Remembering Live Wrestling

I REMEMBER HARRY THORTON BECAUSE I GREW UP WATCHING HIS
WRESTLING.IKNEW MORE ABOUT WRESTLING THAN I DID CARTOONS.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ALL THE WRESTLERS LIKE WILDFIRE,
GEORGE GULAS AND BEAR CAT BROWN.

I remember as a child crawling up on my daddies' lap to watch wrestling on Saturday afternoons. I use to love Mr. Wrestling II. I still look up everything I can about him. He was like a superhero to me. I mean, he wore a mask and fought the bad guys. That's a superhero, right?
Later, when I started going to school, i would have to be at my grandmother's house @ 6 a.m. There, every morning , we watched the morning show with Harry Thornton.
That man was such an important part of my childhood, and the reason I love wrestling today. His shows brought my family together in a way nothing else on t.v. has since. It was something we could share, old and young alike.
It still breaks my heart to know that he only got to enjoy a few months of his retirement before he died. I guess its amazing what you recollect from your childhood.
R.I.P. Harry Thornton

Thats what i needed to start the day,Back to setting @Grannys with her and my Great Grandmother ,both of em yelling at Tojo and yelling for Jackie Fargo.
And yeah those rainy Saturdays back then?Where did the goodtimes go.
And yes you should air those if you haveem if not sell them they are a treasure ..

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 Nashville.

 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?