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richjp60	May 04^th, 2024 23:36 GMT

Topics: 890 Replies: 6564 Member Post: #1077678 PT: #1/5	Verne Gagne vs HANDSOME Jimmy Valiant Wrestling at it's best for Chicago fans courtesy of Bob Luce. You would only see this match in Chicago. 2 out of 3 falls. Bobby Heenan in Valiant's corner. Heenan is at his best even though years later he would come out and say that managing the Valiants were a complete waste of his time. You had to love these AWA/WWA crossover matches.

chitown rich	May 05^th, 2024 13:48 GMT

Topics: 594 Replies: 5712 Member Post: #1077699 PT: #2/5	Luce really built this match up on his TV show. Great match and I remember a huge crowd. maybe not SRO but this match drew a lot of people. Maybe 9,000? I think the same ending was used for a Gagne-Ox Baker match a few years later with Starr getting tossed in the ring.

MrPiledriver	May 05^th, 2024 14:04 GMT

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I was at this one. One of the few times I sat at ringside. I think I got my tickets from the Fun Club. Remember that?

A few things I remember.

1. Handsome Jimmy won the first fall, which deviated from the usual script. The usual script for 2 out of 3 fall matches usually was the winner of the match wins the first fall, the loser wins the second fall, and the third fall was either a DQ or the winner of the first fall wins the third fall.

2. I remember the look on Heenan's face after Jimmy won the first fall--Shock and joy.

3. Years later, I would see this card referenced on this site:
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5/5/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre
AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Jimmy Valiant 2/3
Superstar Billy Graham & Ernie Ladd beat Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3
Bob Ellis no contest Baron Von Raschke
Billy Robinson drew Wilbur Snyder
Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski
Ric Flair beat Kenny Dillinger

Courtesy of The Clawmaster Archives

Ric Flair made such an impression on me this night that I completely forgot I saw him before he became The Nature Boy.


"You don't have to be a sport to play a sport." "Anybody stupid enough to get in the ring with me deserves the beating he gets." --Dick the Bruiser

chitown rich	May 05^th, 2024 16:52 GMT

Topics: 594 Replies: 5712 Member Post: #1077712 PT: #4/5	Thanks for the lineup. In the tag match Bill Watts got his neck tied up in the ropes and couldn't continue in the 3rd fall. Ladd and Graham gave Wahoo a beat down and won the match with the 2 on 1 advantage. This led to a Bruiser and Wahoo win over Ladd and Graham and then Ladd vs Graham a bit later because they turned on each other in the match with Bruiser & Wahoo.

Sonnyr555	May 06^th, 2024 11:33 GMT

Topics: 187 Replies: 3822 Member Post: #1077738 PT: #5/5	Very good finish to the Verne v Valiant match. Never a bad thing to switch things up a little bit by having the heel take the 1st fall Very good show all around

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