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Couple of 1977 cards (Read 1961 times)
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Couple of 1977 cards
Jan 5th, 2010, 2:12pm
 
04/13/1977 Fort Mill,SC @ Fort Mill High School
North American Title
Dick "The Bulldog" Brower (c) vs Don'The Fonz" Fargo
Nick DeCarlo & Stonewall Jackson vs Rip & Buzz Tyler w/ Gentleman Billy Hines
Daisy Mae vs Sandy Partlow
 
08/19/1977 Hendersonville,NC @ Berkeley Mills Recreation Park
North American Title
Dick "The Bulldog" Brower vs Johnny Powers
Karl Von Stroheim vs Ed Fury
Rip Tyler (Junior Heavyweight Champion) vs Gene Ligon
Plus one other match
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Re: Couple of 1977 cards
Reply #1 - Jan 9th, 2010, 11:55pm
 
thanks for posting these
 
I'd heard of Billy Hines working as Billy Boy and Bulldog but never as Gentleman Billy Hines. In fact Brower turned face here and we had him feuding vs. Bulldog Billy Hines.
 
wasn't Rip Tyler kind of big to be a Jr. Heavyweight.
 
Stonewall Jackson = Steve Musulin/Steve Muslin/Steve Travis
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Reply #2 - Jan 10th, 2010, 1:17pm
 
The times I saw Billy Hines on the IWA tv show, he only worked as a manager. At the time he was past his prime as a wrestler.If he did wrestle on any of their shows,I missed it.
 
As for Rip Tyler, he was pretty slim when he worked for the IWA. Buzz was much heavier. I only got to see them a few times in the IWA. The Tyler's were only with the IWA about six months, if I remember right.
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Reply #3 - Jan 11th, 2010, 10:39pm
 
this wasn't the Rip Tyler from gulf coast..the IWA Rip was Lee Teal...I remember hearing the Tyler Brothers and expecting Rip and Randy....when I saw a few gulf coast clippings I realized  he wasn't the same guy
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Reply #4 - Jan 13th, 2010, 4:35pm
 
okay, you learn something every day. The guy over at 57talk.com has it that Rip Tyler is a legend in the Carolina's. Obviously he wasn't a legend here but I was under the impression that it was GC's Rip Tyler that teamed with Buzz Tyler here. Thanks for setting the record straight.
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Reply #5 - Jul 11th, 2011, 11:40am
 
just talked to Lee Teal...he got the Rip tyler name when the original gulf coast Rip backed out...he had been under the hood as one of The Maulers
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