Big Time Wrestling TV Show
lof...@hotmail.com
here in Sacramento? I'm trying to have a couple of questions answered in
regards to the show and to some of the wrestlers. The show existed when I was
a youngster, back in the early-mid 70's. Any info would be most appreciated.
Thanks.
K
Louis
Yes, that was definately more then a few years ago (about 25 years ago
when I too was just a pup!). They days when Sweaty Betty (aka. Betty
Vasquez) paraded around in her bathing suit doing a pre-Vanna display of
the Wrestling card and Hay Stack Calhoon ate a whole plate of chicken
from Okie Frejolie.
What are your questions?
Richard Hackwith
: Yes, that was definately more then a few years ago (about 25 years ago
: when I too was just a pup!). They days when Sweaty Betty (aka. Betty
: Vasquez) paraded around in her bathing suit doing a pre-Vanna display of
That wasn't Betty Vasquez, that was Miki Garcia who went on to be a
playboy playmate of the month.
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lof...@hotmail.com
Moon Dog Mayne. Anyone else? Also, would somewhere out there have videotapes
of any of the BTW matches? Thanks.
Jim
remember Pat Petterson and Kinji Shabouia (sp). There also was another Miss
Wrestling after Miki Garcia...I wonder who she was?
Jim
KingC...@webtv.net
invaders(both teams manged by gerhardt kaiser)angelo mosca, the brute,
raul mata, kinji shibuya, mr.saito, mr.wrestling, rock riddle, the great
Ray Stevens,pat patterson,the alasken,gerri monti(jobber),mablo
cardoza.paul demarco, don muracoMoongog mayne of courde,tony garea,the
original hollywood blonds,pepper martin,pepper gomez. Also there was a
very large breasted woman on the tv show they called her miss
wrestling,i believe her name was sandy. Her job was to turn the pictures
of wrestlers on the next card, sorta a vanna white like job, cept her
assets often blocked parts of the pics lol. Another interesting aspect
at channel 40 was the young groupie girls who lusted after and often got
the wrestlers. I could tell you some stories lol. All of them true.
Donald Hearth
<lof...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Who were some of the wrestlers? I remember Rocky Johnson, Peter Maivia and
>Moon Dog Mayne. Anyone else? Also, would somewhere out there have videotapes
>of any of the BTW matches? Thanks.
>
Ray Stevens, Pepper Gomez, Mondo Guerro, Bob Roop...
I also remember that the Wrestling Girl use to give a star next to
the name of the winning wrestler.
I would pay decent $$ to see some tapes from that era (I wonder if channel
40 still has the master copies, or if they were recycled).
Don
lof...@hotmail.com
Please do!!! I don't know if I'm going through some sort of weird nostalgic
phase but I'm thinking back on BTW with fond memories.
So, the show WAS filmed at channel 40's studios?
Were these wrestlers well-known outside of Sacramento or no? I know Pepper
Martin went on to act in movies.
Rocky Johnson was a "good guy" right? And didn't he move on to the WWF or
something?
Geez, so many questions....I'd LOVE to get my hands on some of that old BTW
footage.
Kevin
Louis
>
> I remember the announcer, Hank Renner, had a slight speech impediment. I also
> remember Pat Petterson and Kinji Shabouia (sp). There also was another Miss
> Wrestling after Miki Garcia...I wonder who she was?
>
> Jim
>
>
> > Who were some of the wrestlers? I remember Rocky Johnson, Peter Maivia and
> > Moon Dog Mayne. Anyone else? Also, would somewhere out there have videotapes
> > of any of the BTW matches? Thanks.
Betty Vasquez.
Louis
And Betty Vasquez followed Miki.
jt...@epileasing.com
I would assume that this happened in the early 70's, when regional
promotions were all that was happening in wrestling. These guys
prob'ly traveled Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, maybe Vegas
and Reno as well. I assume that they were well known in the west.
From the list above I can tell you that Mr. Saito, Angelo Mosca, Pat
Patterson, Don Muraco, and Tony Garea went on to the WWWF, the
precursor to the WWF. In fact, Tonyt Garea and Pat Patterson are still
working with the WWF in the front office. Patterson can be seen on
Monday Night Raw nearly every week as one of Vince McMahon's cronies.
A little more history... Tony Garea won the WWF tag straps with Ric
Martel at one time, as well as Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson.
Current WWF Champ Rocky "The Rock" Maivia is the son of Rocky Johnson,
and a member of the great Samoan wrestling family that includes Afa,
Sika, and Yokozuna as well.
Geeze... The crap that works itself into my head...
-John
hse...@gmail.com
> Does anyone here remember the Big Time Wrestling TV show from a few years back
> here in Sacramento? I'm trying to have a couple of questions answered in
> regards to the show and to some of the wrestlers. The show existed when I was
> a youngster, back in the early-mid 70's. Any info would be most appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> K
t2fa...@yahoo.com
> Does anyone here remember the Big Time Wrestling TV show from a few years back
> here in Sacramento? I'm trying to have a couple of questions answered in
> regards to the show and to some of the wrestlers. The show existed when I was
> a youngster, back in the early-mid 70's. Any info would be most appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> K