2019 Reunion Program

The Rocky Johnson Story

By Rocky Johnson and Scott teal

Foreword by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Before there was Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, there was legendary wrestler “Soulman” Rocky Johnson. In this gripping new memoir, Rocky details his life story, from leaving home at age 14 to smashing racial barriers and becoming one of the biggest wrestlers of the 1970s and ’80s.

The PresidenT’s ProsPecTive

Welcome to our 54th annual Reunion; a message from our CAC President/CEO:

Dear CAC family,

This is so exciting to see our awesome members, their families, guests and of course our generous honorees, who travel here at their own expense to support our “Mission Statement” of assisting people from the wrestling industry, that have fallen on difficult financial times.

We, the Executive Board and Associates, have been working for a year, to assure you of another fine reunion. A special thank you to every one of you that has made this possible!

So many of you have taken the time to promote this event via social media and word of mouth. To the many great members, blog sites, radio shows and wrestling industry personnel that go the extra mile for the CAC, we thank you, as you both promote and care about this club...together, this is one great TEAM!

Once again the WWE has been an outstanding supporter of the CAC and we would like to say thank you so much for your continued support. I would like to say congratulations to Sue Aitchison, a past CAC honoree and long time WWE employee,

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Brian Blair, President/CEO

Scott Teal, Executive Vice-President/Webmaster

Dean Silverstone, Financial Secretary/Treasurer

Karl Lauer, Benevolent Chairman

Royal Duncan, "Ear" Editor & Publisher

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for your recently announced induction into the WWE HOF...so well deserved Sue!

We are an all volunteer staff as most of you know and we have recently changed a few staff members, something that is bound to happen when everyone is a volunteer. It is very difficult to balance CAC business and take care of your own business each day. With this said, I would like to thank Gloria Lovell, Scott Hosey and Morgan Dollar for all of the excellent work you did for the club; we wish you nothing but good things ahead!

I would also like to take the time to welcome all of our new associate board members! Jeff Compton (program ad sales and vendor room associate), Darlene Kries (raffle and registration coordinator), as well as our long-time Executive Board members, Dean Silverstone (secretary, treasurer), Royal Duncan (Publisher of the EAR), Karl Lauer (Benevolent Chairman) and our newest Executive Board member, Scott Teal (E.V.P.). I have to say that Scott has been a real work horse and we are so fortunate to have him as he just entered retirement (LOL, that’s what he thought)!

There are so many more associates to CAC that I have not mentioned but you will meet them all on stage at some point during our program.

Thank you so much for attending the CAC’s 54th reunion and we hope you are enjoying the CAC experience!

Enjoy the rest of the program, as we wish you safe travels and healthy, happy wishes.

B Brian, “B” Brian Blair President/CEO"

PasT PresidenTs

Nick Bockwinkel 2007-2014

Red Bastien 2000-2007

Lou Thesz 1992-2000

Archie Moore 1991-1992

"Iron" Mike Mazurki 1965-1991

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cover PhoTos courTesY oF: andrew anderson - Richard Nieves, Bambi - Women Of Wrestling, Barbarian - WWE by Frank Vitucci, dory Funk Jr. - From the collection of Chris Swisher, haku - WWE by Frank Vitucci, cody hawk - John McEvers, Mark henry - WWE Inc., nick Kozak - Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Larry Matysik - From the collection of Dan Westbrook, scrappy McGowan - From the collection of Mike Lano, Mike rodgers - From the collection of Mike Rodgers, david schultz - Joyce Paustian, Tony vellano - Schenectady Today, Jeff Walton - Dan Westbrook

AWARDED TO: DORY FUNK JR.

Dory Funk Jr. earned respect through his sheer wrestling ability and fabled Funk toughness. Even before he was NWa World champion, Funk Jr. would be on the road, building his name and credibility far away from his home base of amarillo, Texas, where his father, Dory Sr., ran the promotion. Through time and effort, his name grew and grew.

Now, in retrospect, his NWa World title reign, from February 1969 to May 1973, might have been the greatest in modern history, with the variety of opponents, the distance traveled, the dignity exuded, and all for such a lengthy, uninterrupted period of time. He marked a generational change from the grizzled old veterans, like gene Kiniski, Lou Thesz and Dick Hutton, to a fresher, more handsome champion.

Ever modest, Funk Jr. would sooner talk about students he is training in his Ocala, Fla., gym than what he did in the squared circle. but he will acknowledge it was a blast. “I doubt there’s ever been a time when I went in the ring and worked a match where I wasn’t having a good time,” Funk Jr. said. “The hard part is the politics and filtering your way through all the mechanics of the business, and the training and everything.”

born Dorrance Earnest Funk Jr., on February 3, 1941 to Dorothy and Dory Sr., he was a wrestler’s son from the start, on the road, moving to better bookings; eventually, the Funks settled on the Flying Mare Ranch in Umbarger, southwest of amarillo. Funk bought into the amarillo promotion with Karl Sarpolis in 1955.

With mats set up in the garage, Dory Jr. and his brother Terry, three years younger, got a chance to see some of the greatest stars of the 1950s and ’60s. as much as the boys were schooled on the basics of amateur wrestling, football

was important. at West Texas State University, Dory Jr.— nicknamed “Hoss” by a coach—was a starting defensive end and offensive tackle on the buffs’ 1963 Sun bowl championship team. Having worked construction in the off-season, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound Junior asked his father if he could turn pro; granted the chance, he debuted January 10, 1963, against Jack Dalton (Don Kalt, a.k.a. Donnie Fargo), in amarillo.

Working against top names right from the start, Funk Jr. learned very quickly. Soon, his name was in discussion as a potential NWa World champion. “He had that charisma. The fans liked him. They hooked onto him pretty good,” said Kiniski, who Funk Jr. dethroned as NWa kingpin, stressing that Funk Jr. was “a tough son of a bitch.”

The years 1972 and 1973 were key ones in the lives of the Funks. Funk Sr. helped giant baba start all Japan Pro Wrestling, booking the U.S. talent. after an accident on the ranch derailed original plans for dropping the World title, Dory Jr. held the title until May 24, 1973, when Harley Race captured the crown. Then Funk Sr. died on June 3, 1973, and the boys took over the territory, and the arrangements with all Japan, further expanding their knowledge of the business. Funk Jr. later was a booker in Florida and Midatlantic, and had a brief run in the WWF as Hoss Funk.

In 1997, Funk Jr. partnered with the WWF, setting up a finishing school known as the Funkin’ Dojo, where he polished Kurt angle, christian, the Hardys, christopher Daniels, and more. When the connection with the WWF ended, Funk and his second wife, Marti, set up their school in Ocala.

—greg Oliver and Steven Johnson

Bless us all... Bless us all... The heavy, the light, and the small.

Bless our flat noses and cauliflowered ears, For we are the ones whom They stood up and cheered.

Now we're saying 'So long' to us all, The long, the short, and the tall. May God keeps us busy, We'll see you next Wednesday; Stay cheered, guys and dolls, Bless us all.

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AWARDED TO:

MARK HENRY

What started as a career in powerlifting later led him to become a household name as an athlete in more than one industry. Mark Henry is known for his two-time U.S National championship as well as two trips to the Olympics, and his gold, silver and bronze medal at the Pan american games. Not to mention his lengthy career with the WWE. “I wanted to create a legacy that would one day outlive me,” Henry revealed.

True to his word, Henry has been building his legacy for years. In weightlifting, he is a three-time U.S. National Weightlifting champion. Henry currently holds the World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation records for squat, deadlift and the overall total. He was also the winner of the first ever arnold Strongman classic. Henry said that he always held himself to a high standard and prides himself on being a stellar athlete. Soon this motivation would transcend to the squared circle.

The Texas native joined the WWF (now the WWE) in 1996 and continued his pattern of success. He became the WWF European champion and two-time World champion in 2008 and 2011 respectively. In april 2018, it was announced that Henry would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. although he doesn’t step into the ring often anymore, he did make an appearance at the greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi arabia in 2017. With his competing days behind him, Henry has decided to taken on a backstage role with the WWE.

Now an ambassador with the WWE, as well as a mentor to new athletes, Henry also hosts a national radio show on Sirius XM called busted Open. “I started preparing myself for radio ten years ago, and I enjoy every minute of it,” said Henry. He has been featured in a few television shows and about six movies. The champion has a lot going on in his professional life, but that hasn’t stopped him from being involved in his community.

Last year, Henry sponsored Little Dribblers, a national basketball tournament in Silsbee, Texas. Likewise, he backed some scholarships that are given out to student athletes at the local high school. He also stays in close contact with his church and helps out with their events when needed. It comes as no surprise that Henry is being presented the Iron Mike Mazurki award for 2019. Henry said when he got the call and was told he would be this year’s recipient, he couldn’t contain his excitement. “For my peers to think that highly of me, it means that all of the pain and suffering I went through, missing my family and being on the road… it was all worth it,” Henry said.

As for this year, Henry has plans to appear in more films and television shows, and maybe win some more awards. He also plans to give back to the community who was there from the start and supported him in his powerlifting and weightlifting career.

OUR HONOREE'S TITLES

by bRIaN WESTcOTT

(Number in parentheses signifies how many times)

IRON MIKE MaZURKI aWaRD

MaRK HENRy

• WWE European Heavyweight Title

• ECW World Heavyweight Title

• WWE RAW World Heavyweight Title

MEN'S WRESTLINg aWaRD

"DR. D" DavID ScHULTZ

• calgary: Stampede International Tag Team Title

• Calgary: Stampede North American Heavyweight Title-(3)

• Nashville/Chattanooga: NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title

• Alabama/Tennessee: NWA Southeastern Tag Team Title

• Alabama: Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title

TRaINER'S aWaRD

cODy HaWK

• Ohio/Kentucky: HWA Tag Team Title-(11)

• Pennsylvania: PWX Television Title

• Ohio/Kentucky: HWa Heavyweight Title-(4)

• Missouri: WLW Tag Team Title

• Ohio: BPW Heavyweight Title

• Ohio: BPW Tag Team Title-(2)

• california: vPW International Tag Team Title

MEN'S WRESTLINg aWaRD

aNDREW aNDERSON

• New Jersey: JCW Heavyweight Title

• New Jersey: ECPW Tag Team Title

• New Jersey: ECPW Television Title

• New Jersey: ECPW Heavyweight Title-(4)

WOMEN'S WRESTLINg

aWaRD

baMbI

• Florida: LMLW/WWOW Title-(3)

• NWA Women's World Title

• Carolinas: ACW Women's Title

• Ohio: IWA Women's Title-(3)

• Guam: NWL Women's Title-(3)

• Virginia: VWA Women's Title

• Carolinas: SAPW Women's Title

• Charlotte: PWF Women's Title

• Ohio: BTW Women's Title

• Chattanooga: NWA Women's Title

• North Carolina: NDW Women's Title-(3)

• Virginia: NWA Blue Ridge Women’s Title-(2)

Tag TEaM aWaRD

HaKU

• WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title

• Puerto Rico: WWC North American Tag Team Title-(2)

• Puerto Rico: WWC World Tag Team Title

• Hawaii: NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title

• Hawaii: Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Title

• Montreal: Canadian International Title

• Montreal: International Tag Team Title

• "King of the WWF"

• WWE World Tag Team Title; Japan: SWS Tag Team Title-(2)

• Florida: IWL Title

• Kenosha: NAWF Heavyweight Title

• Missouri: WLW World Heavyweight Title-(3)

• WCW World Hardcore Title

• Pennsylvania: WXW Hardcore Title-(2)

Tag TEaM aWaRD THE baRbaRIaN

• Puerto Rico: WWC Puerto Rican Title

• NWA World 6-Man Tag Team Title

• WCW United States Tag Team Title

• Pennsylvania: WWWA Tag Team Title

• Singapore: IWAS Tag Team Title

• India: IAW Title

• Missouri: WLW Heavyweight Title

• North Carolina: NACW Heavyweight Title

• North Carolina: AWF Title

• virginia: NWa virginia State Heavyweight Title

• igeneration Wrestling World Heavyweight Title

• North carolina: NWa Mid-atlantic Hardcore Title

• Indiana: IaW United States Heavyweight Title

MEN'S WRESTLINg aWaRD

NIcK KOZaK

• Portland: NWA PNW Tag Team Title-(5)

• Portland: NWA PNW Heavyweight Title

• Texas: NWA Texas Tag Team Title-(3)

• Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

• Hawaii: NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title

• Alabama: NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Title-(2)

• Texas: NWA World Tag Team Title-(3)

• Georgia: NWA Southern Tag Team Title

• Hawaii: NWA United States Heavyweight Title

• Georgia: NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title

• Florida: NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

• Amarillo: NWA Western States Tag Team Title-(5)

LOU THESZ LIFETIME acHIEvEMENT aWaRD

DORy FUNK JR.

• Amarillo: World Tag Team Title-(2)

• NWA World Heavyweight Title

• Florida: NWA Florida Tag Team Title

• Japan: JWA/All Japan NWA International Tag Team Title-(2)

• St. Louis: NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title

• Amarillo: NWA Western States Tag Team Title-(2)

• Amarillo: International Title-(5)

• Calgary: Stampede International Tag Team Title

• San Antonio: SCW World Tag Team Title

• Florida: NWA Florida Heavyweight Title-(4)

• Japan: All Japan NWA International Heavyweight Title-(3)

• Florida: Florida Television Title-(2); Florida: North american Tag Team Title-(2)

• Puerto Rico: WWC World Tag Team Title-(2)

• Charlotte: NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title-(2)

• Puerto Rico: WWC Universal Heavyweight Title

• New England: ICW Heavyweight Title

• Florida: IWS Florida Heavyweight Title

• Georgia: NWA South Georgia Heavyweight Title

• Florida: Funking Conservatory Tag Team Title-(3)

• Memphis: CWA World Heavyweight Title

AWARDED TO:

TONY VELLANO

If yankee Stadium is “The House that Ruth built” because of Babe Ruth’s successes on the baseball field, then the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, currently in its third home, in Wichita Falls, Texas, is “The House that vellano built.”

Having served on New york State’s boxing and Wrestling commission for many years as an inspector, Tony vellano got to know the various characters who entered the ring. On one occasion, he sat with george “The animal” Steele, and the two tried to figure out why there was no Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame. The concept resonated with vellano, who was on the board of the International boxing Hall of Fame in canastota, New york, and had many connections in business as a part of the family-run vellano corporation, serving contractors and workers in the water and waste industry for more than 70 years.

The ball was rolling, and vellano used political, professional and personal connections to set up the first PWHF, in Schenectady, New york, its address, appropriately enough, being 123 Broadway. A 501(c)(3), nonprofit, the PWHF was chartered in December 1999. vellano had the will to set it up, but it was The animal who knew the wrestlers. “Steele supplied the credibility needed to gain the confidence of his fellow wrestling stars, who were justifiably skeptical about donating their time and wrestling relics to a wrestling museum that did not yet have a physical location,” said Dr. bob bryla, a wrestling collector and later a member of the PWHF board. “cousin Luke” gene Petit was another early supporter of the hall, who helped bring out his buddies— and their memorabilia.

as the PWHF grew, the wrestlers came on board, came to their inductions, and came to see their friends honored. Every year, inductees would thank vellano, and he would humbly deflect the credit.

The second home of the PWHF was in downtown amsterdam, New york, in a building that needed much love. It received that, and more, as vellano and company cleaned it up, brought it up to code, opened the second floor, and even hosted an episode of “ghost Hunters” as they all suspected that the displays from “The Missing Link” Dewey Robertson and bam bam bigelow were haunted. It took some arm-twisting and political goodwill, but eventually vellano got the city to buy-in, and an annual spring festival sprung up to coincide with the yearly induction.

as he turned over the PWHF to cowboy Johnny Mantell after 16 years, moving south to Texas, vellano sent out an email reminiscing. “I put on 14 inductions in 16 years... and tried my best to make the PWHF a place of class and character... I certainly had a few fights along the way... but I am someone you better think twice about pushing around... and I think those that chose to push found that out quickly... but that had to be done to keep the character of the Hall and I am not ashamed of defending its honor... again, I want to thank all of you for making the wrestling fans dream come true ... to have a concrete and mortar building to go to ... to see the wrestlers that gave their all to entertain you every night... be it 40 fans or 40 thousand fans... you came to see them and they knew that... so they did their best to put on a great show for all of you... and in the last 16 years so did I... I hope you enjoyed the show.”

—greg Oliver

AWARDED TO:

"DR. D" DAVID SHULTS

What you see is what you get with “Dr. D” David Schults. He really is a strapping, country redneck hillbilly from Madison County, just outside Memphis. He really is a tough son-of-a-bitch who scrapped his way through the wrestling profession before finding a tougher calling as a bounty hunter. a proud man, he was not afraid to stand up for his profession on December 28, 1984, when he slapped 20/20 reporter John Stossel on the left ear in the dingy hallway of New york city’s Madison Square garden.

“vince McMahon was happy that I slapped John Stossel. He shook my hand, congratulated me, everything. I did exactly what he wanted me to do,” Schults explained. “He knew I was going to do it. The guys in the dressing room knew I was going to do it. ” Stossel’s piece on the expansionist-minded WWE was pretty standard stuff for the day, concentrating on the color of the mat game and the growing business. but Stossel veered from the question and answer format with a bold statement to Schults’ face: “I think this is fake.” With one right hand, Schults did more for the WWF publicity machine than cyndi Lauper ever did.

before going to the WWF, Schults was a headliner in verne gagne’s aWa, where he proudly vowed, “Where I come from, a man answers challenges,” in answer to his nemesis Hulk Hogan. In fact, Schults wasn’t that far removed from 1974, when the country boy with homemade tattoos (courtesy his three brothers), fresh out of the army, made a delivery to the home of former wrestler Herb Welch, who took a look at the 220-pounder, and offered him a

chance to wrestle.

“He was 67 years old when he trained me and I would drive 45 minutes to work out and when I would come home after two hours, my wife would have to come get me out of the car and pull me in the house,” Schults said. “after three months, he told me that I would never make a dime in the business, that I was too rough on his wrestlers. Of course, I didn’t know any different. I was fighting for my life.”

Eventually, Schults was smartened up, and debuted in Missouri in December 1974. The aggression and anger was all part of being a bad guy. “being a heel was natural to me. I loved being a heel. I would not ever be a good guy,” Schults said. “I’m a bad guy at heart, I don’t like anybody. Everything’s wrong. The government’s wrong. Everything’s wrong with me. I bitch and complain about everything.”

He was not fired for hitting Stossel, but was instead sent to New Japan Pro Wrestling. (Stossel would eventually collect $425,000 in an out-of-court settlement with Titan Sports.) Instead, it was Schults’ temper that got the best of him, in a February 1985 incident with Mr. T and his entourage, and he was terminated.

Schults’ wrestling career seemed to end at that point. With a family and a home in connecticut, he got a license to be a private investigator, which led to work as a bounty hunter. In 2018, he teamed with author John cosper to release his autobiography, appropriately titled, Don’t call Me Fake: The Real Story of “Dr. D” David Schults.

AWARDED TO:

NICK KOZAK

Nick Kozak owes his career in pro wrestling to his violin teacher. Realizing that Nick was very athletic, his teacher told him about the Western Sports center in vancouver. It was there that Nick discovered a world he never knew existed, although it wasn't wrestling that drew him in, but boxing. While sparring with the canadian golden gloves champion, Nick wound up on the mat. "The trainer asked me, 'you okay'? I said, 'yeah, what happened?' 'you walked into Stokes' left hook.'"

as he sat there, a huge, muscular man named Mario gregor walked by. "Tommy, my trainer, asked me 'What does that guy do?' 'He's a wrestler.' I immediately took off my gloves. as I did, Tommy asked me, 'What are you doing?' I said, 'I'm sorry, Tommy. I want to look like that.' That's when I began lifting weights."

gregor introduced Nick to cliff Parker, the vancouver promoter. "cliff asked me to push around with him. We wrestled every day for weeks. I tried my best to beat him, but I never could. I had mat burns on my knees, forehead, elbows."

One night, cliff asked Nick to be a second. "I said, 'What's a second?' He said, 'When a guy goes to the ring, you bring their towel or jacket back to the locker room.' I thought, 'Wow! I'm in!' One night, the main event was Ken Kenneth against bob (Strangler) Wagner. I had no idea that things were all figured out. During the match, referee Don Lott got knocked down. Several guys ran in, and before you knew it, there was three or four in there. cliff had bob on the ropes

and hollered, 'Nick! get up here. grab bob's arm.' I grabbed it. I mean, I gRabbED it! bob slowly turned and looked at me like, 'What are you doing?' cliff says, 'Nick, relax.' That's when I figured it out. In the dressing room afterwards, I told bob, 'I'm sorry, bob. I didn't have a clue to what you guys were doing.' He said, 'Well, I'll remember you for a long time because I'll have your fingerprints in my arm for weeks.'"

In april 1956, cliff called Nick. "'Nick, you ready to go?' He gave me the date and said, 'See Harry Elliott.' I used to hear wrestlers talk about bob cummings. He was bullnecked, had big knobby ears, and huge granite hands. I thought he looked mean and was scared to get near him. When I get to the Longview (Wa) armory that night, I get a program to see who I'm wrestling and there it is. 'bob cummings vs. Nick Kozak.' I almost backed out. I didn't want to get hurt. I was somewhat smart, but I was afraid they might get serious at times. Elliott told me, 'go ten and put bob over.' Afterwards, I was dejected because I didn't think I did well. bob sat down beside me and said, 'Nick, you have a good body. Why do you close up? When you stand, don't pull your elbows into your body. Pump out your chest and hold your arms out. Jimmy Londos was only 5-foot-6, but when he walked into the ring, he looked six feet tall.'"

Nick wrestled from 1956 to 1981 and, even though the majority of his career took place in Texas, he had great runs in Oregon, the carolinas, georgia, Florida, the gulf coast, and overseas in Japan and Korea. When he left wrestling, he drove for an appliance company for five years before retiring and settling down in Houston.

AWARDED TO:

BAMBI

The first women’s match Selina Majors ever saw was between Joyce grable and Judy Martin. Shows at the time—in the ’70s—rarely featured female performers, making it stand out beyond all the others.

From that moment, Majors knew she was going to be in the ring performing, and Grable just happened to be the one who broke her into the business. Now 52, Majors is still living out that dream through Women of Wrestling (WOW) and is receiving the 2019 Cauliflower Alley Club Women’s award.

Majors broke into the business in 1986 after a member of a ring crew referred her to the Fabulous Moolah. “at that time, I wasn’t quite old enough,” Majors said. “I had to wait till after I was 18 and graduated from high school. That’s when I met Joyce grable.” grable, who lived in georgia, took Majors in.

Majors, who also wrestled as Bambi, has traveled through the United States, working for companies such as David McLane’s Powerful Women of Wrestling, the american Wrestling association, Ladies of Professional Wrestling and World championship Wrestling. She saw McLane run with the idea of gLOW in the ’80s and experienced being on other all-women’s shows in the ’90s with various companies. but she never gave up hope.

“[aXS] believed in us enough to give us that time slot,” Majors said of WOW’s television debut. “That’s a great time slot on Friday nights after New Japan Wrestling.”

WOW features not only women from the company’s training school, but others who were “handpicked” from the independents, such as Kiera Hogan (who will wrestle as Fire on WOW), Tessa blanchard and Santana garrett.

“They work hard, not just for themselves but for the whole WOW team,” Majors said. “I’m so proud of them.”

Majors said she hopes to see WOW grow into a “household name” and become the “biggest women’s platform” for wrestling—with dreams of seeing action figures or T-shirts at local department stores. “I hope that we get the same opportunity that the men have had, and the sky is the limit,” Majors said.

In recent years, she has laced up the boots less, opting to focus on the behind-the-scenes of the business. but her transition from wrestler to trainer didn’t “happen overnight.”

“I had a great wrestling career,” Majors said. “I had a great journey in it, and now I’m ready to step aside in that particular category and live vicariously through the girls I’m teaching.”

Majors said she feels “blessed” to have lived the life she has and still be involved in wrestling. In her youth, she said, she had anorexia and “suffered from depression” during high school. “If it wasn’t for the love and the passion I have for wrestling, I probably wouldn’t be talking to you right now,” Majors said in an interview ahead of WOW’s television debut. “So you can tell it is the love of my life.”

—Kari Williams

AWARDED TO:

ANDREW ANDERSON

andrew “The Reinforcer” anderson was always destined to become a pro wrestler, despite some misgivings from his family members. They had hoped he’d go into law or medicine; but for the nephew of arn and One anderson, the pull to enter the squared circle.

anderson began wrestling at age 23, while working days as an investment banker and as a bouncer in the evenings. It was during one of these night shifts that anderson met the man who’d soon introduce him to professional wrestling, Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka.

“as Jimmy Snuka was walking in, I was throwing a 6’7 guy out in a fireman’s carry out of the bar, and Jimmy looked over to me and said, ʽBrother, I wanna talk to you…’ and it was history from then on in.”

After some basic training, Anderson wrestled his first match against the Fijian legend, followed by more training with gino caruso, Nikolai volkoff and the Kodiak bear, and from then on there was no turning back.

anderson then spent several years wrestling under various names and gimmicks—including a run as “The Siberian Tiger” and as one half of the new bolsheviks alongside volkoff—before being given the name “The Reinforcer” by crowbar.

For over 25 years, anderson has crossed the U.S. many times over, wrestling everywhere from New york and New Jersey, to Texas and Louisiana, all the way to Hawaii. While crossing the country, anderson had classic battles with the likes of WcW alumnus crowbar, NWa mainstay Tim Storm, bitter rival Tito Santana, and heavyweight legend big van vader. In fact, after an intense feud with the mammoth va-

der, the two of them eventually became a tag team and they battled the legendary Steiner brothers in several classic tag team bouts.

For many years, The Reinforcer has made his home in Eastern championship Pro Wrestling. While there, he has achieved great success, winning the EcPW Heavyweight championship an impressive four times. During one of those runs, anderson defended his title in a steel cage against Mo Sexy that was praised as one of the best cage matches in indy pro wrestling.

Anderson’s success wasn’t just limited to pro wrestling; he also achieved success in the film industry as well. It was anderson who trained Mickey Rourke for his role in the critically-acclaimed film The Wrestler.

“I was one of the few guys that auditioned for the role. Most of the guys that came in were from wXw, and afa (the Wild Samoan) was doing the basic training for Mickey Rourke. I actually ended up teaching Rourke on the side along with an Israeli commando.”

Ever grateful for their help and generosity, anderson always had a kind word to say about his past opponents and partners. He considers crowbar to be one of the best workers he’s ever wrestled, and has three different “wrestling dads.”

His “Pop” is Jimmy Snuka, as it was the Superfly that broke him into the wrestling business; his “Poppa” is Kevin Sullivan, since it was Sullivan that took him on worldwide tours as a wrestler; and his “Daddy” is greg valentine, as he was the one that taught anderson how to survive, work smart, and extend his career as long as possible.

—alexander Podgorski

AWARDED TO:

HAKU & THE BARBARIAN

Take two warriors from the island of Tonga, assign them an evil manager, and the result should not have been a surprise—mayhem and violence in tag team matches in the 1990s. The casual fan never knew them under their real names, Uliuli Fifita and Sionne Valahi, though; instead, they were the much more scary Haku or Meng, and the barbarian.

“barbarian and I were such a great tag team. We both saw eye to eye and we knew what we had to do to make our spot in the business, again,” Haku told interviewer Dr. abner Mality in 2009. Despite being a great team, the duo never won a championship in either the WWF or WcW. “WcW and Eric bischoff did indeed misuse us. barbarian and I deserved just a little bit more respect and they were always switching things on us.”

It’s hard to believe that anyone had the nerve to switch things on two of the toughest men in the history of the professional wrestling business, but apparently it happened.

After finishing college, Fifita wanted to become a sumo wrestler in Japan, but it didn’t work out. genichiro Tenryu and Takashi Ishikawa recruited him to pro wrestling, and his early days were in all Japan Pro Wrestling. Later, he achieved success in Montreal’s International Wrestling, which was affiliated with the AWA, as King Tonga. His big break, though, came in the WWF as Haku in the Islanders tag team with Tama (Sam Fatu, who had been the Tonga

Kid), in 1985; turning heel and aligning with bobby “The Brain” Heenan was a fortuitous move, and Haku/Meng had the most success with a manager.

a little younger than his frequent partner, valahi debuted in 1981 after sumo didn’t work out for him either. at 6-foot5, 295 pounds, he was a beast in the ring, whether he was Tonga John, King Konga, Konga the barbarian, or Headshrinker Sionne. Teamed with Warlord (Terry Szopinski) as the Powers of Pain, with Paul Jones as their manager, they had a natural rivalry with the Road Warriors in the NWa and then in the WWF, with Mr. Fuji as their second.

The pairing of Haku and barbarian in the WWF came about simply because both were in the Heenan Family stable. It worked, and though their careers took different paths, they often found themselves back together. In WcW, it was in Kevin Sullivan’s Dungeon of Doom stable that they worked together as the Faces of Fear—and then had a falling out and feuded. another manager, Jimmy “The Mouth of the South” Hart, convinced them to reunite for a time, only to break up again. They also worked together in Japan.

Post-wrestling, barbarian operated a construction business in the charlotte for a time, and Haku sold cars. The New Japan Pro Wrestling team, guerrillas of Destiny, is made up of Haku’s son, Tanga Loa, and Tama Tonga, who considers Haku a second father.

—greg Oliver

AWARDED TO: JEFF WALTON

Jamie Walton believed. It was May 1971 and the dastardly John Tolos had pulled a sneak attack, blinding Fred blassie, her favorite wrestler, by hurling caustic Monsel’s powder in his face. Jamie was at the KcOP-Tv studio, watching the catastrophe unfold, and she was in tears later back at her Los angeles home.

Jeff Walton was powerless to comfort his wife. Walton, publicity director for the Los angeles promotion, had helped to lay out one of the greatest angles in wrestling history. Which meant he had to suppress his knowledge that blassie was headed to Japan to wrestle before a grudge match with Tolos at the Los angeles coliseum. “I would not tell her anything – ‘It’s OK, blassie’s OK, he’s going to Japan, he’s going to be there for six weeks.’ ” I didn’t tell her anything until close to the show,” Walton recalled with a laugh. “My life was miserable.”

Somehow, Walton, his wife, and blassie all made it through, especially after blassie whipped Tolos in front of more than 25,000 fans, the largest U.S. wrestling crowd in more than a decade. It was part of a memorable career that took Walton from fan to publicist to promoter to manager, and just about everything in between, including taking a 3 a.m. phone call from promoter Mike Lebell, who wanted Walton to secure a boa constrictor for Tolos. “We all had to be dead serious in those days,” Walton said. “The publicity man is always the man in the middle because he has to be accountable to the matchmaker or the promoter and also be able to help the wrestler’s career. So you were serving two or three masters.”

Walton’s involvement started as a fan; he hit the famed Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles for the first time when

he was 14 years old and was hooked on the sport. With a friend, he started a fan club for blassie, one of the most heinous villains of all-time, keeping the endeavor going even when blassie lost a kidney to surgery and nearly left the business.

after writing for several wrestling magazines, Walton joined the L.A. promotion in 1969 as a twenty-something for $250 a week, handling the P.R., running wrestlers to and fro, and writing programs. Eventually, he landed on Tv, handling interviews, and took over the promotion in places like El Monte, where he suffered his first big “bump” at the hands of Tolos. Walton spotted a big ole’ country boy in the crowd who reminded him of L.a. legend Man Mountain Dean. He dubbed him “country boy” Dean and tricked Tolos into signing an open contract to meet his find. “Tolos would act crazy jumping and stomping around the ring and grabbed me by my tie and told to the take a ‘bump’ under his ‘breath,’ ” Walton recalled.

Walton stayed as an integral part of the L.a. booking office until business slowed in the early 1980s because of a loss of the coveted Tv spot and the inroads of the WWE’s vince McMahon. In 1985, he donned a bow tie and tails as manager Tux Newman in the Tennessee promotion, and while it was a laugh a minute, it was less than a dollar a minute, and Walton decided to hang it up after he found his managerial career was a money loser. He recounted much of his career in his 2004 book, Richmond 9-5171: a Wrestling Story, and if it reads like a soap opera, well, there’s a reason for that. “It was like a soap opera,” Walton said. That’s how I always based wrestling, like a soap opera with an open end. If you needed to you could continue it at some point not just end it and move on to something else.”

—Steven Johnson

AWARDED TO:

CODY HAWK

Some may know his name from the many squared circles he wrestled in over the years, but cody Hawk is also known for his notable training expertise. The twenty-three year veteran has traveled all over the world and still continues to compete in the ring today. “I still do as much as I can in [the wrestling] business because that’s my love, it’s what I want to do,” Hawk said in an interview in 2015 with Lisa Williams. a native of Dayton, Ohio, Hawk (Jason Myers) was always passionate about sports and developed a love for wrestling at a young age. He attended Les Thatcher’s Main Event Pro Wrestling camp, home of the Heartland Wrestling association in 1996. It was then that Hawk decided to join the promotion, selling his racing car to foot the bill for this training. For over two years he spent a lot of time in the ring, but not competing, however.

Hawk trained and worked as a referee before he got the green light to have his first match. Once he got in there and showed everyone what he could do, it wasn’t long before other promotions took notice of his skills. In 2001, Hawk joined the WWE developmental program, which HWA was a part of. During this time, he had the opportunity to work with legends like Eddie guerrero. He worked under the WWE for the next couple of years. It wasn’t long before Hawk would shift gears and take on a different role in the wrestling industry.

In 2003, he went back to his old stomping grounds and

purchased HWa and took it to one of the largest independent companies in the U.S. Hawk and his promotion would go on to produce one of the first international pay-perviews in March of 2006 with HWa’s cyberclash. Hawk was the main event, going up against his then star student, Jon Moxley, now known as Dean ambrose of the WWE. This was only the beginning.

after parting ways HWa in 2007, Hawk opened his own company, EgO Pro Wrestling out of his hometown in Ohio. It would then become Rockstar pro in 2009. Hawk was the head trainer for both of these promotions and has produced many stars that now wrestle all over the world. He currently has some wrestlers in Lucha Underground, like Jeremiah crane. He has also trained Impact Wrestling Star Eli Drake. Hawk has female wrestlers who have made a name for themselves, one of them being Shawna Reed. She has been affiliated with the WWE and will be starting her second European tour in July.

cody Hawk is well known for his style of training. He teaches the basics of wrestling and builds his students from the ground up. “Never quit. If someone tells you know and you just walk away that easily, you’re giving up,” Hawk said. Hawk also educates his students about wrestling’s history, ring psychology and character development. He still continues to operate a wrestling school in Hamilton, Ohio and teaches training camps.

—alexandra Robertson

AWARDED TO:

SCRAPPY McGOWAN

Like many others, Scrappy got into the wrestling business as a fan. "My dad owned a liquor store in chattanooga and the wrestlers stopped in on the way back to Nashville. Jackie Fargo, Tojo Yamamoto, Len Rossi. We later moved to atlanta and I met bobby Simmons and Randy cohran, who were just fans like me at the time."

Scrappy watched wrestling at the city auditorium, and in a short time, was selling programs and working as an usher. "When ann gunkel went out on her own, my dad and I stayed with the NWa. My dad drove the ring truck and I helped him set up the ring, then I worked in the office running errands for (Jim) barnett."

One night in albany, the referee was late, so promoter Jim carlisle asked Scrappy if he had ever refereed. "I said, 'Nope,' and he said, 'This is your night.' I wore a plain white t-shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, and reffed the opening match between Ted Oates and somebody. I didn't get paid, but as they say, 'I was in the wrestling business!'"

The next day, Barnett called Scrappy into his office. "I was a bit scared, but he asked me, 'Scrappy, my boy. I heard you refereed last night. I'm going to get with Ole (anderson) and give you another try.' I thought he meant I had screwed up the first time and he was going to give me another chance. Ole put me with Ronnie West, who taught me the trade. The guys were good to me and helped me along. Ronnie always said, 'Don't every duplicate anybody,' and that's what I did. I came up with my own style, like sliding in and doing the counts."

Fresh out of high school, he did his homework in the back of the ring truck, and during the next ten years, he worked full-time for both Ole and bill Watts in georgia. He later went to Knoxville for bob Polk (who booked for barnett at the time), Florida for cWF, and Japan for Moolah. When his son Jeffrey was born, Scrappy quit and got a fulltime job so he could be home with his family. He divorced himself from wrestling completely and only got back in touch when he went to an atlanta braves baseball game in 1992. "I saw charlie Smith's son, Mike, at charlie's gimmick table and talked to him for a few minutes. He told me his dad was in their van, so I went over and talked to him for a few minutes. Later on, charlie asked his son, 'Who was the guy that came to the van?' 'That was Scrappy.' 'No it wasn't.'"

charlie later talked Scrappy into going to the gulf coast Wrestlers' Reunion in Mobile. "I really didn't want anything to do with wrestling, but I told my wife that I'd go and see what it was like. If it wasn't good, I'd just leave. I saw Ronnie West, Bobby Simmons and Randy Cohran for the first time in twenty years. I thought, 'Man, I missed all this.'"

Scrappy later worked columbus, georgia, for Jerry Oates. "It liked to have killed me. I got back to the dressing room and Jerry said, 'I need you to go back out and ref the second match.' I was blowed up. I said, 'The people will just have to wait a few minutes.'"

Scrappy still referees occasionally and is retired from his full-time job. Charlie Smith calls him every day, sometimes twice a day. "The first thing he says is, 'What're ya doin'?' 'Just sittin' here watchin' Tv waiting for you to call.'"

AWARDED TO:

MIKE RODGERS

From 1983 to 2013, Mike Rodgers had the Pacific Northwest covered through his newsletter, Ring around the Northwest. The time and money he invested into it was worth it, his love of wrestling, a sport he was first introduced to as a six-year old, carrying him through.

“The very first time I saw wrestling I was absolutely mesmerized,” he recalled. “It was probably 1965 or 1966 and I was only five or six years old. I think what I was seeing was from Hawaii, but I can’t be absolutely sure. My mom would send me to bed, but I would stand up and peek over the dresser to try and watch it.”

His grandfather took him to see his first wrestling show where he saw wrestlers like Stan Stasiak, Sandy barr, Tony borne, bad boy Shields, Frenchy Robbierre, Soldat gorky and Luigi Macera. a few years later, young Rodgers moved to Ohio, but his fascination with wrestling remained.

“I made my grandma save a year’s worth of papers so when I came back in the summer I could cut out all the wrestling articles. One of the differences with me was I didn’t just want to know what was happening right now, I wanted to know what happened before—before I started watching it, before I was born, etc. Eventually I did that research and have just about the complete history of wrestling in the Northwest.”

as he grew older, Rodgers contemplated a career as a wrestler, but was soon distracted. In 1980, a friend of his named Ken Hamblin started putting out a bulletin called Ring around the World. Rodgers helped Hamblin with

the bulletin and then decided to start his own called Ring Around the Northwest that would specifically chronicle wrestling happenings in the Pacific Northwest. It launched in May of 1983.

“after a few years, the bulletin started opening doors for me,” Rodgers remembered. He met Ed Moretti in 1987 who taught Rodgers more about the wrestling business and even asked him to ref some shows in South Oregon. He refereed regularly for three years.

There are plenty of memories from his years doing the newsletter and amassing information. Some of it is quaint to think about in this new media world. In the early days of the publication, Rodgers would interview the wrestlers by mail—he would send out the questions and they would write back the answers. Some sent cassette tapes with their answers recorded on them. From interviewing local names on the Pacific Northwest scene to key figures such as Lou Thesz, Don Leo Jonathon and Pampero Firpo, Rodgers has an impressive history.

He did it all as a part-time gig, too, retiring in June 2018 from his long-time job in education. But things change, and the internet has replaced many newsletters. Rodgers has fond thoughts of his run. Ring around the Northwest became a part of the history and tradition of the Pacific Northwest wrestling scene that it covered, and no one covered it better than Rodgers.

“I would love for it to be remembered fondly by both fans and wrestlers alike,” he said. “I would hope that people remember it as something that was interesting and had a place in the history of Northwest wrestling.”

—Fred Johns

AWARDED TO:

LARRY MATYSIK

Larry Matysik’s journey into professional wrestling began as a 16-year-old working for Wrestling at the chase promoter Sam Muchnick. He made his way up the ranks from publicist and office manager to announcer and booker for his mentor’s promotion. For years, he has had the moniker of, “The voice of St. Louis Wrestling.”

and now, his legacy includes recognition as the cauliflower Alley Club’s 2019 posthumous honoree. Matysik died November 25, 2018, at 72 years old. Over the years, Matysik also battled spinal stenosis and rotary scoliosis, along with recovering from strokes.

In addition to writing for wrestling magazines, and for the St. Louis staple, Matysik took on announcing and booking roles for Muchnick. He also worked for vince McMahon from 1984 to 1993. as a voice for St. Louis wrestling, Matysik was involved in some of the most memorable moments to come out of “Wrestling at the chase,” including when Kevin von Erich demonstrated the leg scissors on the announcer during an in-ring interview segment.

For his contributions to professional wrestling journalism, Matysik was the 2014 recipient of the Jim Melby award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo, Iowa.

“Receiving the Melby award is a tremendous honor, partially because I knew Jim well and respected all of his work in the field of writing about the business,” Matysik told SLaM! Wrestling in 2014. “and partially because I accept it as recognition of the writing I did for legendary St. Louis promoter Sam Muchnick, especially doing the ‘Wrestling

News’ for him (Sam wanted the four-page publication to be professional, to look like The Sporting News or the Sunday sports page and be accurate within the realm of helping to sell tickets for the upcoming shows). and partially because the Melby award is a wonderful salute for the books I’ve written and enjoyed every single moment writing them.”

Matysik has penned a number of books over the years, the first being Wrestling at the Chase: The Inside Story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling. Others include brody: The Triumph and Tragedy of Wrestling’s Rebel with brody’s widow, barbara goodish, Drawing Heat the Hard Way: How Wrestling Really Works and The 50 greatest Professional Wrestlers of all Time: The Definitive Shoot.

Matysik also promoted in St. Louis for a time, and was a key player in creating the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame, which inducted its inaugural class in 2007. Matysik was a member of that class, though not by choice. He became a member through write-in votes.

“(I was) pleasantly surprised, embarrassed a little bit. I hadn’t expected it. I said, ʽThis is a Vince McMahon thing if I end up in it, and I don’t want that.’ I was pleasantly surprised and it was very kind of everybody,” Matysik said in 2007.

In recent years, Matysik worked alongside Herb Simmons to book Simmons’ promotion Southern Illinois championship Wrestling.

—Kari

2019

Trevor adonis, Jim Evans - January 1, 2019

gene Okerlund, Eugene Okerlund - January 2, 2019

alexis Smirnoff, Michel Lamarche - January 5, 2019

Mike Hammer, Wayne St. Wayne, Wayne Ermatinger - January 11, 2019

Rex bacchus, christopher Sims - January 17, 2019

Thomas Ivery Jr. - January 19, 2019

belladonna, Leah biggerstaff - January 21, 2019

Otto bahn, Peter corneil - January 21, 2019

alex Payne, alexander Payne - January 29, 2019

The Playboy, Kenneth Mick - January 31, 2019

Les Thornton - February 1, 2019

gentleman Jim Kelly, Ludger Lévesque - February 5, 2019

Salvatore bellomo - February 9, 2019

Pedro Morales - February 12, 2019

Honest John cheatem, billy Robertson - February 15, 2019

clifford Sheats, cliff anderson - February 16, 2019

King Kong bundy, christopher Pallies - March 4, 2019

The Destroyer, Richard (Dick) beyer - March 7, 2019

Wally yamaguchi - March 9, 2019

Shawn Mayne - March 14, 2019

"Nature boy" Roger Kirby, Willis Kirby - March 19, 2019

2018

Prince Neff Maiava - april 21, 2018

Falcon De Oro, gil arrelano - april 28, 2018

as charro, Jorge Huaracha Lopez - april 28, 2018

big bully busick, Nicholas Robert busick - May 8, 2018

charles anschutz Jr., Southern Fried champ. promoter - May 9, 2018

buddha Khan, Edward a. carter III - May 16, 2018

bull Miller, Thomas Miller - May 24, 2018

Ronald W. “beast” Richards - May 25, 2018

Rockin’ Rebel, chuck Williams - June 1, 2018

Johnny attitude, John Thomas greene, Micro champ. promoter - June 12, 2018

arkangel de la Muerte, alfredo Pasillas Dorado - June 13, 2018

vader, Leon White - June 18, 2018

alabama Doink The clown, Dwaine Henderson - June 19, 2018

annette Dollar - June 19, 2018

Matt cappotelli - June 29, 2018

Nate “The Rat” Whitlock - July 6, 2018

Jackie Wiecz, Jacques Magnin - July 8, 2018

Scott Thomson, Thomas Stevenson - July 11, 2018

Terrific Tim Lawler, Mr. Electricity, Tim Starr - July 12, 2018

Mr. Saito, Masa Saito, Masanori Saito - July 14, 2018

Tony “Hades” Tindle - July 18, 2018

virgil Flynn - July 18, 2018

Rayo De Jalisco, Maximo Linares Moreno - July 19, 2018

Nikolai volkoff - July 29, 2018

brickhouse brown, Frederick Seawright - July 29, 2018

brian christopher, brian christopher Lawler - July 29, 2018

Devil Rocker, El Picudo, arturo Hernandez - august 3, 2018

“coach” Kurt Schneider, Promoter, announcer, Journalist - august 9, 2018

Steve Travis, Steve Musulin - august 10, 2018

gérald Hébert, Ring announcer - august 13, 2018

Jim “The anvil” Neidhart - august 13, 2018

Ian “Doc” Dean - august 14, 2018

Walt Harris, announcer - august 18, 2018

Nathan vain, alvin george Mcgowan Jr. - august 20, 2018

villano III, arturo Diaz Mendoza - august 21, 2018

Jim Jamieson, Jimmie Wayne Jamieson, Jr. - august 22, 2018

Ed cohen, WWE executive - august 25, 2018

aliya’, aya Koyama - august 27, 2018

Rei, Rey, Lin byron - august 30, 2018

Nate Hatred, Nathan Kehner - September 1, 2018

Lola LaRay, gladys Reynolds - September 2, 2018

Super Dragon, Lee Wang-pyo - September 3, 2018

Mike Hogewood, ROH announcer - September 5, 2018

Lana blaze, Terry Renee Waltman - September 22, 2018

Fred Urban III, Owner, Manager, Promoter - October 6, 2018

Navy Seal, Rastaman, Leroy Howard - October 8, 2018

Hiroshi Wajima - October 8, 2018

Don Leo Jonathan, Don Leo Delaun Heaton - October 13, 2018

Dick Slater, Richard van Slater - October 18, 2018

boris Levinsky, Dr. Eric goldenberg - October 27, 2018

Tor Hart, Torry Lariviere, bell ringer throughout Ontario - October 28, 2018

ben Justice, Jerry Maiburg - October 30, 2018

Jose Lothario, guadalupe Robledo - November 6, 2018

Mad Dog Marcial Bovee, Dale Pierce, Manager/Author - November 8, 2018

“Eagle Eye” Lenny Travis, Len Telewiak, Manitoba referee - November 9, 2018

alan Koss, actor, 2002 cac REEL Winner - November 10, 2018

Thunder Morgan, Dave Kriner - November 13, 2018

Rob Kincaid, Robby King - November 17, 2018

Larry Matysik, St. Louis announcer, promoter, writer - November 25, 2018

The Dynamite Kid, Tommy billington - December 5, 2018

Larry "The axe" Hennig - December 6, 2018

Frank N. Sciullo Jr. - December 7, 2018

Raul Mata - December 19, 2018

"Hurricane" bobby Hunt - December 28, 2018

*We take every effort to make this list as comprehensive as possible through to april 18, 2019. Our apologies for any omissions.

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