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THE GREAT BOLO sues THE GREAT BOLO - 1959 (Read 1125 times)
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THE GREAT BOLO sues THE GREAT BOLO - 1959
Jul 24th, 2007, 6:26pm
 
I found an ASSOCIATED PRESS article dated January 27, 1959 in which AL LOVELOCK is suing TOM RENESTO in an attempt to force TOM RENESTO to publicly unmask, claiming copyright infringment over THE GREAT BOLO character.
 
 
 
"A West Coast wrestler calling himself "THE GREAT BOLO" wants the courts to unmask Charlotte's version of the hooded villain.
 
AL LOVELOCK, who says he was licensed to wrestle under the name of THE GREAT BOLO in 1953, filed a suit against THOMAS F. RENESTO in Superior Court Monday, asking $20,000 in actual and $100,000 in punitive damages.
 
LOVELOCK, from Houston, Texas, also seeks a court order preventing RENESTO from using the name and mask of THE GREAT BOLO.  
 
The bulky wrestler claims RENESTO served as his "second" while he was winning matches as THE GREAT BOLO in California, Arizona, Texas, and other states.
 
RENESTO made his first appearance in Charlotte in February, 1958. Since then, he has developed into a major attraction for promoter JIM CROCKETT's wrestling shows, while managing to avoid being unmasked.
 
He won another match Monday night, defeating Larry (Crusher) Hamilton, but his share of the purse was attached as a result of the court action.
 
LOVELOCK's lawsuit also requests that CROCKETT be prevented from promoting RENESTO as THE GREAT BOLO.
 
Neither RENESTO or CROCKETT could be reached for immediate comment."
 
 
So this means that BOLO's identity was publicly exposed during his run in JCP, although he was never unmasked.
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Re: THE GREAT BOLO sues THE GREAT BOLO - 1959
Reply #1 - Jul 24th, 2007, 6:49pm
 
I can just picture these two, in the People's Court, both wearing their masks, arguing over whether or not Renesto should be able to call himself the Great Bolo!  Grin
 
I might've missed it, but any word as to whether Lovelock got the money, or did Renesto continue to wrestle as the Great Bolo?
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Reply #2 - Jul 24th, 2007, 8:14pm
 
Quote from Baron Chito Von Poppenfresh on Jul 24th, 2007, 6:49pm:
I can just picture these two, in the People's Court, both wearing their masks, arguing over whether or not Renesto should be able to call himself the Great Bolo!  Grin


 

 
It might have looked something like this Grin
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Reply #3 - Jul 24th, 2007, 9:09pm
 
I don't know the details of how the lawsuit was resolved but Tom Renesto
continued to wrestle as the Great Bolo for Jim Crockett Sr. in the sixties.His
last appearance here as the Great Bolo was in July 1972 when the Bolos
lost the Brass Knuckles Trophy to Johnny Weaver and Art Nelson in Charlotte.
 
Thank you greatbologuy for sharing this article. I always think of the Bolos as
being the best masked team ever to appear in in Jim Crockett Promotions.
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