Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Territory History Show

Episode 30: Vancouver 1975 plus Q & A Mailbag 2


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Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Presents: Personalities, Territories, Towns & Buildings Episode 30, this week on the Time Tunnel Wrestling History Show, I welcome Steve Verrier, author of Wrestling in the Pacific Northwest, the Gene Kiniski biography and co-author of the Wilbur Snyder biography!

On this week’s episode, we discuss the booking office, territory and promotion of Vancouver, British Columbia. Largely owned by former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Gene Kiniski, we discuss the personalities, towns, buildings, angles, television product and legendary matches that took place in Vancouver throughout the year of 1975.

You will enjoy this episode on one of the most overlooked territories of the territory era in professional wrestling, the Vancouver territory!

Plus Tony answers these questions sent into the show:

1. Tony, other than Gordon Solie and Lance Russell I'm territory days who in your opnion who was good wrestling announcers in the day?
2. What wrestlers have been forgotten that we need to remember? 
3. What are your thoughts on multi-time world champions, such as 14-time world champion and such?
4. I would like to hear about the All South and how they challenged Crockett promotions in NC and SC and what the internal challenges were? Did you know the promoter even backed one or two of them?
5. Tony, What are your thoughts about David Von Erich as NWA World Champion?

 

 

 

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Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Territory History ShowBy Tony Richards