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Old 05-23-2004, 08:27 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by Crash Bang Newstead
Yeah this really isn't oldschool.
Bah! All you whippersnappers are too young to remember Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt, but lemme tell you about the time I went down to the old Polo Grounds to watch Lou Thesz fight the Mad Russian (who was called the Mad German at the time 'cause there was a war on, y'see)...

I was so excited for this match, I went down to the bank and took out my life savings so I could buy my way into Thesz' wrestling school. I got $6.75 ('course we called dollars and cents "paper numbers and discs") out of the bank, and down I went. That gave me enough left over to buy my tights and boots.

Before you know it, I was...*falls asleep*
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