The Sammartino-Volkoff "feud" was very infamous. My Dad used to take us and his Mom to see the matches in Trenton and Philly. Grandmom was great. She'd start screaming at the bad guys as soon as they came in. One time one of them, maybe Lou Albano, ran out of the ring to get away and he came near enough to her that she bopped him with her cane. Lou reacted well (went staggering off), made it part of the action (act). The highlight of my rasslin' fan days was to go into the locker room once and get some photos with the guys (for a price, of course). I had one where Killer Kowalski did his "claw" move on my head. Then he gave me a hug. Damned if I can find those pics now.
Freddie Blassie, "Haystacks" Calhoun, Bobo Brazil with his signature coco-butt (head butt), Bruno, "Dr." Jerry Graham, they were all such good guys and great fun to watch.
I envy you, I truly do. Even if you can’t find those pictures (and they’ll turn up one day I’ll bet), the visuals remain in your mind, and that’s a great thing to carry around.
GREAT story about your GrandMom, getting to whack Cap’n Lou is not something a lot of people can claim to have done, bravo!