You're right, I had forgotten about Jim and Jesse and the Virginia boys until you mentioned it, Winette. I also forgot about the subtle virtues of the Assassins. I had no idea they were still keeping it going, and I'm glad to hear it, Patty. Sad to say though, the present version must clearly not have the same sense of community that it had when we were kids. Back then, it seemed like everyone in SE Alabama and North Florida was watching that stuff. I particularly remember that it seemed like the streets of Graceville would completely empty when 'rasslin' was on. Mario Galinto would insult us locals, and then the intrepid Dick Dunn would step forward to defend the local honor. Fortunately, Dick rarely let us down. When we were kids, we would always fight over who would get to play Dick, and who would be Mario. It's interesting to think that Dothan was one of the few communities in the country that anticipated the billion dollar "Pro Wrestling" industry by thirty years. Someone on another list told me that John Gause, Gene Ragan, Miss Bonnie, Bob Howell, Art Creamer, Wayne Register, Wayne Perkins, Betty Gaut, and Barbara Gellerstedt are all still employees of WTVY. Man, those folks must be getting really old by now! But then, sad to say, so are we. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Strickland, Patty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 7:32 AM Subject: RE: [FLJACKSO] Championship Wrestling > Jeff - Wrestling is there already. My husband and I went from Tallahassee > September 30 and saw Dusty, Dustin, Bullet Bob, Barry Windom (sp.) and > others that we had never heard of. It was great!!. Pull up Houston County > Farm Center on a search engine and it will show the events. I believe they > come about every other month. > Patty > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Armstrong [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FLJACKSO] Championship Wrestling > > > Dale Cox gave a great talk tonight in Tallahassee on the Battles of Marianna > and Natural Bridge. > > But one question I should have asked him and didn't. He mentioned that he > worked for WTVY in Dothan. What I want to know is, when are they going to > bring back Championship Wrestling at the Houston County Farm Center? > > Who can forget the young "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, not yet dry behind the > ears? And the weekly epic battle between good and evil, between Dick Dunn > and Mario Galinto, with the steady hand of Gene Gauss as moderator? How > everyone was incensed at Mario's long hair and earring. > > And the old "Gene Ragan Farm Show". I wonder if any of the cast of these > shows (besides Steve) is still around. > > Ahh, to return to the days of locally produced television shows, before > everything was so slickly produced and rehearsed; when the best parts were > when things happened that weren't in the script; the things noone counted > on. > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >