Most popular wrestlers of the 70's?

[Mikey]

Was there a wrestler by the name of Tito Santana? For some reason I remember that name...possibly fighting Pedro Morales??

I used to live about 10 miles away from Tito Santana

His wife owns a hair dresser shop in the town - think she still does

Tito used to almost live at our local mall

Probably the nicest wrestler I ever met

[wilbs518]

Superfly Sunka
Andre
Kevin Von Erich
Bruno Sammartino
Mil Mascaras

[Godzilla]

Man I'd be all over Santo and Blue Demon Megos!

[GlobalObserver]

Dude, you're just a wellspring of ideas today... I'm totally gonna do it!

SC

I guess I better start saving my money.

[GlobalObserver]

When my family moved to the country in '75, my dad sold our house to the parents of Ted & Jerry Oates.



Columbus, GA was a huge Rasslin' market in the 60's/70's/80's. A lot of the wrestlers worked out at Oates Gymn, and there were major matches every Wednesday night at the municipal auditorium. There were also live matches every Saturday afternoon at the downtown sports arena to publicize the Wednesday night major event. President Carter's mother was in attendance nearly every week. Her favorite wrestler was the same as mine.



\m/ NWA \M/

[Cmonster]

I guess I better start saving my money.

Blame Hector, not me.

SC

[GlobalObserver]

...and no, Jimmy Carter wasn't my favorite wrestler.

[piecemaker]

These 70s "bad guys" used to crack me up. Mad Dog Vachon and Baron Von Raschke.

[Hector]

Blame Hector, not me.

SC

To be brutally honest...the American wrestlers do not interest me one bit...but I would definitely buy Santo & Blue Demon...because they were just more than luchadores and movie stars in Mexico...they were practically on a par with Catholic saints down there...non-wrestling fans love them...Santo & Blue Demon are like Villa & Zapata...they are now part of Mexican folklore.

[Hector]

I used to live about 10 miles away from Tito Santana

His wife owns a hair dresser shop in the town - think she still does

Tito used to almost live at our local mall

Probably the nicest wrestler I ever met

Despite the fact that Tito Santana is of Mexican decent...he's completely unknown in Mexico.

[Hector]

I'm already predicting your Santo/Blue Demon is gonna be a best seller...

[torgospizza]

...because they were just more than luchadores and movie stars in Mexico...they were practically on a par with Catholic saints down there...non-wrestling fans love them...Santo & Blue Demon are like Villa & Zapata...they are now part of Mexican folklore.

Hector, we anglos have our own version of that. You might know him as The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes. "The man of the hour, the tower of power, always sweet and never sour, daddy!"

[Hector]

Of course I know Dusty Rhodes...one of my all time favorites...

But masked luchadores are embedded into Mexican society like no others...like I said...even people who don't follow wrestling in Mexico...know who Santo and Blue Demon are...it's practically a part of Mexican history...lol.

Take my mom for example...she has absolutely no interest in wrestling...has no idea what that is...neither American or Mexican...I mentioned Dusty Rhodes to her...and she stares at me with a blank face...I mentioned Santo and Blue Demon...and she says..."Oh, those two, one with the silver mask, and the other one with the blue mask"...

[GlobalObserver]

Santo, Blue Demon, & Mil Mascaras would be a welcome addition to my collection. Man, I dreamed of Mego Wrestlers in the 70's. I used to make my own masked wrestlers by cutting the tips off of balloons and fitting them over the heads of my Megos.

[GlobalObserver]

Would everyone agree that this is MM's most famous mask?