Mad Dog won't be coming off the top rope anymore

[69Coronetrt]

We lost Mad Dog Vachone.

http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/mad-dog-vachon-dies-peacefully-at-84-1

We're losing some of the great ones. Mad Dog lived in Omaha and was in the local news once in a while. Baron Von Raschke was another local guy.

 

[Sonny Black]

We lost Mad Dog Vachone.

http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/mad-dog-vachon-dies-peacefully-at-84-1

We're losing some of the great ones. Mad Dog lived in Omaha and was in the local news once in a while. Baron Von Raschke was another local guy.

was he not also referred to as the butcher?:eusa_think:

well anyway they were fun to watch, he put on a good show.

 

[roadrunnerman]

was he not also referred to as the butcher?:eusa_think:

well anyway they were fun to watch, he put on a good show.

That was his brother. I agree, they were fun to watch. My mother-in-law watches that stuff every night.

 

[67Satty]

I grew up in Minneapolis watching Mad Dog and the Baron on local TV, those guy s spent most of their career wrestling in the Minneapolis-based AWA. Lots of wrestlers got their start in the AWA - Jesse the Body, etc...The AWA was huge years before the WWF and all the stuff that came later.

 

[snakeyes]

[video=youtube_share;G22rzJWVrlQ]http://youtu.be/G22rzJWVrlQ[/video]

 

[Budnicks]

Oh yes, I remember watching the grapping/wrestling stuff from my youth, when my Grandpa Ernie {mother's father} was working for KTVU Channel 2 as a ref for Big Time Wrestling & the Roller Derby {was a Ma Bell phone tech. guy for his regular job}, I would go with him occasionally & watch the filming every once in a while, when they did filming down in Jack London Square @ the studios in Oakland area...... I remember him saying "don't believe anything you see, it's all scripted"... My ol' Pops still loves watching that crap still today... I still think it's all scripted...LOL... RIP Mad Dog

 

[69Coronetrt]

I grew up in Minneapolis watching Mad Dog and the Baron on local TV, those guy s spent most of their career wrestling in the Minneapolis-based AWA. Lots of wrestlers got their start in the AWA - Jesse the Body, etc...The AWA was huge years before the WWF and all the stuff that came later.

I liked Stan Pulaski. Reggie Parks was another favorite. A lot of the guys in the Gagne stable used to do a lot of county fairs and local events in the area.

I lived in MN for a while and worked at a video store. I used to rent movies to Jumpin Jim Brunzel. I took my life into my own hands one night as I cut off Curt Henning and Mr. Perfect in a beer line at a bar.

 

[Runner 68]

It's Time For Aaalll Staaaaarr Wrestling!!!
I used to love watching it. My Dad thought it was the dumbest crap on TV.

 

[snakeyes]

[video=youtube_share;EsRXzNGuovQ]http://youtu.be/EsRXzNGuovQ[/video]

 

[67 coronet]

heard this from a friend of mine who plays THE ALMIGHTY SHEIK.too bad,mad dog was a blast to listen too.still very strange to meet pro wrestlers as normal people and have them drop into charicter when a fan comes up.