the Stomper went on to
play the role of Jerry Valiant and with combinations of Johnny Valiant and
Jimmy Valiant, headlined Madison Square Garden. Interesting that all
3 of the "Valiants" got their big break from Big Time Wrestling.
They've all praised the Sheik, often, for giving them a break. After
retiring from active wrestling, Guy went on to build, transport and
maintain wrestling rings for many major promotions. He designed
the ring for Wrestlemania III and even developed the little mobile
wrestler transport rings (Powered by a folklift underneath) for the
event.
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Years before the WWF started
making money off merchandising, Big Time Wrestling was already doing it.
They sold T-Shirts, Key Rings Buttons, photos and more..The felt
pennants sold for 75 cents and they had all the stars available on
them. I used to drive my 67 VW Beetle to work everyday with a Bobo
Brazil pennant hanging off the antenna....These are my wife's. Can you
tell she was a Mark Lewin fan? Most of us were. He was one of the most
over faces that Detroit fans had every embraced. He could wrestle and
brawl. Mark had the best sleeper hold in the business. Lewin's Jewish
heritage made his vendettas with the Sheik a natural for many sellouts.
They even sold out Toledo Sports Arena which I only recall happening
once.
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