|
Killer Karl Kox, The Great Malenko, and The Kentuckians
storage
This topic has been archived - replies are not allowed.
|
Replies: 10
| visibility 1
|
110%er [5776]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4898
Joined: 6/27/03
|
Killer Karl Kox, The Great Malenko, and The Kentuckians
Feb 2, 2014, 9:30 AM
|
|
It was the early 1960's and I was about 10 years old growing up in Anderson. I had just watched an ACC basketball game where Clemson lost to North Carolina. The television set had three channels --- 4 (Greenville), 7 (Spartanburg), and 13 (Asheville). The selector did not work well to keep the dial set to the station you were trying to watch. So you had to keep adjusting it. Even had to climb up on the roof to adjust the antenna to focus on Asheville since it was farther away and needed all the help possible to see the picture through the snow. My beloved Kentuckians were in a tag team wrestling match against Killer Karl Kox and The Great Malenko. The ruthless Kox and Malenko certainly needed to be put in their place. And the honorable Kentuckians were just the team to do it. When one Kentuckian would get into trouble, the other would blow the cowhorn and rally the crowd into a cheering frenzy. The cowhorn would also be used to hit the other wrestler over the head oftentimes opening up vicious wounds from which an oddly colored red substance would start flowing. It was almost the color of blood, but not quite. In any case, I started drawing numerous parallels between the wrestling match and the basketball game that I had just watched. And for the next 50 years any time Duke or North Carolina were involved in an ACC game, I noticed the same things happening over and over and over again. I have compared the two situations very carefully. And the only difference that I can figure out is that on occasion the tag team wrestling matches have actually been real.
|
|
|
|
 |
CU Guru [1261]
TigerPulse: 91%
Posts: 1192
Joined: 9/4/01
|
Re: Killer Karl Kox, The Great Malenko, and The Kentuckians
Feb 2, 2014, 10:17 AM
|
|
I also clearly remember those days,Great Bolo,Lenny Wirtz,etc. Spot on with your assessment. Yesterday was the first time I can remember Duke getting screwed out of an ACC game,excepting games against dean smith. Interesting to see the refs when 'cuse goes to Cameron. Thanks for refreshing the memories.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commissioner [905]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1539
Joined: 4/4/02
|
The Mad Russians, Aldo Bogni, George Becker, plus
Feb 2, 2014, 10:24 AM
|
|
Haystack Calhoun, the Minnesota Wrecking Crew, the Great Bolo, Homer Odell, Bob Caudill(announcer), Joe Murnie (wring announcer), Sandy Weaver, Wahoo McDaniel
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1116]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 191
Joined: 3/13/99
|
what?...Aldo Bogni but no Bronko Lubich****
Feb 2, 2014, 12:31 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1665]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1588
Joined: 10/2/00
|
Big Boy Brown and Tiny Anderson.***
Feb 2, 2014, 11:15 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [58415]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 46323
Joined: 4/23/00
|
George Becker and Johnny Weaver, The Flying Scott Bros.,
Feb 2, 2014, 12:11 PM
|
|
The Masked Infernos with manager J.C. Dykes who blew a whistle and whacked the good guys over the head with a canteen. Rip Hawk and Swede Hansen. The Missouri Mauler. Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy. Two-Ton Harris.
That's when rasslin was good.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [40934]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 42954
Joined: 11/30/98
|
I remember watching Haystacks Calhoun in the 60's
Feb 2, 2014, 12:42 PM
|
|
in a free for all (I forget what they are called, everyone is in the ring throwing people over the top rope) Anyway, Haystacks seemed unbeatable, he was huge and nobody could budge him. It got down to the end and the good guy and Haystacks were left, the good guy had taken a beating the whole match he was bloody and could barely move...Haystacks went to smooch him on the ropes and he barely moved out of the way and pulled the rope down and Haystacks went flying over...At 7 years old, I was amazed...the good guy won!
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1116]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 191
Joined: 3/13/99
|
the old "over the top" Battle Royal****
Feb 2, 2014, 2:55 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [50635]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 43019
Joined: 12/3/98
|
whoaaaaaaaaaa
Feb 2, 2014, 12:53 PM
|
|
you had 3 stations
we didn't have abc yet when i was a pup
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3968]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 3228
Joined: 10/20/11
|
Way before my time...
Feb 2, 2014, 1:35 PM
|
|
My first memories of wrestling were Hogan and Savage.
|
|
|
|
|
|
MVP [509]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 421
Joined: 5/5/03
|
Interesting. I remember one "Kentuckian" ...
Feb 3, 2014, 5:22 PM
|
|
... but not a tag team. I wonder if he was one of the team members you describe?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 10
| visibility 1
|
|
|
|
50
