Comprehensive
lists of the wrestlers and other personnel that appeared for Crockett Promotions during the
first quarter of 1976, broken down by the main eventers, mid-carders,
lower carders, big-name visitors, plus a list of those who entered and exited
the area during the time period.
MAIN
EVENTERS
(CLICK
ON PHOTO FOR LARGER IMAGE FROM THE PHOTO ALBUM)
FACES:
Wahoo McDaniel, Paul Jones, Rufus R. Jones, Tim Woods
HEELS:
Gene & Ole Anderson, Ric Flair, Angelo Mosca,
Blackjack Mulligan
MID-CARDERS
FACES
Tony Atlas, Tiger Conway, Ronnie Garvin, Swede Hanson, Steve Keirn, *El
Rayo, *Roberto Soto, Manuel Soto,*Ken Patera, Johnny Weaver
HEELS
Mike "The Judge" Dubois, Doug Gilbert, Sgt. Jacques Goulet,
*Bolo Mongol
*Geto Mongol, "Professor" Boris Malenko, Steve Strong
* Wrestled occasionally in Main
Events during this time frame. See "One
Hit Wonders" below.
LOWER CARD
FACES:
Klondike Bill, Randy Colley, Dr. Fujinami, Danny Miller, Greg Peterson,
Tio Tio
Larry Zbyszko
HEELS:
Jack Evans, Charlie Fulton, Bill Howard, Jim Lancaster
Angelo Poffo, Larry Sharpe, Doug Sommers, Joe Turner, Bill White
Two Ton
Harris
GUEST
APPEARANCES
Terry Funk (NWA World Champion)
Dusty Rhodes
Haystack Calhoun
NEWCOMERS
Randy Colley
Dr. Fujinami
Sgt. Jacques Goulet
Jim Lancaster
Bolo Mongol
Geto Mongol
Doug Sommers
Manuel Soto
DEPARTURES
Steve Keirn
Ken Patera
El Rayo
Spoiler # 2
MANAGERS
Professor
Boris Malenko
REFEREES
Tommy Young, Zack Murray, Angelo Martinelli
TV
RING ANNOUNCERS
Joe and
Elliott Murnick
BROADCAST
TEAMS
Mid-Atlantic Wrestling: Bob Caudle and David Crockett
Wide World Wrestling: Ed Capral
RANKINGS
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS: (Wrestlers who competed
almost exclusively as part of a
tag team are not included in this category):
(1) Blackjack Mulligan
(2) Wahoo McDaniel
(3) Paul Jones
(4) Rufus R. Jones
(5) Tim Woods
(6) Ric Flair
(7) Angelo Mosca
(8) Johnny Weaver
(9) Tiger Conway
(10) Professor Malenko
TOP 5 TAG TEAMS:
(1) Gene & Ole Anderson
(2) The Mongols
(3) Wahoo McDaniel & Rufus R. Jones
(4) El Rayo & Roberto Soto
(5) Sgt. Jacques Goulet & Mike "The Judge" Dubois
ONE
HIT WONDERS
El Rayo & Roberto Soto---This team was pushed hard during the first
few weeks
of January 1976, and at that time they were the number one contenders
for the
NWA World Tag Team Titles. Promoted as being "high flyers,"
Soto and El Rayo
were defeating the World Tag Team Champion Anderson Brothers in
non-title
matches during this time frame. In late January 1976, in a surprising
booking
decision, Rufus R. Jones and Wahoo McDaniel came out of nowhere to win
the
World Tag Titles from Gene and Ole
Anderson. This effectively killed the
momentum of the Soto/El Rayo team, and after the Andersons won the World
belts back in early February, Gene and Ole made quick work of Soto and
El
Rayo, dispatching them to mid card status. By the end of March, the tag
team
known as El Rayo & Roberto Soto had ceased to exist.
WHO'S HOT (&
WHO'S NOT!)
Read much more about the following: (click
the title link above)
Blackjack
Mulligan, Angelo Mosca, The Mongols
Ken
Patera, Steve Keirn, Steve Strong, Spoiler #2
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