Rise of a Star

[The Blonde Bomber]

Calvello v Young coming down the line? Who’s the true US champ??? Wonder how this will impact the court.

[Old School Fan]

On 11/3/2022 at 6:12 AM, The Blonde Bomber said:

Calvello v Young coming down the line? Who’s the true US champ??? Wonder how this will impact the court.

Something may happen as soon as the next AGWA TV taping...  😉

[Old School Fan]

Back in Montreal once again...

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All-Star Wrestling @ Paul Sauvé Arena
September 16, 1968 - Montreal, Quebec

 

Buster Lloyd defeated Antonio Baillargeon by pinfall following a headbutt.

Gino Brito and Chin Lee battled to a time-limit draw.

Don McClarty & Carlos Colon defeated Matt Gilmore & Doug Kent when Colon pinned Gilmore following a running powerslam.

In a non-title bout, Canadian Women's Champion Françoise Hardy defeated France Létourneau* by pinfall with a crucifix cradle.  Following the match, Hardy took the arena microphone and dismissed Létourneau as insignificant and not in her class, then went on to proclaim that no Canadian woman wrestler - except for one (Margot Bouchard) - was in her class, not even former Canadian Champion Renée Martel**, which served only to draw the ire of the fans in the arena.

Jos & Paul LeDuc defeated The Masks when Jos LeDuc forced Mask I to submit to a bearhug.

ASW World Tag Team Championship - Two out of Three Falls

Baron Von Raschke & Waldo Von Erich defeated Johnny & Jacques Rougeau (C) to win the title when Von Raschke used the Iron Claw on Johnny Rougeau for the submission in the third fall after each team had scored a fall.

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* France Létourneau was created for this diary.

** This is to serve as the beginning of a buildup toward an eventual rematch between Renée Martel and Françoise Hardy.

[The Blonde Bomber]

2 hours ago, Old School Fan said:

Back in Montreal once again...

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All-Star Wrestling @ Paul Sauvé Arena
September 16, 1968 - Montreal, Quebec

 

Buster Lloyd defeated Antonio Baillargeon by pinfall following a headbutt.

Gino Brito and Chin Lee battled to a time-limit draw.

Don McClarty & Carlos Colon defeated Matt Gilmore & Doug Kent when Colon pinned Gilmore following a running powerslam.

In a non-title bout, Canadian Women's Champion Françoise Hardy defeated France Létourneau* by pinfall with a crucifix cradle.  Following the match, Hardy took the arena microphone and dismissed Létourneau as insignificant and not in her class, then went on to proclaim that no Canadian woman wrestler - except for one (Margot Bouchard) - was in her class, not even former Canadian Champion Renée Martel**, which served only to draw the ire of the fans in the arena.

Jos & Paul LeDuc defeated The Masks when Jos LeDuc forced Mask I to submit to a bearhug.

ASW World Tag Team Championship - Two out of Three Falls

Baron Von Raschke & Waldo Von Erich defeated Johnny & Jacques Rougeau (C) to win the title when Von Raschke used the Iron Claw on Johnny Rougeau for the submission in the third fall after each team had scored a fall.

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* France Létourneau was created for this diary.

** This is to serve as the beginning of a buildup toward an eventual rematch between Renée Martel and Françoise Hardy.

What happened to Ms. France Gall? I thought she’d be the perennial challenger for the champ of Europe and Canada, while Renee is away. 

[Old School Fan]

2 minutes ago, The Blonde Bomber said:

What happened to Ms. France Gall? I thought she’d be the perennial challenger for the champ of Europe and Canada, while Renee is away. 

She had the night off on the night of that card, but she'll be back.  😁

[Captain Kremmen]

Francoise better watch what she says about Renee. You should never poke a sleeping tigeress.

Nice to see the Baron win with the Claw,

Notice how that was a nice, simple, effective finisher. He didn't have to climb to the top of the rafters and hit his opponent with the Triple Lindy to win. 🙃

Edited November 7, 2022 by piperrulz

[Old School Fan]

9 hours ago, piperrulz said:

Francoise better watch what she says about Renee. You should never poke a sleeping tigeress.

When Renée returns to Montreal after her 60-day exile, she'll have quite a bit to say about Hardy running her mouth during her rule of the roost.

9 hours ago, piperrulz said:

Nice to see the Baron win with the Claw,

Notice how that was a nice, simple, effective finisher. He didn't have to climb to the top of the rafters and hit his opponent with the Triple Lindy to win. 🙃

Ah, the good ol' days...  😎

[Old School Fan]

Over the course of the previous year, AGWA live events in Albuquerque (which Bugs Bunny should've remembered to take that "left toin" in 😆 ) had been held at the mid-sized Albuquerque Civic Auditorium (which could seat about 6,500 for wrestling events), but because of a recent spike in demand for AGWA event tickets (thanks in part to the exposure given the promotion by AGWA Women's Pro Wrestling on the city's NBC affiliate KOB-TV), it was decided to move the latest Albuquerque house show to a larger venue...

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American Girls' Wrestling Association @ University Arena*
September 21, 1968 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance - 14,000+

 

Judy Sowinski defeated Sally Vega by pinfall following a kneedrop.

Handicap match

Baby Rocco (with "The Queen" Mae Young) squashed Carmen Thompson & Linda Moody when she big-splashed each girl and pinned them both simultaneously.  Post-match, Rocco got on the arena microphone and demanded to know where Earlene Brown was, calling out the big ex-Olympian and demanding that she get in the ring and face her (even though she knew that Brown, who was still on the mend from getting big-splashed three consecutive times by Rocco on August 27, was not at the arena that night).

Jane Sherill & Patty O'Hara defeated Sylvia Hackney & Kathy Starr when O'Hara pinned Hackney following a clothesline to the back of the head.

Judy Arnold used the spinning toehold to get the submission win from Tonette Kadrmas.

In a non-title bout, Yukiko Tomoe defeated AGWA United States Champion Ann Calvello (with Mae Young) by pinfall after attempted interference by Young backfired when Young, who was aiming for Tomoe with a foreign object while she was being held by Calvello, hit Calvello by mistake when Tomoe escaped.  Post-match, another argument between Young and Calvello erupted, requiring the rest of the Queen's Court to break up.

AGWA Television Championship

Joyce Fowler (C) defeated Shirley Hardman (with Mae Young) when Hardman was disqualified for striking the referee as he tried to stop her from choking Fowler.

AGWA United States Tag Team Championship - Two out of Three Falls

Renée Martel & Claire Lepage (C) retained their title by defeating Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard (with Mae Young) when Martel used the Alligator Clutch to get the submission from Hase in the third fall after each team had won a fall.

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* The University Arena is one of the University of New Mexico's main sports venues (as it is for Albuquerque in general); opened in 1966 and seating nearly 15,000 for basketball at this point (and possibly more for wrestling), this arena earned the nickname "The Pit" because its playing floor was built 37 feet below street level.

 

Edited November 7, 2022 by Old School Fan

[The Blonde Bomber]

I gotta say I appreciate the amount of depth you go into with explaining why things are happening. The affiliate in New Mexico got you to almost triple your attendance. That’s astonishing. Also the details of explaining the venues of the era. You really give me such enjoyment in the current Barron world of wrestling. A trip to when wrestling was real and things made more sense. Thank you for all your hard work. 

Edited November 7, 2022 by The Blonde Bomber

[Old School Fan]

For everyone wondering about what's been brewing recently between Mae Young and Ann Calvello, here comes the payoff...

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AGWA TV taping @ Anaheim Convention Center Arena
September 24, 1968 - Anaheim, California
Attendance - 6,960

Aired the weekend of September 28, 1968 on AGWA Women's Pro Wrestling:

Dark match

Valerie Blackard* defeated Panama Franco by pinfall following a snap suplex.

Judy Sowinski defeated Dixie Grant by pinfall following a kneedrop.

Highlights of the Yukiko Tomoe vs. Ann Calvello match and the Mae Young vs. Ann Casey NWA United States Women's title match from September 10 (in which Calvello showed up at ringside to blast Young verbally for showing up with her own version of a United States title) were shown.  Following the highlights, Mildred Burke appeared with show host Dick Lane at ringside and announced that as a result of the events from those matches, Calvello would be defending her AGWA United States title against Tomoe in the TV main event that night.

Baby Rocco (with "The Queen" Mae Young) quickly squashed Kathy Starr when she big-splashed and pinned Starr.  Post-match, Rocco grabbed the arena microphone and called out Earlene Brown, demanding that she show up to face her, then continued abusing Starr at Young's direction when suddenly, the crowd went wild with cheers as Brown, making her first appearance in a month, ran in and chased out Rocco and Young to make the save, then took the mic and verbally ripped into Rocco for trying to sideline her and for her assaults on other wrestlers while she was gone, then demanded that a match be signed between them.

Judy Arnold defeated Mary Jane Mull by pinfall with a sunset flip.

AGWA United States Championship

Yukiko Tomoe** defeated Ann Calvello (C) (with Mae Young) by pinfall to win the title when, late in the bout after the referee had accidentally been knocked down, Young's attempt to interfere on Calvello's behalf backfired when Tomoe reversed an Irish whip attempt to the ropes by the champion, resulting in Calvello getting belted by Young with a foreign object intended for Tomoe, who then pinned Calvello with a schoolgirl rollup.  Post-match, as Tomoe was awarded the AGWA United States title belt, an enraged Calvello started arguing with Young about the mixup, leading to Young slapping Calvello in the face; Calvello responded by drilling Young with a punch that knocked the manager to the mat to the cheers of the fans, then she continued trash-talking Young before Queen's Court members Georgia Hase, Margot Bouchard and Diane Syverson all ran in and attacked Calvello, beating her down to the canvas.  As Hase and Bouchard picked Calvello up off the mat, Young, after being helped up by Syverson, began berating a half-out-of-it Calvello (still being held up by Hase and Bouchard) while delivering paintbrush slaps to her face, calling her a screwup for the bungled interference that led to Calvello losing the United States title to Tomoe, then she unceremoniously fired Calvello from the Queen's Court and slugged her one more time before Young and her clients left the ring to the fans' boos and left the now-beltless Calvello in a heap on the mat.

Aired the weekend of October 5, 1968 on AGWA Women's Pro Wrestling:

Dark match

In a non-title match, California Women's Champion Betty Niccoli (who first arrived with the belt in the AGWA in May) defeated Margo Vincent by pinfall following a leg sweep.

Georgia Hase & Margot Bouchard (with Mae Young) defeated Serena Harris & Jane Travis when Bouchard pinned Harris following a spinebuster slam.

Handicap match

Earlene Brown, in her first match back since the attack on her by Baby Rocco on August 27, was cheered on by the crowd as she defeated Kim Blanchard & Ashley Sinclair when Brown big-splashed and pinned Sinclair.

AGWA Television Championship

Joyce Fowler (C) defeated Diane Syverson (with Mae Young) when Fowler scored the pinfall after nailing Syverson with a high knee off the ropes.

AGWA United States Tag Team Championship - Two out of Three Falls

In the TV main event, Renée Martel & Claire Lepage (C) retained their title by defeating Jane Sherill & Patty O'Hara in two straight falls.

⦁    First fall - Lepage pinned Sherill following a flying clothesline off the second rope.
⦁    Second fall - Martel made O'Hara submit to the Alligator Clutch.

NWA United States Women's Championship

Mae Young (C) defeated Sally Vega by disqualification when a revenge-seeking Ann Calvello ran in and attacked Young; Georgia Hase, Margot Bouchard and Diane Syverson ran out to again go after Calvello moments later, but the wily veteran foiled their attempt by bailing out as she saw them coming and escaped through the crowd (this match was not aired as part of the October 5 episode, but was held for airing in a future episode).

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* Roller derby skater IRL.

** This is Yukiko Tomoe's last appearance with the AGWA, as she subsequently returned to Japan with the AGWA United States title to defend it in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling; from this point forward, the NWA United States Women's title held by Mae Young becomes the main singles title in the AGWA as the NWA Board of Directors gave control of that title to the AGWA.

Edited November 11, 2022 by Old School Fan
Date corrected

[Old School Fan]

American Girls' Wrestling Association @ Denver Coliseum*
September 28, 1968 - Denver, Colorado
Attendance - 9,750

 

Valerie Blackard battled Judy Sowinski to a time-limit draw.

Baby Rocco (with "The Queen" Mae Young) defeated Lita Marez in a one-sided squash when she big-splashed and pinned Marez.

Judy Arnold defeated Tonette Kadrmas by countout when Kadrmas took a walk back to the locker rooms after the rookie rulebreaker decided she had enough of getting dominated by Arnold after the latter made a comeback during the match.

Earlene Brown defeated Margot Bouchard (with Mae Young) by disqualification when Young was caught interfering by grabbing at Brown's legs from ringside for a tripping attempt as she tried to bounce off the ropes in preparation to big-splash Bouchard, who soon joined Young for a double-team attack on Brown after Bouchard got up off the mat; as Brown rallied and began fighting back against her heel rivals, however, Baby Rocco ran in and jumped the ex-Olympic athlete to make it a 3-on-1 before Judy Arnold, Renée Martel and Claire Lepage all ran in to even the sides and help Brown run the Queen's Court off to prevent a repeat of the August 27 attack by Rocco that sidelined Brown.

AGWA Television Championship

Joyce Fowler (C) defeated Shirley Hardman (with Mae Young) by pinfall after Fowler hit Hardman with a high knee on the rebound off the ropes.

AGWA United States Tag Team Championship - Two out of Three Falls

Renée Martel & Claire Lepage (C) defeated Jane Sherill & Patty O'Hara, two falls to one.

⦁    First fall - Lepage pinned Sherill following a flying clothesline off the second rope.
⦁    Second fall - O'Hara evened the match by pinning Lepage following a clothesline to the back of the head.
⦁    Third fall - Martel caught O'Hara in the Alligator Clutch for the submission win.  Right after the match, Mae Young showed up at ringside and began ripping verbally into Martel and Lepage, warning them that their time as tag team champions would not be for much longer as the Queen's Court would reclaim the title, but Renée and Lepage replied simply by telling Young and her goon squad to bring it on as the crowd rooted the champions on.

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* As Denver has traditionally been part of the American Wrestling Association's territory since at least the mid-1960s, this event was promoted in collaboration with local AWA promoter Gene Reed with Verne Gagne's blessing.

 

Edited November 10, 2022 by Old School Fan
Specification

[Old School Fan]

Back in Montreal two days later...

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All-Star Wrestling @ Paul Sauvé Arena
September 30, 1968 - Montreal, Quebec

 

Carlos Colon defeated Gerard Dugas by pinfall following a running powerslam.

Buster Lloyd & Chin Lee defeated Dale Roberts & Antonio Baillargeon when Lloyd pinned Roberts following a headbutt.

Jos & Paul LeDuc defeated Matt Gilmore & Doug Kent when Paul LeDuc pinned Gilmore following a flying axhandle.

Canadian Women's Championship

Françoise Hardy (C) defeated France Gall by pinfall when Hardy used a three-quarter nelson hold to maneuver Gall into a pin.  Post-match, Hardy took the arena microphone and declared that while Gall gave her a good match, she still wasn't good enough to beat her, then Hardy proceeded to verbally run down Renée Martel once again, with the fans booing Hardy as she proclaimed Renée as "inferior" in comparison to her.

ASW World Tag Team Championship

Gino Brito & Bob Nandor* defeated Baron Von Raschke & Waldo Von Erich (C) by disqualification when Von Raschke threw Brito over the top rope (Von Raschke & Von Erich retain their title due to the DQ).

Two out of Three Falls

In a non-title match, Jacques Rougeau defeated ASW World Heavyweight Champion Ivan Koloff, two falls to one.

⦁    First fall - Rougeau pinned Koloff following a powerslam.
⦁    Second fall - Koloff used the Russian bearhug to force Rougeau to submit.
⦁    Third fall - Rougeau took the win after pinning Koloff following a knockout punch.

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* Bob Nandor (real name Czaya Nandor) was the nephew of Hungarian-born superheavyweight wrestler King Kong Czaya, who gained his greatest fame wrestling in India and was also the first co-holder of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance's All-Asia Tag Team Championship with Tiger Joginder Singh in 1955.  As a wrestler in his own right, Nandor was a three-time holder of the Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship during 1962 in Big Time Wrestling (as Stampede Wrestling was then known).

[Old School Fan]

American Girls' Wrestling Association @ Spokane Coliseum
October 5, 1968 - Spokane, Washington
Attendance - 5,960

 

NOTE: This event was done in collaboration with Vancouver NWA promoter Sandor Kovacs, whose NWA All-Star Wrestling had taken over running Spokane after Pacific Northwest Wrestling pulled out two years earlier.

 

Valerie Blackard defeated Ashley Sinclair by pinfall following a belly-to-belly suplex.

Jane Sherill & Patty O'Hara defeated Kathy Starr & Lita Marez when Sherill pinned Starr with a sunset flip.

Margot Bouchard (with "The Queen" Mae Young) defeated Sally Vega by pinfall following a spinebuster slam.

AGWA Television Championship

Joyce Fowler (C) defeated Baby Rocco (with Margot Bouchard - subbing for Mae Young, who was prepping for her main event match later that night) by disqualification when Bouchard ran in and attacked Fowler from behind as she had Rocco caught in a sleeperhold.  Bouchard and Rocco double-teamed on Fowler post-match until Renée Martel, Claire Lepage and Judy Arnold ran in for the save.  Prior to the start of the match, when the referee told Bouchard to return to the locker rooms, Bouchard refused, then produced a paper indicating that she was licensed to be a second for Mae Young's wrestlers in Young's absence and thus was legally able to be present for the match.

AGWA United States Tag Team Championship - Two out of Three Falls

Renée Martel & Claire Lepage (C) defeated Shirley Hardman & Diane Syverson (with Margot Bouchard) in two straight falls.

⦁    First fall - Lepage pinned Syverson following an overhead suplex.
⦁    Second fall - Bouchard ran in to attack Martel as she had Hardman tied up in the Alligator Clutch, resulting in Hardman and Syverson's disqualification.  Syverson ran in after the bell rang to help Bouchard double-team Martel, but Lepage quickly came in to even the sides as the champions cleared the ring of the heels.

NWA United States Women's Championship - Two out of Three Falls

Mae Young (C) drew with Judy Arnold after each wrestler had scored one fall.

⦁    First fall - Young pinned Arnold following an elbow drop.
⦁    Second fall - Arnold floored Young with a cross-bodyblock for the pinfall to even the match.
⦁    Third fall - Young and Arnold were both counted out while brawling outside the ring.

Edited November 13, 2022 by Old School Fan
Correction

[The Blonde Bomber]

Interesting that the US Title match ended in a draw. Like how it was different then the usual interference from the heinous court.

 

love the minor detail of Margot managing and having her license. I wonder if that will come back in the future. 

[Captain Kremmen]

I might be wrong here, but didn't Ann Calvello also make a name for herself in roller derby?

Francoise just has a smoldering sexy heel presence in her pic. 😺

[Captain Kremmen]

Looks like you and me are in a tight race in terms of views. Bet we have a lot of crossover.

[Old School Fan]

On 11/13/2022 at 7:39 PM, piperrulz said:

I might be wrong here, but didn't Ann Calvello also make a name for herself in roller derby?

She did, in fact - mentioned on Page One (at the bottom of the post) and here.

 

On 11/13/2022 at 7:39 PM, piperrulz said:

Francoise just has a smoldering sexy heel presence in her pic. 😺

It does kind of look that way, though my intention was to depict her as the arrogant heel she currently portrays while she's wrestling in Canada.  😉

Edited November 17, 2022 by Old School Fan

[Old School Fan]

Bonus content time again:

While I'm working on a new chapter, here's a render of what the title card and opening montage for the AGWA's TV show would've looked like way back in 1968 (complete, of course, with the scan lines common in the CRT TV sets of the day):

 

And since this is 1968, what would a TV wrestling show be without theme music that captures the show's spirit to go with it, like this:

Cliff Nobles & Company - The Horse

[Old School Fan]

October 1968

Back in Montreal, the latest edition of the All-Star Wrestling arena program is now out and details new developments in the World Heavyweight title feud between Johnny Rougeau and champion Ivan Koloff:

And on Page Two, Françoise Hardy sounds off about a claimed "lack of competition" while getting in another dig against Renée Martel and making a threat about the Canadian Women's title to generate heat:

Edited November 19, 2022 by Old School Fan

[Old School Fan]

Later that night...

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All-Star Wrestling @ Paul Sauvé Arena
October 7, 1968 - Montreal, Quebec

 

Jos & Paul LeDuc defeated Antonio Baillargeon & Larry Moquin when Jos LeDuc forced Moquin's submission with a bearhug.

In a non-title match, Canadian Women's Champion Françoise Hardy defeated Rosalie Paiement by pinfall with a schoolgirl pin.  Post-match, Hardy got the arena microphone and denounced Paiement as another unworthy opponent, then seized the opportunity to verbally run down Renée Martel again while demanding to face better competition as the fans in the arena booed.

Carlos Colon battled Abdullah the Butcher to a bloody no-contest when both wrestlers, after busting each other's heads open, were disqualified for excessive brawling.

Dutch Momberg battled ASW World Tag Team co-champion Waldo Von Erich to a time-limit draw.

Jacques Rougeau & Gino Brito defeated Matt Gilmore & Doug Kent when Brito made Gilmore submit to the figure-four leglock.

Two out of Three Falls

Johnny Rougeau defeated Tony Angelo, two falls to one.

⦁    First fall - Angelo pinned Rougeau following a powerslam.
⦁    Second fall - Angelo was disqualified when he was caught using a foreign object on Rougeau.
⦁    Third fall - Rougeau subdued Angelo with the sleeperhold for the win.

[Old School Fan]

Meanwhile, earlier that day...

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Back in Encino at her wrestling school, Mildred Burke was working on paperwork in her office when a knock came on her door.  "Come on in," she said to the knocker, who she was expecting.

"Hey, Mildred, you look like you're pretty busy," Renée Martel said as she, Michèle Richard, Claire Lepage and Joyce Fowler came into Mildred's office.  "Should we come back later?"

"Oh no, it's alright, come on in," Mildred replied as she beckoned the girls into her office.  "I've just been going through some paperwork regarding the TV show." she added, referring to AGWA Women's Pro Wrestling.

"Oh, how's that going?" Michèle asked.

"I've been getting reports on ratings for the show from the stations that carry it," Mildred explained.  "In the Los Angeles market alone, it's one of the highest-rated shows on local TV, alongside the LeBells' own show Wrestling at the Olympic - our show's even beaten out quite a few of the network shows airing here ratings-wise.  I've also had similar reports of high ratings for the show in many other cities where's it's been packaged with other wrestling shows - San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Boise, Vegas, Salt Lake City, Denver, Phoenix, Albuquerque - it's really on a roll right now.  Thanks to the show, it's also getting your names out there, along with the other stars."

"And that's a good sign, right?" Claire then said.

"It sure is," Mildred confirmed.  "Because of it, I'm getting offers now from other stations that want to pick up the show, at the suggestion of the wrestling promoters in those cities - Bob Geigel in Kansas City, Sam Muchnick in St. Louis, Jack Adkisson* in Dallas, Bill Afflis** in Indianapolis, Bob Luce in Chicago, even Verne Gagne himself, they all want our show as a supplement for their own TV shows in their territories.  Even Jim Crockett over in the Carolinas has been asking about using match footage of Joyce from our show on the TV shows his company produces so he can get Joyce more familiar with the fans over there."

"I asked to have that done because I'll be spending more time out that way soon anyway," Joyce said.

"Really?" Renée wondered.

"Oh, did I forget to mention why?  Check this out," Joyce said as she showed Mildred and the other girls what was on her left hand - a wedding ring.

"Wow, that looks gorgeous," Renée remarked as she saw the ring while Michèle and Claire also marveled over it.  "When did the wedding happen, and to who?"

"It happened during the summer while I was out touring the Carolinas," Joyce explained.  "I got married to a local wrestler out there, George Becker.  He and I'd been seeing each other since I started wrestling for Crockett last year."

"Well, that's awesome," Renée said as she, Michèle and Claire congratulated Joyce on her recent marriage.  Turning to Mildred, she then asked, "Mildred, did you know about this?"

"Joyce told me about it when she came back to L.A., some time before I booked you, Michèle and Claire to come here," said Mildred, confirming what Renée had guessed.  "And speaking of the three of you, I asked you here since I've got some plans for you for the next TV taping tomorrow."

"Ah, okay - what's the plan?" Michèle asked.

"I heard from Johnny Rougeau a few days ago and he wants you and Claire back in Montreal next week for an angle he's doing," Mildred said.  "So for that, I've got some angles in the works*** to write the two of you out of the current storylines to allow you to return to Montreal while Renée finishes up here solo with another house show tour before she goes back to Montreal the week after."

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* Real name of wrestler/promoter Fritz Von Erich.

** AKA William Afflis, the real name of wrestler/promoter Dick the Bruiser.

*** What those angles are will be revealed in an upcoming post.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Old School Fan
Corrected location

[Lord Byron]

Good series of updates.  I do have one bit of advice for Renee:  stay the hell away from Grizzly Smith (aka Jake Roberts' father).  

Look up The Dark Side of the Ring episode on him, for starters--I won't go into it very much, but he makes Fritz Von Erich (mentioned in your last post) at his worst look like father of the year, and that isn't even an exaggeration!!!

Hope Renee sticks around long enough to meet Jim Cornette and Jim Ross...

[Old School Fan]

Time again for some bonus content:

This is something I'd been wanting to do for a while, but never really got around to until now (luckily, the image is clickable if you want to see it in better detail):

Edited November 25, 2022 by Old School Fan

[Captain Kremmen]

Happy T-Day, OSF. KUTGW! 🙃

[The Blonde Bomber]

Happy Thanksgiving, like that roster page to give a clear picture of who's on the roster right now. Also interesting that Calvello is on the heel side still, I thought after the fallout with Mae she'd have switched.