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missileDK	July 18^th, 2022 12:31 GMT

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Sonny, which page of the ISAC book did Vince and his cronies refer to when trying to get Kerry Von Erich's wrestling license revoked for Superclash 3? Something about a statute from around 1930 that says a wrestler cannot enter into competition without a limb. Although I guess a prosthetic foot would be considered a limb. Many people swear that the WWF contacted the Illinois Board to sabotage this AWA PPV main event in Dec.1988. Even Meltz has talked about this being the case many times over the years. Was there actually a hearing on this? What do you know about this situation?

Sonnyr555	July 18^th, 2022 12:58 GMT

Topics: 187 Replies: 3815 Member Post: #1039450 PT: #32/36	Unfortunately i perused thru the booklet of IL. Wrestling Commission Rules and if that rule or policy was in there i did not see it or missed it. I heard that Vince contacted The Wrestling & Boxing Commission but it was never confirmed from any of the then working Commission Members.

chitown rich	March 31^st, 2024 00:52 GMT

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Quoted from: Sonnyr555, July 16^th, 2022 02:26 GMT

Verne was probably running another AWA town that night and chances are that Wilbur Snyder could have been running a town in Indiana so that most likely explains the Absence of Billy Graham, Ernie Ladd, Jimmy Valiant, etc.
In 1973 i was 13 years old and if i was at that Amphitheater Show my dad and myself would have been ok with it being a Human Cage - Lumberjack Match.
If there were scores of fans asking for Refunds then it would have been a different story.
Bob Luce could sell ice to an Eskimo and a Butane Lighter and Fluid to Satan so my thoughts are that a High Percentage of those @ the Amphitheater stayed.

Just going through old posts while watching Sven again tonight. The movie is Gargoyles and I've seen it a few tomes. So...

There was a WWA card held in Buck Lake this night. The card featued Snyder, Valiant, Raschke, Heenan, Mitsu and Saki. This card was probaly added to the Claw's results page since this topic started some years back.

Steve Blitz	March 31^st, 2024 05:16 GMT

Topics: 4 Replies: 178 Member Post: #1075672 PT: #34/36	Was Buck Lake Ranch an outdoor venue only in Angola, Indiana? You ever visit there Chitown?

chitown rich	March 31^st, 2024 17:23 GMT

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I have never been to Angola or Buck Lake Ranch to see matches. I would have loved to see a few cards there but back in the pre-internet days it was hard to get a schedule of cards.

I have been to Elkhart a few times and that's maybe 60 miles from Angola. The only reason I found out about those Elkhart cards is because Sam Menacker's interviews would get mixed up sometimes and we'd get one of these promos on our TV show.

Tim T and Chris Parsons are the experts on Angola and Buck Lake. Hopefully they will chime in here.

Sonnyr555	March 31^st, 2024 18:13 GMT

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There was a gentleman named Bob Fancil who attended a Chicago Championship Wrestling event in South Bend, In. @ The Century Center.
He gave a few of us business cards wanting to book CCW at Buck Lake if memory serves.
Bob Fancil's Professional Wrestling & Circus. This was in 1984. Not sure if he was ever able to get any company to run there. Possibly Brian Costello and Ton Lynch were able to run it maybe once.

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