Posted on 03/05/2019 3:38:46 AM PST by massmike
Wow, went to several events and he was there back in the early 60s. His big move what "The Claw." We had a local TV show each week MC'd by Lord Athol Layton with local studio matches featuring the Gallagher Brothers, Bobo Brazil, the Brunettis, Fritz Von Erich, Ilio DiPaolo, Lord Athol Layton himself, Hans Schmidt, Dick the Bruiser, and others.
It was hilarious. One time one of Layton's enemies came out of the ring, grabbed his microphone, and knock over his cheap plywood announcer's desk. He stomped on it and his foot went through it. The station never fixed the desk and every week there was the hole in it right out front. Those were the days!
See my post 21.
I met him and Harley Race at Charlotte International Airport once, asked for a signature and they rudely rejected my request. I’ll be the better Man, so Rip King Kong Bundy!
RIP.
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