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Coinflip between 1970 or 1971 Miami Beach cards-'70 wins!
2/10/56 Miami Beach
Argentine Rocca def. Mr. Moto (2 out of three falls)
Judy Glover def. Millie Staford
Hans Schmidt def. Don Arnold
2/10/56 Lakeland
Jack Dempsey special referee-Leo Garibaldi def. Chris Zaharias
1st fall-Zaharias
2nd fall-Garibaldi
3rd fall-Garibaldi
Gino Garibaldi drew Carl Engstrom
1st fall-Engstrom
2nd fall-Garibaldi
Time ran out
Davey Jons def. Doran O'Hara-DQ.
2/10/58 Orlando
Enrique & Alberto Torres vs. Emil & Ernie Dusek
Mr. Moto vs. Sandor Kovacs
Ernie Dusek vs. Alberto Torres
Emil Dusek vs. Enrique Torres
2/10/58 Tampa Giant Gasparilla Wrestling Card
Eduardo Carpentier vs. Dick The Bruiser
Duke Keomuka vs. Ray Villmer
Nell Stewart & Betty Hawkins vs. Judy Glover & Barbar Baker
2/10/58 Sarasota
Don Eagle def. Man Mountain Managoff-DQ.
China Mira def. Jerru Wright
Billy Parks def. Jerry Turenne
2/10/70 Tampa Big Gasparilla Spectacular
NWA World Title-Dory Funk, Jr. def. Bob Orton
Southern Title-Missouri Mauler NC Sailor Art Thomas
Florida Title-Jack Brisco def. Mr. Saito
Florida Tag Titles-Chris Markoff & Bronko Lubich def. Thunderbolt Patterson & Sam Steamboat
Southern Tag Title-Mephisto & Dante def. Bob Roop & Buddy Fuller
Brass Knuckles Title-Danny Miller def. Dale Lewis
World Midget Title-Lord Littlebrook def. Little Bruiser
Florida Women's Title-Sherri Lee def. Ann Jeanette
2/10/71 Melbourne
Jose Lothario vs. Tarzan Tyler
The Infernos vs. Bob Roop & Les Thatcher
Cisco Gramaldi vs. Al Valesco
Pepe Gomez vs. Eduardo Perez
2/10/71 Miami Beach
Jack & Jerry Brisco def. Dory Funk, Sr. & Dory Funk, Jr.
Cyclon Negro def. Great Malenko
Louie Tillet drew Rene Goulet
Hiro Matuda def. Dewey Robertson
Danny Miller def. Mike Bowyer
Jack & Roy Welch def. The Medics
Ron Fuller def. Super Inferno
Ron Garvin drew Ken Lusk
2/10/72 Tampa
The Professional def. Greg Peterson
Bob Roop def. Mike Paidousis
The Austrailians def. Ronny Garvin & Ron Sanders
Tim Woods & Johnny Walker def. Dory Funk, Jr. & The Pro
Bearcat Wright & Juan Garcia def. The Infernos-DQ.
2/10/75 Orlando
Andre The Giant won a 20 man Battle Royal
North American Title-Buddy Colt def. Bob Armstrong
Bobby Shane def. Tony Charles
Mike Graham def. Jim Dillon-DQ.
Dick Slater def. Jos LeDuc
Chris Taylor def. Beautiful Bruce-George McCreary
Dominic DeNucci def. Baron Scicluna
Hiro Matsuda-Mitsu Yoshida def. The Patriots
2/10/76 Tampa
NWA Title-Terry Funk def. Dusty Rhodes-DQ.
Harley Race def. Cyclon Negro (sub for Billy Robinson)
Jack & Jerry Brisco drew Bob Roop & Bob Orton, Jr.
Florida Title-Thunderbolt Patterson def. King Curtis
Eddie Graham & Steve Keirn (sub for Mike Graham) def. Roger Kirby & Karl Von Steiger
Missouri Mauler def. Bill Dromo
Jim Dalton def. Abe Jacobs
2/10/79 Lakeland
NWA World Title-Harley Race def. Rocky Johnson
Florida Title-Jim Garvin def. Pak Song
Andre The Giant & Killer Karl Kox def. Jos LeDuc & Mr. Uganda
Jack & Jerry Brisco def. Mr. Sato & Mr. Saito
Southern Title-Thor The Viking def. Ron Slinker
Herb Calvert drew Bubba Douglas
2/10/80 Orlando
Geoff Portz def. Mike Miller
Gordon Nelson drew Frank Monte
The Twin Devils def. Bubba Douglas & Hector Guerrero
Nikolai Volkoff def. Don Diamond
Jack & Jerry Brisco def. Bryan St. John & Nature Boy Stan Lane
Super Destroyer & Bugsy McGraw & Leroy Brown def. Manny Fernandez & Mike Graham & Jim Garvin-DQ.
Dusty Rhodes def. Ernie Ladd
2/10/81 Tampa
Lumberjack match-Dusty Rhodes def. Assassin # 1-DQ.
RT Tyler def. Scott McGhee
Bugsy McGraw & Barry WIndham def. Chris Markoff & Bill Irwin
Mr. Wrestling II def. Assassin # 3-DQ.
El Gran Apollo def. The Scorpion
Mike Graham def. Bobby Jaggers
Florida TV Title-Jack Brisco def. Baron Von Raschke (Brisco pins Von Raschke after time limit expired)
Sweet Brown Sugar & Andre The Giant def. Superfly # 1 & Leroy Brown
2/10/82 Miami Beach
Lights Out Match-Dick Murdoch def. Iron Sheik
Dory Funk, Jr. def. Mike Graham-DQ.
Hacksaw Butch Reed & Sweet Brown Sugar def. Terry Funk & David Von Erich
6 Man Elimination Match-Don Diamond (sub for Jack Brisco) & Eric Embry (sub for Jerry Brisco) & El Gran Apollo def. King James Dillon & Chan Chung & Iron Mike Sharpe
Mr. Wrestling 2 def. Mr. Fuchi
Terry Allen def. Mr. Onita
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2/10/64 Orlando, FL
Eddie Graham & Don Curtis beat Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard
Bob Orton beat Haystack Calhoun
Ann Regan beat Jean Antone
Duke Hoffman beat Jack Allen
2/10/66 Fort Myers, FL @ National Guard Armory
Jose Lothario & Tito Carreon no contest Duke Keomuka & Mike Paidousis in 3rd fall
1. Paidousis won 1st fall
2. Carreon won 2nd fall
3. Referee George Grant ruled the bout a no contest when he no longer could control the action
Roger Kirby beat Inferno II dq when manager JC Dykes tripped Kirby from outside the ring
Inferno I beat George Two Ton Harris 2/3
2/10/66 Jacksonville, FL @ Coliseum
Missouri Mauler beat Danny Miller 2/3
Penny Brooks & Betty Peterson beat Dorothy Carter & Peggy Allen 2-0
Sputnik Monroe beat Buddy Fuller dq
The Medics beat Klondike Bill & Jesse James
Joe Soto beat Jerry London via pin with a sunset flip
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2/10/67 Belle Glade, FL @ Armory
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski vs Alex Medina
Wahoo McDaniel & Jose Lothario vs Krusher Kowalski & Blackjack Daniels
Darling Dagmar vs Diamond Lil
2/10/67 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ War Memorial Auditorium
Texas Death Match
Mario Galento vs JC Dykes
Lou Thesz vs Sputnik Monroe
Sam Steamboat & Lester Welch vs The Infernos
Marva Scott vs Emma Wright
2/10/69 Orlando, FL
The Gladiator & Joe Scarpa beat Boris Malenko & Hans Mortier
NWA Champion Gene Kiniski beat Kurt von Stroheim
Don Curtis & Les Welch beat The Infernos
Dory Funk Jr. beat Eduardo Perez
Sherri Lee beat Patty Neilson
2/10/70 Fort Myers, FL @ National Guard Armory
Hiro Matsuda & Dr. Blood beat Dick Steinborn & Dory Dixon 2/3
Wee Willie Wilson beat Mighty Atom
Jack Welch beat Jim Dalton
Jose Betancourt drew Al Valesco
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I'd like to have attended any of them! But regarding your coin-flip between 1970 and 71.....I'd pick the 71 card only because it didn't have the midgets on it. That one match on the 1970 card lost my vote.
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NOT AN EASY TASK TO ACHIEVE WHEN WORKING WITH A BUSINESS THAT HAD A DECEPTION BASE, AND NO SENSE OF ITS OWN PAST.
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2/10/76 Tampa
NWA Title-Terry Funk def. Dusty Rhodes-DQ.
Harley Race def. Cyclon Negro (sub for Billy Robinson)
Jack & Jerry Brisco drew Bob Roop & Bob Orton, Jr.
Florida Title-Thunderbolt Patterson def. King Curtis
Eddie Graham & Steve Keirn (sub for Mike Graham) def. Roger Kirby & Karl Von Steiger
Missouri Mauler def. Bill Dromo
Jim Dalton def. Abe Jacobs
Up and down the card, I like the equity in the pairings. I could see each match going the other way so I'm sure they were well-booked and competitive. Race vs. Billy Robinson sounds like a gem but Ciclon as a sub is still a solid semi-final.
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Today I'm going to '81 Tampa.....
2/10/81 Tampa
Lumberjack match-Dusty Rhodes def. Assassin # 1-DQ.
RT Tyler def. Scott McGhee
Bugsy McGraw & Barry WIndham def. Chris Markoff & Bill Irwin
Mr. Wrestling II def. Assassin # 3-DQ.
El Gran Apollo def. The Scorpion
Mike Graham def. Bobby Jaggers
Florida TV Title-Jack Brisco def. Baron Von Raschke (Brisco pins Von Raschke after time limit expired)
Sweet Brown Sugar & Andre The Giant def. Superfly # 1 & Leroy Brown
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I'm heading to Orlando on 2/10/80. Great main event and semi main event that I just can't miss.
2/10/80 Orlando
Geoff Portz def. Mike Miller
Gordon Nelson drew Frank Monte
The Twin Devils def. Bubba Douglas & Hector Guerrero
Nikolai Volkoff def. Don Diamond
Jack & Jerry Brisco def. Bryan St. John & Nature Boy Stan Lane
Super Destroyer & Bugsy McGraw & Leroy Brown def. Manny Fernandez & Mike Graham & Jim Garvin-DQ.
Dusty Rhodes def. Ernie Ladd
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I was in Florida in 1980 and saw the Stan Lane & Bryan St. John tag team. I remember thinking they were pretty decent.
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70 Tampa today.
What is "Gasparilla" and why are they annual spectaculars? There probably is a story behind it and I'm interested in reading it.
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Quoted from: MrPiledriver, February 11th, 2008 20:08 GMT70 Tampa today.
What is "Gasparilla" and why are they annual spectaculars? There probably is a story behind it and I'm interested in reading it.
Having attended a few of these in my younger days, they used to be a blast.
Taken from Wikipedia (this actually appears to be accurate, though):
The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is an annual celebration held in the city of Tampa, Florida. Held each year in late January and hosted by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla and the City of Tampa, it celebrates the apocryphal legend of José Gaspar (Gasparilla), supposedly a Spanish pirate captain who operated in southwest Florida. The theme is an "invasion" by Gasparilla and his men, which begins when the "Krewe" (made up of residents of the city) arrives on a 165' long pirate ship, the Jose Gaspar, in Tampa Bay and land near downtown Tampa. The mayor of Tampa then lends the key of the city to the pirate captain and a parade ensues down Bayshore Boulevard, one of Tampa's major streets. The krewes throw beads, coins and other items while shooting blank pistols from floats during the parade. The average attendance for the event is over 400,000 people. According the event's official website, 2003's Gasparilla parade affected an economic impact of nearly 23 million dollars to Tampa.
Krewe memberships are highly sought after in many social circles in Tampa, and many celebrate ethnic and cultural themes. The Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, the organization which founded and sponsors the parade, is the oldest krewe involved in the parade, and among the most prestigious. Members of the many krewes that now participate spend a great deal of money on beads and floats.
An example of a typical parade float between eventsA week before the "invasion" and the main parade, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla sponsors a family-oriented children's parade and "Piratechnic Extravaganza," with fireworks launched over Tampa Bay. 2006's fireworks display included an impressive airborne element, where an imaginary sea battle took place between a pirate ship in the harbor and a plane which shot off fireworks while doing acrobatic maneuvers.
A few weeks after the invasion, there is a more adult-oriented Sant'Yago Knight Parade (also known as the Gasparilla Night Parade) in Ybor City, held in the evening and running into the early morning. Krewes have social events and parties throughout the year for members and hold philanthropic events for favored causes. The parade is broadcast every year on WFLA-TV, and has been since 1955.
Gasparilla was first held in May 1904 in Tampa Bay but the invasion originated on horseback instead of by boat. In years past, a US Navy ship would be attacked by small boats throwing Cuban bread and black bean soup. The Navy would respond with fire hoses but would succumb to the Ybor City Navy, and then surrender to the Alcalde of Ybor City. The sailors would be treated to an evening on the town. This was discontinued after the September 11, 2001 attacks. However, the invasion itself continues as "Capt. Jose Gaspar" and his crew of "Pirates" "attack" Tampa, surrounded by hundreds of other boaters as they sail the Gasparilla Ship through Tampa Bay,land in Downtown Tampa and "take over the city."
Historically Gasparilla was held on the second Monday of February until 1988 when it was moved to a Saturday festival in February, this change allowed more local communities to take part in the celebration. In 2001 the event was moved to the last Saturday of January to coincide with Super Bowl XXXV weekend which was taking place that year in Tampa. [2] Since 2005 the event has been held on last Saturday of January.
In 2004 the event celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Beginning in January 2008, An old tradition which ended in 1964 was revived. The Gasparilla March Triumphant: The Return to the Sea, this gives the event a closure and the krewe's pirates return the key to the mayor and board the Jose Gasparilla to return to sea. This tradition was revived as a way to officially end Gasparilla season.
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Quoted from: manof1000holds, February 12th, 2008 00:39 GMTQuoted from: George Schire, February 10th, 2008 16:56 GMTI'd like to have attended any of them! But regarding your coin-flip between 1970 and 71.....I'd pick the 71 card only because it didn't have the midgets on it. That one match on the 1970 card lost my vote. Yeah, but it's the MIDGET WORLD TITLE, George  All kidding aside, wasn't Littlebrook more of a wrestler and less of a comedy figure-at least compared to the other midgets of that era?
Yup. At least when he was working in Florida.
I'll go with the Gasparilla card too.
So long from the Sunshine State!
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Wondering about the 2-10-72 card in Tampa. Was The Professional/The Pro Doug Gilbert? I ask because he was also in Ft. Wayne on this date.
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