My friends and I were at ring side at the old Philadelphia Arena in West Philly in the early 70s. The main event was Strongbow against George "The Animal" Steele. It was a pretty wild match. At one point, a rather large woman jumped up on the ring apron and handed Strongbow her umbrella, which he proceeded to use on Steele (of course, the ref didn't see it!) A few minutes later, after Strongbow pinned Steele, another woman jumped up on the ring apron and handed Strongbow her baby! The Chief did his War Dance around the ring with the infant hoisted up on his shoulder. (That baby is around 40 now, and who knows, may be reading this!)
Rest in Peace, Chief.
Man thats some memory you have there!
I never went to see wrestling there but I did go to see a girls rollerblade event with my dad once in Philly. That must have been in the late 60s
I do remember buying a book on how to use weights to get strong by the wrestling champ Bruno Samartino (sp)
American good times... thank you