Episode 29: The Summer of '69
In Episode 29 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk, Greg:
Takes a trip way down south to Harlingen, Texas, to look at matches at the Wrestlethon Auditorium in June and August of 1969. Headliners include "Dirty" Dusty Rhodes, Wahoo McDaniel, Johnny Valentine, Thunderbolt Patterson and Jose Lothario.
Talks about other things happening in the summer of 1969, such as the decline in attendance in New York.
Looks at wrestling in Milwaukee in 1969, courtesy of Wrestling News and the Milwaukee Wrestling Yearbook.
Tells a forgotten story about Johnny Rich's ring.
Pays tribute to his trainer, Exotic Adrian Street, after learning of Adrian's death, while recording.
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