Houston Wrestling

So I'm actually, as we speak, I'm also not sure what is going up on Monday, but I do know what's going up on Wednesday because we had a very popular segment last Wednesday in my wrestling artifacts series and, In which we looked at Boyd Pierce, wrestling announcer, North Texas guy, colorful suits and funny quotes.

And really just a guy that we all seem to have affinity for, especially those of us that love Mid-South wrestling, love Houston wrestling.

Some people that love the Dallas wrestling from the 1970s.

He was all over the place, and he loved...

So if you guys haven't checked it out yet, please go to Substack, look for Greg Klein's Wrestling Talk, Greg Klein's Old School Wrestling Talk.

And, yeah, I hope you guys enjoy that.

We're in a great era of Houston wrestling as well.

I've been looking at 1970.

So in the final chapter of the 80s, August 28th, 1987 was a really important date because that was Paul Bosch's retirement show at the Sam Houston Coliseum.

It was a celebration of a promoter whose career had helped define Houston wrestling for decades.

The crowd and the star power on the card showed the respect that Bosh had earned, but the occasion also marked the end of the Houston office as an independent institution under his leadership.

Tony, let me jump in here.

Gary Hart's efforts also reflected a broader change.

The old territories had once been the foundation of wrestling industry, but But by the 90s, smaller organizations were increasingly opening in small pockets on the margins of a business dominated by national companies.

In 1994, Texas All-Star Wrestling and they rebuilt the Houston wrestling territory.

Paul Bosch's retirement in August 1987 had ended the traditional Houston wrestling office.

What happens after the big show? Not the 1990s imitation Andre the Giant son, but what happens after you have a big show? Especially...

If you're promoting a weekly town and you guys know, mostly we talk about Houston wrestling more than anything else anyway on this podcast.

And so if you're following me in written form, you know that I've been talking about Houston in 1970 simply because it matches up with Friday nights.

So for my Friday nights at the Coliseum series on my blog, uh, We talk about what happened 56 years ago in 1970.

Now, it also happens to be the year of my birth, so that's cool.

And it also happens to be a great, great year in Houston wrestling history.

And as we've already documented, there is a year-long chase as Wahoo McDaniel tries to get the NWA world title from Dory Funk Jr.

And it's classic Houston wrestling.