Episode 34: Morris P. Sigel for the WON HOF
In Episode 34 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk, Greg:
Does some investigating into two questions that have been floating around the podcast lately:
1) Did Sylvester Ritter work at Wal-Mart at the end of his life?
2) Did Tracy Smothers get the better of Adrian Street during a fight in Alabama in 1987 or 1988?
Rants a little more about the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame and its exclusion of the Junkyard Dog.
Promotes the candidacy of Houston Wrestling promoter Morris P. Sigel, who owned the Texas booking office and promoted the Houston market for more than four decades.
Examines Iron Mike Sharp's first couple of runs in the WWF in 1983 and 1984 and debunks the idea that Sharp never won matches.
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