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"The STRAP: A Complete History of Sam Muchnick's Missouri State Championship" is available directly from Crowbar Press.

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  The definition of a biography is "the account of someone's life written by someone else." This book isn't about "someone's" life, but author Roger Deem does bring life to the story of the Missouri championship belt, the "crème de la crème" of professional wrestling's title belts, second only to the world heavyweight title. Deem covers everything about the title, from the creation of the belt in 1972 to its demise with the death of the St. Louis Wrestling Club in 1987.

  Held by legendary superstars like Harley Race, Terry Funk, Ric Flair, Jack Brisco, Ted DiBiase, Bob Backlund, Dick Murdoch, Kerry Von Erich, David Von Erich, and many others, the Missouri title was what every wrestler who appeared in St. Louis hoped to win, and each titleholder has been given a section of their own.

  But this book isn't only about the title. It's a look at the history of the St. Louis wrestling promotion itself during the time the title was in use; the genius of promoter Sam Muchnick; the behind-the-scenes manipulations that determined who would be given the opportunity to hold the title, or have it taken away; and the problems that beset the promotion both from within and without.

  Several of the wrestlers who held or wrestled for the title — Kevin Von Erich, Ted DiBiase, Jerry Brisco, Bob Backlund, Ric Flair, Dory Funk Jr., Terry Funk, Harley Race, and Ken Patera — as well as others close to the promotion, weigh in on the subject by sharing their memories of the times, and, in many respects, the most important contribution to the story come from Larry Matysik, someone who never wrestled, but was a key figure in the offices of the St. Louis Wrestling Club.

  Also included are: listings and descriptions of every match wrestled when the Missouri title was at stake, the television matches in which the champion wrestled on the famous "Wrestling at the Chase" television program, reprints of the "Wrestling" arena program covers, and over 150 photos and images of the wrestlers and the events that took place during that time.

  Deem attacks the subject from the viewpoint of a fan who was on the outside of the wrestling business looking in and a photographer on the fringe who made friends with many of the personalities who graced the wrestling ring in both Kiel Auditorium and the St. Louis Arena.

  Relive the memories of the days when St. Louis was the wrestling capital of the world and the Missouri heavyweight title was the goal of every wrestler.

•  Author's Note •  Preface •  Contributors •  Foreword by Larry Matysik •  The Wrestling Capital of the World: Sam Muchnick’s St. Louis •  Before the Beginning •  The Central States Championship: Harley Race •  A Straight Line in No Direction: The Tournament •  The First Missouri State Champion: Harley Race •  Clash of the Titans: Johnny Valentine •  A Serious Dose of Hell: Terry Funk •  A Revised History Revised: Gene Kiniski •  Back in the Saddle Again: Harley Race •  Sweet Revenge: Dory Funk, Jr. •  Back to the Future: Harley Race •  A New Generation Ascends: Bob Backlund •  On the Comeback Trail: Jack Brisco •  A Dark and Stormy Night: Dick Slater •  Bumping a Future Star: Ted DiBiase •  Catch a Rising Star: Dick Murdock •  Man of the People: Dick the Bruiser •  By Hook or By Crook: Dick Murdock •  No Escape: Dick the Bruiser •  A Right to Reign: Dick Murdock •  The Young Gun: Kevin Von Erich •  The Power and the Glory: Ken Patera •  The Second Coming: Ted DiBiase •  Return of the King: Jack Brisco •  Coming Full Circle: Ken Patera •  One Final Victory Lap: Dick the Bruiser •  The Best Man Always Wins: Harley Race •  Dark Days: Kerry Von Erich •  One Small Step, One Leaping Giant: Crusher Blackwell •  Ascent!: Harley Race •  A New World King & Vacant State Title: Missouri State Title Tournament •  Out of Many, One: Ric Flair •  Heir to the Throne: David Von Erich •  The Persistent Titleholder: Harley Race •  By Any Means Necessary: Crusher Blackwell •  The First Shall Be Last: Harley Race •  End of the Road: Missouri Championship Retired •  Afterword •  About the Author •  Acknowledgements •  Index

Abdullah, Sheik, 200 Abel, George, 33 Adams, Chris, 189, 193 Adonis, Adrian, 100 Afflis, Richard (Dick the Bruiser), 104 American title (Dallas), 128 American Wrestling Association (AWA), 217 Anderson, Gene, 90 Anderson, Lars, 206 Anderson, Ole, 90 Anderson, Tiny, 133 Andrews, Tom, 95, 122, 124 Angle, Kurt, 8 Angus, Black (Ian Campbell), 53, 188 Arnett, Jim, 51, 63 Atlas, Mighty, 104 Atlas, Omar, 26, 76, 94, 158 AWA heavyweight title, 195, 198, 200 Ayoub, Libnan, 190 Baba, Ali, 213 Baba, Giant (Shohei), 62-63, 118, 120, 130, 165 Backlund, Bob, 9, 17, 32, 66, 73-81, 83, 86, 108, 122, 140 Baker, David, 202 Baker, Ox, 69, 77, 106, 122, 133 Baptiste, George, 20 Barnett, Jim, 90, 137-138 Bashara, Ellis, 21 Bastien, Red, 70 Bavan, Caesar, 37 Beach, Johnny, 51 Blackwell, Crusher (Jerry), 11, 32, 146, 148, 152-153, 156, 160, 165-169, 171, 174, 176, 183, 193-194, 196-200, 202-202, 209 Blanchard, Joe, 10, 62, 71, 143 Blanchard, Tully, 62 Blue, Max, 98, 122, 133, 153, 156 Bockwinkel, Nick, 198, 200, 202 Bockwinkel, Warren, 20 Boesch, Paul, 15, 131, 190 Bolus, Steve, 25, 31, 35, 45 Booker, Larry, 99 Boston Garden, 15 Boyd, Lee, 171 Brady, Bob, 62 Brazil, Bobo, 60, 63, 66, 81, 117, 206 Brewer, Randy, 84, 86 Brewer, Tom, 160 Brisco, Jack, 8, 16-17, 31-32, 35, 43-45, 49-51, 53-54, 57, 59-60, 62-64, 69-71, 73, 79-87, 89, 92, 99-100, 102, 123-124, 141-144, 146-147, 162, 188, 207 Brisco, Jerry (Gerald), 9, 16, 26, 31, 44-45, 64, 89-90, 99 Brody, King Kong 102-104, 106, 113, 123-124, 126, 129, 131, 152, 163-165, 168, 171, 189, 194-195, 197-200, 204 Brown, Bulldog Bob, 60, 73, 87, 90, 95-96, 106, 118, 121-122, 124, 136, 146, 152-153, 156, 174, 183, 198, 211 Brown, Jerry, 152-153 Brown, Kerry, 130-131, 183 Brown, Orville, 14 Bruiser, Dick the, 23, 25, 35, 56, 63, 68-70, 83, 84-86, 90-91, 98, 100-106, 108-113, 115, 123-124, 128, 134, 136, 146, 148-150, 152-156, 158-159, 169, 174, 194, 198, 200, 217 Bruns, Bobby, 20, 21, 206 Buchmann, Craig, 9, 33, 94, 108, 135-136 Bundy, King Kong, 202 Byers, June, 86 Campbell, Ian (Black Angus), 53 Carpentier, Edouard, 23, 25, 62, 66, 68-69, 183 Casey, Scott, 95 Cauliflower Alley Club, 10 Central States title, 22-23, 27-28, 33, 35, 96, 154, 173 Championship Wrestling, 23, 25-27, 31-33 Charboneau, Chris, 9, 113, 150 Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, 17-18, 33, 47, 60, 198, 209, 216 Checkerdome (see St. Louis Arena/Checkerdome) Cholak, Moose, 81 Claridge Hotel, 47 Clayton, Kevin, 73 Clayton, Max, 14 Cochran, Derrell, 54 Cohen, Ed, 208 Colon, Carlos, 171 Colosetti, Coloso, 105 Costello, Bill, 60 Crews, Art, 154, 160, 208 Crimson Knight (Bill Miller), 38 Crockett, Jim, 135, 208-209, 211-212 Dalton, Jim, 47 DeBeers, Colonel, 126 Deem, Roger, 12-13, 217 Deleone, Ben, 133 Demarco, Tom, 32, 68 Devine, Diane, 9, 27, 32, 37, 59, 77, 80, 86 Diamond, Frank, 25, 108 DiBiase, Ted, 9, 17-18, 32, 92-96, 98, 104-105, 109, 131-141, 143-144, 154 Dillinger, Ken, 57, 59 Dillon, J.J., 138 Draper, Derek (Ed Wiskowski), 126 Duggan, “Hacksaw” Jim, 200 Duk, Kim, 62, 162 Duncum, Bobby, 87, 163 Dusek, Joe, 20, 183 Dusty finish, 135, 138 Dynamo Pro Wrestling, 215 Eagle, Don, 183 Elisia, Jose, 105 Ellis, Cowboy Bob, 25, 57, 87 Eric, Yukon, 79 Etchison, Ronnie, 19-20, 23, 37, 122 Exodus Wrestling Alliance, 215 Failoni, Joe, 137, 208 Failoni, Victor, 208 Fargo, Don, 81 Farhat, Ed (The Sheik), 56 Farris, Wayne (Honky Tonk Man), 104 Fenway Park, 15 Flair, Ric, 9, 11, 16-17, 32, 40, 68, 106, 130, 137-141, 143, 146, 151-155, 158, 162, 164-165, 166, 168, 171, 173-174, 176, 178-181, 183-185, 188-190, 192-194, 197-199, 202-204, 206-207, 209-210, 212 Fletcher, Butch, 9, 68, 83, 171, 183 Florida tag team title, 70 Foley, John, 77 Foley, Mick, 156 Fossell, Jim, 9, 166, 168, 174, 180, 186, 193-195, 197-198, 200, 213 Foxx, Redd, 100 Fuller, Ron, 50-51, 54, 71 Fulton, Gary, 76 Funk Jr., Dory, 9, 25, 40, 32, 37, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49-50, 53, 56-64, 66, 68-70, 79-80, 84, 87, 94-95, 109-110, 117, 122, 128, 183, 197, 206 Funk, Marti, 9 Funk, Terry, 10, 17, 32, 42-45, 47-48, 50-51, 56, 68, 70-71, 73, 76-77, 79-80, 84, 95, 116, 122, 128, 130, 140, 156, 183, 198, 211 Funking Conservatory, 9 Gagne, Greg, 202 Gagne, Verne, 10, 11, 17, 115-116, 152, 156, 192, 195, 200, 209 Gang, One Man, 202 Garagiola, Mickey, 13, 33, 106, 180 Garvin, Jimmy, 189, 193 Geigel, Bob, 10-11, 17, 23, 28, 84, 86, 95, 98, 141, 152-153, 156, 164, 166, 179, 188-190, 195, 197, 200, 204, 208-209, 211 George, Mike, 47, 50 George, Pinky, 14 Giant, Andre the, 106, 123-124, 153 Gigliotti, Nino, 126 Gilbert, Bobby, 25 Gilbert, Eddie, 124 Gordon, Joe, 40 Gordy, Terry, 138 Graham, Eddie, 15, 26, 92 Graham, Superstar Billy, 81, 84, 86, 104, 209 Gratchner, Mike, 99 Great Tio, 156 Greater St. Louis Wrestling Enterprises, 104, 137, 186, 217 Green Bay Packers, 115 Green, Susan, 86 Greenberg, Keith Elliott, 9 Guerrero, Frank (Frankie), 31, 56 Gunkel, Ray, 20-21 Guzman, Raoul, 122 Hader, Jack, 21 Hagen, Thor, 25 Haggerty, Hard Boiled, 79 Hamil, Bob, 37 Hamilton, Larry (Missouri Mauler), 20 Hamilton, Ricky, 53 Hansen, Stan, 193 Hartsey, Mitch, 10, 126, 211-212 Hata, Mitsu, 79, 86 Hatchet, Molly, 179 Hawk, Jack, 158 Hawk, Rip, 18 Hayes, Bob, 128 Hayes, Lord Alfred, 56-57, 60, 62-64, 68, 71-72, 76, 81, 86 Heenan, Bobby, 26, 60, 191-192 Hennig, Larry “The Ax”, 10, 193, 200, 202 Hennig, Larry, 193, 200, 202 Henning, Bulldog Lee, 20-21 Hernandez, Gino, 189 Higuchi, Joe, 64 Hill, Frank, 66 Hodge, Danny, 50 Hogan, Hulk, 174, 176 Holbrook, Vic, 21 Hornbaker, Tim, 10, 209, 211-212 Howard, Billy, 35, 56, 124 Howe, Steve, 90 Huber, Mike (Spike), 115, 128, 138, 146, 148, 162 Hutton, Dick, 10 Iaukea, Curtis, 49 Invader (Dick Murdoch) 38, 47, 98 Ishikawa, Takashi, 165 Jackson, Gary, 215 Jacobs, Abe, 47 Jaggers, Bobby, 63 Jarrett, Jerry, 168 Jim Crockett Promotions, 207-209, 211 Johnson, Evan, 98 Johnson, Jim, 50-51 Johnson, Rocky, 68-69, 90-92, 104, 106 Jones, Rufus R, 23, 26, 37, 51, 63, 71, 99 Jovica, Victor, 171 Justice, Ben, 23 Justice, Terry Robert, 117 Kai, Leilani, 122, 213 Karbo, Wally 14 Karras, Gust, 20, 28, 37 Karrington, K.C., 215 Kayfabememories.com, 9, 217 KDNL-TV, 171 Kelly, Mike, 136 Kelly, Pat, 136 Kersten, Bill, 50 Khorassan Room, 33 Kiel Auditorium, 202, 204, 207, 209, 211-214 Kimala, the Ugandan Giant, 198, 202 Kiniski 8, 32, 45-46, 49-51, 53, 73-74, 76, 118, 121, 151, 160, 185, 198 Kirby, Roger, 70, 76-77, 106, 152, 162 Kirkland, Joe, 154, 156 KNDL-TV Channel 30, 189 Koloff, Ivan, 53, 85-86, 90 Kowalski, Wladek “Killer”, 20-21, 63, 87 Kozak, Nick, 53 KPLR-TV, 15, 17, 31, 136, 180-181, 186, 189, 212, 217 Krupp, Killer Karl, 49, 60-62, 76-77 Kyle, Steve, 25 Ladd, Ernie, 84, 86 Lancaster, Jim, 156 Lanchester, Bob, 49 Lanza, Black Jack, 26, 54, 60, 83-84, 86, 90, 104, 110, 174, 192, 194 Lauer, Ray, 98 Lawler, Jerry, 23 Lefebvre, Pierre, 105 Lever, Buddy, 25 Lewis, Ed (Strangler), 56 Lewis, Koko, 179 Lewis, L.D., 49-50 Little Bear, Danny, 28 Little Heart, Winona, 122 Longson, Wild Bill, 12, 17, 23, 56, 98, 116, 120, 206, 213 Louis, Joe, 49 Love, Hartford, 106 Lucha, Rick, 56 Lyons, Billy Red, 53 Madden, Mark, 9 Madison Square Garden, 18, 128, 189 Maharishi, Mega, 126 Makaze, 215

Maloy, Kandi, 122 Mann, Dale, 25 Marquez, Louis, 25-26 Marshall, Everette, 20 Martel, Ric, 165, 195, 198 Martin, Judy, 122 Martin, Terry, 26, 31 Martin, Tommy, 66 Martinez, Frank, 35 Martinez, Jose, 128 Martinez, Luis, 25 Matsuda, Hiro, 89 Matysik, Ed, 56 Matysik, Larry, 8-13, 18, 23, 27-28, 32-33, 35, 37, 40, 43-45, 49-50, 54, 56, 59-60, 62-63, 66, 68-69, 79-80, 87, 89-90, 92, 94, 98, 104-105, 108, 110, 113, 115, 120, 124, 128, 131, 133, 135-138, 140, 143, 146, 150, 152-153, 155-156, 160, 162, 164-165, 168, 171, 180, 186, 188, 195, 198, 206-208, 215-216 McDaniel, Wahoo, 54, 188-189, 191-193, 198 McGraw, Rick, 71 McMahon Jr., Vince, 185-186, 206-208, 215 McMahon Sr., Vince, 15, 105, 126, 131 Meltzer, Dave, 60 Menacker, Sam, 33, 44 Mid-America title (Tennessee), 70 Mid-South title (Oklahoma), 8 Miller, Bill, 38, 47, 51, 53, 60 Miller, Charlie, 158 Miller, Jerry, 26 Millican, Dave, 215 Millich, Joe, 10 Milsap, Kenny, 115 Missouri State Title (origin) 28, 30-33 (tournament, 1972), 31-33, 35 (changes hands) 40, 43, 47, 53, 59, 66, 76, 83, 89, 94, 98, 102, 108, 113, 115, 120, 128, 133, 143, 146, 150, 158, 162, 168, 171, 174, 183, 188, 197, 202, (retired), 205-212 Missouri title (original, 1950), 21 Missouri title tournament (original, 1950), 21 Missouri title tournament results (1983), 175 Mitchell, Guy, 37, 77 Moolah, Fabulous, 86, 124 Morales, Pedro, 131, 183 Muchnick, Helen, 133, 135 Muchnick, Sam, 8, 10-18, 20, 23, 27-28, 31-32, 35, 37-38, 43-45, 47, 49-51, 53-54, 56-57, 59-60, 63-64, 69, 71, 76-77, 79-81, 86-87, 89-90, 92, 94-95, 99-100, 102, 105-106, 108, 115-117, 120, 122, 124, 126, 126, 130-131, 133, 135-138, 140, 146, 148, 150-152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 164, 173-174, 179-180, 183, 192, 194, 198, 202, 206-207, 209, 211-212, 215-217 Munari, Steve, 202 Muraco, Don, 116 Murdoch 32, 47, 60, 92, 94, 96-99, 100, 102, 106-111, 113-118, 120-124, 126, 128-129, 153-154 Murdoch, Terry, 215 Myers, Sonny, 19-21, 70-71, 153 Negro, Cyclone, 44, 49, 70 Nevins, Gary, 84 Nichols, Kenny, 45 Nichols, Vic, 51 Novak, David, 79, 81 Nulty, Mark, 10, 35, 40, 96, 100, 109, 118, 207 NWA board of directors, 43, 45, 188, 190 NWA Midwest, 215 NWA world title changes hands, 49, 50, 62, 63, 70, 84, 116, 118, 120, 130, 137, 140, 173, 190, 192-193, 211 O’Connor, Pat, 10-12, 17,, 23, 25-28, 31-33, 35, 43-45, 47, 53-54, 57, 60, 62-63, 66, 69-71, 73, 77, 79, 81, 87, 90, 98-99, 104, 109-110, 113, 115, 124, 131, 136, 146, 152-153, 158, 164-166, 168, 183, 185, 195, 200, 206, 209, 211-213 O’Toole, Rick, 21, 27 O’Toole, Tommy, 20 Oates, Jerry, 70-71, 126 Omni, (Atlanta), 83 Orton Sr., Bob, 20 Orton, Cowboy Bob, 20, 162, 164 Orton, Randy, 20 Oswald, David, 133, 140 Owens, Don, 15 Pacific Coast title, 8 Packs, Tom, 16, 183 Pak-Son, 31-33, 90 Palardy, Joe, 79 Pappas, Mike, 71, 73, 90 Paradise Alley, 95 Parks, Reggie, 32, 212, 215 Parsons, Iceman King, 194 Patera, Ken, 10, 32, 117, 126-131, 133-134, 136, 143, 145-148, 150, 152, 160, 168, 192 Patrick, Ben, 156 Patterson, Dave, 102 Patterson, Pat, 128 Patton, Tank, 104 Pence, Bob, 160 Pettis, Doug, 90 Pogo, Mr., 200, 208 Polk, Jerry, 120 Potter, West, 140, 154, 171 Precious (Jimmy Garvin’s valet), 193 Price, David, 156 Pro Wrestling U.S.A., 200 Race, Harley, 10-11, 18, 22-23, 25-28, 31-35, 37, 40-41, 44, 47, 49-57, 59-60, 63-74, 76-79, 81, 83-84, 86-87, 90, 100, 102, 104-106, 108, 113, 115-116, 118, 120, 122, 124-126, 128, 130-131, 133, 135-138, 140-141, 152-154, 156-160, 162-166, 170-174, 177, 179, 181, 185-195, 197-204, 206, 209-212, 216 Ramirez, Bennie, 31, 99 Reed, Bruce, 146, 160, 174 Reesman, Tom, 47 Reeves, Jim, 37 Renaldo, Rick, 59 Reynolds, Dave, 71 Rhodes, Dusty, 63, 70, 90, 116, 135, 140-141, 146, 151-152, 154, 171 Rich, Tommy, 63, 137 Richter, Wendi, 124 Rickard, Steve, 189 Ridenour, Nick, 10 Riley, Chuck, 56, 73 Rivera, Jose, 53 Rivera, Vic, 71 Road Warriors, The, 10, 194 Roberts, Buddy, 138 Robertson, Dewey, 25, 146, 148, 152, 156, 173 Robinson, Billy, 54-55, 197 Robley, Buck, 94, 96 Rock, The (Dwayne Johnson), 148 Rocky, 95 Rodriguez, Armando, 35, 102 Rodriguez, Carlos, 122, 124 Rogers, Buddy, 122, 183, 185 Rogers, Freddie, 23, 26 Rogers, Jessica, 86 Rogers, Roy, 148 Romero, Benny, 138 Romero, Mark, 156, 160 Roop, Bob, 89 Ross, Jim, 110 Rufus 144 Russo, Tony, 64 Sam Houston Coliseum, 40 Sam Muchnick’s final show, 150 Sammartino, Bruno, 18, 47, 56, 86, 89, 102 Sapphire (Juanita Wright), 9, 77 Sato, Akio, 70-71 Schire, George, 10, 116, 202 Schmidt, Hans, 23 Schoenberger, Joe, 10, 23, 43 Sciaro, Mark, 98 Seitz, Bob, 37, 40 Sharp, Tommy, 124, 131 Shikina, Oki, 94 Siki, Mr., 94 Slater, Dick, 32, 88-92, 94-95 Slaughter, Sergeant, 96, 147, 152, 154, 156, 198, 202-203 Smirnoff, Alexis, 96, 104 Smith, Eddie, 98, 153 Snuka, “Superfly” Jimmy, 183 Snyder, Wilbur, 17, 69, 76, 81 Solie, Gordon, 90, 92 Somers, Doug, 99 South, George, 215 Southern heavyweight title (Florida), 70, 89-90 Spoiler, The (Don Jardine), 49 St. John, Bryan, 90, 108 St. Louis Arena/Checkerdome, 16-18, 130-131, 137, 212, 214, 216 St. Louis Cardinals, 110, 209 St. Louis Wrestling Club, 9-10, 12, 13, 16, 95, 116, 136-137, 141, 143, 152, 162, 164-165, 168, 171, 185, 189, 194, 197-198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208-209, 211-212, 217 St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame, 10 Staggs, Darla, 62, 92, 102, 168 Stallone, Sylvester, 95 Star Wars, 16 Starr, Billy, 133 Starr, Johnny, 71 Starrcade, 183 Stasiak, Stan, 70 Steamboat Jr., Ricky, 215 Stecher, Joe, 120 Stecher, Tony, 14, 56 Steele, George, 62, 84, 86 Stevens, Gene, 105 Stewart, Rick, 211 Stomper (Archie Gouldie), 35 Stone, Steve, 215 Stone, Trent, 215 Studd, Big John, 136 Sunshine (Chris Adam’s valet), 193 Super Destroyer, 165, 183, 200 Sweetan, Bob, 92, 104, 106 Sypert, Steve, 80, 164 Tanaka, Professor Toru, 128 Tangaro, Joe, 83, 115, 122 Tapu, 156 Teal, Scott, 174, 202 Tenryu, Genichiro, 165 Texas brass knuckles title, 8 Thesz, Lou, 18, 20, 25, 50, 62, 130, 141, 158, 183 Thomas, Boo, 200 Thomas, Sailor Art, 70, 95 Thundercloud, Chief, 138 Tonga (Tonga ‘Uli’uli Fifita), 37 Torres, Enrique, 21 Triple H, 8 Tsuruta, Tommy, 49 Turco, Joe, 80 Turner, John, 25 Tyler, Buzz, 133, 197 U.S. title (Charlotte), 70 United States tag team title [Oklahoma], 96 Vachon, Emile, 179 Valentine, Greg, 117, 152, 162, 164, 169 Valentine, Johnny, 27, 31-32, 35, 37-41, 43-45, 47-48, 50-51, 53, 64, 66-70, 76, 99, 108 Valentine, Rick, 183 Valiant, Jerry, 37 Valiant, Jimmy, 194 Van, Bobby, 126 Venator, Chalres, 86, 99, 109, 113, 135 Veneno, Jack, 171 Ventura, Jesse, 174 Viking, The (Bob Morse), 31 Von Erich, Chris, 188 Von Erich, David, 11, 17, 113, 118, 122, 124, 126, 131, 144, 147, 171, 174, 176, 182-186, 188, 217 Von Erich, Fritz, 87, 128, 166, 171, 176, 179, 183, 188-189, 194 Von Erich, Kerry, 9, 32, 140, 144, 146, 160-166, 168-169, 183, 188, 192-194, 197-198, 206 Von Erich, Kevin, 16, 109, 126, 128-129, 144, 183, 185, 188, 197 Von Erich, Mike, 188 Von Raschke (Baron), 23, 31, 35, 61, 81, 140 Walsh, Dan, 215 Warren, Ed (referee), 152 Warren, Lee, 10, 118 Warwick Hotel, 47, 98 Watts, Bill, 31-33, 38, 89 Wayne, Mike, 62 Wells, George, 174 Western Forum, 15 Western States title, 44 White, Harry, 10, 207, 212 Whitlock, Bobby, 23, 25, 37, 77 Whizman, Robert, 98 Williams, Scott, 10 Windham, Barry, 183, 193 Wiskoski, Ed, 76, 122, 126 Wolfe, Buddy, 81 Woods, Tim, 49 World Championship Wrestling (WCW), 37 World Class Championship Wrestling, 171, 189, 194 World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis), 113, 217 Wrestling at the Chase, 11-12, 15, 186, 189, 216-217 Wrestling at the Chase, A Look Back, 17 Wrestling Fan International Association, 217 Wrestling News, 28 Wrestling Observer Newsletter, 60 Wright, Juanita (Sapphire), 9, 77 WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), 9, 110, 215 WWF (World Wrestling Federation), 9, 37, 90, 140, 166, 185-186, 189, 194, 204, 207 WWWF (World Wide Wrestling Federation), 17, 83, 86 Yates, Tommy, 130 Yokouchi, Chati, 35 Zapata, Juan, 76, 153 Zbyszko, Larry, 202 Zordani, James, 202 Zulu, Magnificent (Ron Pope), 70 Zuma, Amazing, 38, 45

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