Episode 35: Texas Oct-Dec 1975

This week, we wrap up the year of 1975 in the great state of Texas! We begin our show in the Dallas Big Time Wrestling Territory as our good friend and analyst Greg Klein joins us once again to travel the roads to all the towns and building in the Dallas loop! The arrival of The Mongolian Stomper and the classic show down in the Sam Houston Coliseum with the Man of 1,000 Masks, Mil Mascaras. All the matches, angles and feuds that close out the year of 1975 with Fritz Von Erich, Red Bastien, Joe Blanchard, Paul Boesch and others! Then, I head out to West Texas with a new guest on our show, my friend Dan Black, who grew up in the Amarillo territory and has some great memories to share. We talk about the debut of The Silver Streak from a very famous wrestling family in West Texas, the Western States Title run of Frank Goodish, the arrival and angle of the masked Super Destroyer and his program with Terry Funk. We will also discuss the Poffo Family, Angelo, Lanny and Jim Pride. Thank you for going on this amazing ride of miles and miles of Texas on this week’s Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show! Chapters (00:00:02) - Podcast(00:00:36) - Thanksgiving(00:02:50) - The Evolution of Wrestling: The Year 1925(00:07:07) - 1984(00:10:16) - NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match(00:16:26) - Rick Martel vs Stan Hansen(00:22:08) - Andre the Giant vs. John Tolos(00:28:11) - Johnny Valentine Plane Crash Update(00:34:44) - Terry Funk Gets The NWA American Heavyweight Title(00:39:45) - Thanksgiving in the NWA(00:43:36) - Fritz Von Erich vs Terry Funk(00:50:47) - The Mongolian Stomper in Houston(00:53:38) - Christmas Gifts given away in Houston in 1975(00:57:47) - Did Mill Come to the Ring With His IWA World Title?(01:02:27) - Terry Funk Wins World Heavyweight Title(01:06:07) - End of 1975(01:08:25) - Dan Black On His First Appearance On The Pro Wrestling Podcast(01:13:24) - West Texas Wrestling(01:16:28) - Terry Funk vs Sputnik Monroe in West Texas(01:22:31) - Andre the Giant vs Terry Funk in West Texas(01:27:04) - Terry Funk's Lubbock run(01:33:23) - Ricky Romero in Lubbock(01:36:21) - Terry Funk(01:41:29) - Dori Funk Jr vs Frank Goodish in November(01:46:33) - Randy Tyler in Lubbock(01:53:12) - Terry Funk vs. Junior Junior(01:56:16) - Terry Russell Winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship(02:01:05) - Terry Funk on His NWA Championship Run(02:04:07) - The New NWA Western States Championship Match(02:07:47) - Dan Black on Terry Jones' Death(02:10:56) - Terry Funk's NWA World Championship Run