Remembering Live Wrestling

my grandfather took my father when he was a boy all the way to chattanooga to the tv station he would say to see aundrea the giant. he loved telling the family that story. I barely remember Mr. Wrestling # 1 &2 but I am a Goldberg and Legion of Doom Fan they changed Wrestling forever. It would be nice to see one of the local stations maybe 12 hint hint to bring back wrestling on the weekends.

I remember my grandpa watching Harry thornton with the tv as loud as it would go and you BETTER not go between him and that tv.

This made me think of cold, rainy, Saturdays when you couldnt go outside and play. Dad was asleep in his big chair and I had my back to the space heater!

geeeeeeeeezus.......so many memories popping up....going to the tv station on mccallie avenue for those wrestling matches...going to memorial auditorium on thursday to watch wrestling..there was always a huge crowd that all sat together....tojo, irish mike clancy, the blonde guys that were brothers, LOL....can see their faces, but the names elude me...grew up with this kind of wrestling, guess is why the "displays" they call wrestling today are so boring!

Harry Thornton got out of the wrestling game in the early 80's and did his last Morning Show in the summer of 1982.
But he didn't get much time to enjoy his retirement.
Harry died of a blood clot just a few months later.
Just last week, his widow died. Mrs. T made it to 92 years old.
The end came abruptly for Tojo, also.
He had to retire from wrestling in 1991 because of diabetes. And within a year, he had shot himself. He died at the age of 65.
Check out this Tojo tribute by a TV station in Memphis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roKJdHF_aik).
The wrestling video comes from right here at TV 12... you can hear Harry's voice doing the announcing.

Man...that brings back some memories! I used to love to watch those dudes chase each other around that place with chairs! LOL!! I miss those days....it was just fun! Whatever happened to Harry and ol Tojo?