TPWW Forums - Never before seen expose from '79, before "Exposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets"

TPWW Forums (https://www.tpwwforums.com/index.php)

- wrestling forum (https://www.tpwwforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10)

Never before seen expose from '79, before "Exposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets"

So this is pretty cool just found it on the F4W forums. It's an expose on pro rasslin from a bunch of Poffo's ICW workers. It never aired, and was just found apparently. You've got some bullshit in here but it seems like they were planning to break kayfabe and say that NWA and WWF were fake and whatever product they were going to produce was real.

https://www.facebook.com/kayfabeclas...epa=SEARCH_BOX It's a facebook link.

Bob Roop is on the Bowdren and Barry podcast discussing this .

https://player.fm/series/breaking-ka...uW9LfyiY6szfbc

That's a great video. They look so serious and determined.

Do they show a stunt granny in the crowd though? If not, that's a deal-breaker. :shifty:

It's interesting, but what was their end game. In 1979 this was still WWWF and Bob Backlund, it's not like they wanted to take down what WWF became when Ginny Mac took over.

I still gotta listen to the Bob Roop podcast as well as Kevin Sullivan on the 6:05. Really interested to see their perspective

Quote:

Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5232986)

It's interesting, but what was their end game. In 1979 this was still WWWF and Bob Backlund, it's not like they wanted to take down what WWF became when Ginny Mac took over.

Just listened to the Bob Roop interview. Every time his group tried to run, Ron Fuller would run opposition against him and bring in huge stars, so they decided to try and fuck Ron and South Eastern Wrestling over.

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/arc...ast/e/51692158

Ron Fuller's side of the story as featured on his podcast. Roop and Co were trying to steal the territory, when they failed they tried to kill it instead.

Ron Garvin stole a boat from Fuller after a "win a boat" tourney and Ron Fuller kayfabe'd in court rather than expose the business to get his boat back.

Crazy :lol:

It's about 40 minutes into the podcast btw

The boat story is mentioned by Cornette on his podcast too

There's so many people from that era of wrestling that I wish would have written a book that have long passed.

Guys like Phil Zacko who promoted areas for Vince Sr like Philadelphia, Gorilla Monsoon and Arnold Skaaland who were involved in the office etcc... Can you imagine the stories they must have had.

So much carny greatness.

Ronnie Garvin I believe is writing a book.

He started wrestling in the late 50's. That man has some great stories, my favourite being the time he stretched Tugboat in a ditch haha

I really want to read more about the territories from a promoter's viewpoint. I'm struggling to find the material though, which in itself is mental given how far spread and divided the territories were. Kayfabe is such a double edged sword for "the business" and history. Now that it's out in the open we can only look back at about 100 years of untold or second hand stories and wonder.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seanny One Ball (Post 5272813)

Best chance for a book like that is if Vince McMahon or Ted Turner ever decide to write one. Vince would be a gold mine since you'd get some inside perspective from both his time running WWF & WWE and his father's time running WWWF. Ted's would likely be from the network perspective of wrestling since he was pretty hands off with actually running WCW.

While not from a promoter's viewpoint, there is a book coming out later this year that has the viewpoint from a jobber during his time in the territories and WWF from the late 70s through the 80s.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PWI

10/3 - Job Man: My Life in Professional Wrestling by Chris Multrer & Larry Widen

"Milwaukee-native Chris Multerer wrestled for more than a decade, starting in 1978, on professional circuits around the United States. As a “job man,” Multerer made the superstars of wrestling, such as Mad Dog Vachon and Hulk Hogan, shine. In cities around the country, thousands of screaming fans cheered when their favorite wrestlers pinned and punished Multerer in a variety of painful ways. In Job Man, Multerer, along with his friend Larry Widen, shows what life was like for wrestlers outside the spotlight. Long nights on the road, thoughtful takes on some the biggest personalities in the business, and, perhaps most of all, a love for the sport, are as much a part of Multerer’s revealing and remarkable story as his time in the ring."

Ted Turner and Vince aren't really what I mean by territory promoters. I was thinking smaller. I mean people like The Sheik, Paul Bosch(sp?), Jim Barnett, Verne Gagne... Fritz etc.

Thank you though :y:

Dean Silverstone who promoted in the Seattle era released a book co authored by Scott Teal who writes great books