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]]> By: OWW Daily News & Notes for 1/25 http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-394 OWW Daily News & Notes for 1/25 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:28:42 +0000 http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-394 [...] [Article] Never Forget The Jobbers! [...] [...] [Article] Never Forget The Jobbers! [...]

]]> By: Mike http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-295 Mike Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:21:15 +0000 http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-295 As a youth I watched the NWA on TBS, in the heyday of the Four Horseman and Magnum T.A. From that era I mostly remember the Mulkey brothers, Randy and Bill. They got their big win over the out-of-nowhere Gladiators in the Crockett Cup. For a couple of days Mulkeymania was running wild; the two even got an interview spot. They were, shall we say, a bit unpolished on the mic. Other names that come to mind from that era are the Italian Stallion, Vernon Deaton, and Rocky King. As a youth I watched the NWA on TBS, in the heyday of the Four Horseman and Magnum T.A. From that era I mostly remember the Mulkey brothers, Randy and Bill. They got their big win over the out-of-nowhere Gladiators in the Crockett Cup. For a couple of days Mulkeymania was running wild; the two even got an interview spot. They were, shall we say, a bit unpolished on the mic.

Other names that come to mind from that era are the Italian Stallion, Vernon Deaton, and Rocky King.

]]> By: Brian Smith http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-273 Brian Smith Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:49:18 +0000 http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-273 From the other side of the U.S.: I started watching pro wrestling in Jan. 1971, when I was 12 years old. We had our crop of jobbers, or duds, as my group of friends called them. We grew to like them because of their familiarity; none of them were particularly untalented, it was just that they only won in our local auditorium--maybe--and never on TV. While the World Wide Wrestling Federation kept the "heroes" (we were 12, they weren't faces) around for a year or more, the "villains" (not heels) had a life span of about nine months. from first TV appearance (on Tu/Wed. tapings, while the rest of their week was finishing up in another territory.) However, some guys were around week after week, year after year. These were the jobbers, and we got to know everything about them from the color of their tights to their tiny hometowns (colorful locations were the domain of midcard and higher). A list of these guys would be longer than an Oscar winner's thank-you list. As a West Coast guy, you might be interested in knowing we were all stunned that our own Johnny Rodz was L.A. battle royal winner Java Ruuk ! If you read the wrestling mags, and boy, did I, the annual LA Battle Royal was an important event. Rodz was later a regular tag partner of Jose Estrada, who around 1978 met some success as Jose "The Jet" Estrada in L.A. My group of Connecticut friends had no access to L.A. wrestling, but as I was going to college in New York City, I was able to watch the Spanish language broadcast on New Jersey's Channel 41. So when I told them Estrada's west coast identity, we became fervent supporters of Jose in his subsequent house show appearances in parts east, chanting "JET! JET! JET!" as puzzled local fans had no clue--but we hoped Estrada recognized us as "Smart" fans before the first Observer was ever published. From the other side of the U.S.: I started watching pro wrestling in Jan. 1971, when I was 12 years old. We had our crop of jobbers, or duds, as my group of friends called them. We grew to like them because of their familiarity; none of them were particularly untalented, it was just that they only won in our local auditorium–maybe–and never on TV. While the World Wide Wrestling Federation kept the “heroes” (we were 12, they weren’t faces) around for a year or more, the “villains” (not heels) had a life span of about nine months. from first TV appearance (on Tu/Wed. tapings, while the rest of their week was finishing up in another territory.) However, some guys were around week after week, year after year. These were the jobbers, and we got to know everything about them from the color of their tights to their tiny hometowns (colorful locations were the domain of midcard and higher). A list of these guys would be longer than an Oscar winner’s thank-you list.
As a West Coast guy, you might be interested in knowing we were all stunned that our own Johnny Rodz was L.A. battle royal winner Java Ruuk ! If you read the wrestling mags, and boy, did I, the annual LA Battle Royal was an important event. Rodz was later a regular tag partner of Jose Estrada, who around 1978 met some success as Jose “The Jet” Estrada in L.A. My group of Connecticut friends had no access to L.A. wrestling, but as I was going to college in New York City, I was able to watch the Spanish language broadcast on New Jersey’s Channel 41. So when I told them Estrada’s west coast identity, we became fervent supporters of Jose in his subsequent house show appearances in parts east, chanting “JET! JET! JET!” as puzzled local fans had no clue–but we hoped Estrada recognized us as “Smart” fans before the first Observer was ever published.

]]> By: Roy Warren Lucier http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-269 Roy Warren Lucier Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:43:37 +0000 http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-269 Hey Vandal, it's your old friend, Roy Lucier.... please e-mail me at roywarrenlucier@yahoo.com... please... thank you Hey Vandal, it’s your old friend, Roy Lucier…. please e-mail me at roywarrenlucier@yahoo.com… please… thank you

]]> By: Adam http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-268 Adam Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:51:26 +0000 http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-268 HA! Mr Michalick was my Health/Drivers Ed teacher in High School! That dude was a mountain of a man, but never knew he was a wrassler. HA! Mr Michalick was my Health/Drivers Ed teacher in High School! That dude was a mountain of a man, but never knew he was a wrassler.

]]> By: RIC drasin http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-260 RIC drasin Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:32:59 +0000 http://stantheembryo.com/?p=705#comment-260 Those were the days and we had a blast doing it. Nice thing was, we were booked 6 to 7 nights a week and making a living while doing movies and TV commercials during the day. What could be better than that. It also allowed us to train at Gold's Gym and lay on the beach during the day. That was the life. Many of us went to other territories back then and were put over as champions as their local talent did jobs for us. Thats the way the business worked. Wrestlers from out of town depended on us to put them over to make a living, and we did jobs for them as it was our home and we also had daytime jobs and they didn't. Of course things have changed since then. I see Jack Armstrong all the time. He had 2 knee replacements. Tolos had 2 heart attacks, Alex Knight builds rings and works for the city of Maywood. Billy Rogers lives up in the mountains. John Burich lives down by San Pedro and I don't know what ever happened to Lou Anthony but would love to see him. I run a wrestling school in Sherman Oaks CA and still train at the gym 6 days a week. My site is www.ricdrasin.com Ric Drasin Those were the days and we had a blast doing it. Nice thing was, we were booked 6 to 7 nights a week and making a living while doing movies and TV commercials during the day. What could be better than that. It also allowed us to train at Gold’s Gym and lay on the beach during the day. That was the life. Many of us went to other territories back then and were put over as champions as their local talent did jobs for us. Thats the way the business worked. Wrestlers from out of town depended on us to put them over to make a living, and we did jobs for them as it was our home and we also had daytime jobs and they didn’t.

Of course things have changed since then. I see Jack Armstrong all the time. He had 2 knee replacements. Tolos had 2 heart attacks, Alex Knight builds rings and works for the city of Maywood. Billy Rogers lives up in the mountains.
John Burich lives down by San Pedro and I don’t know what ever happened to Lou Anthony but would love to see him.

I run a wrestling school in Sherman Oaks CA and still train at the gym 6 days a week. My site is http://www.ricdrasin.com

Ric Drasin

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