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Post by weaverlock on Jan 13, 2006 20:04:39 GMT -5
What do you all remember about this team? How long did they stay in the area? For some reason I remember it being a "short run" but exciting run.
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Post by cwh47 on Jan 14, 2006 8:28:54 GMT -5
The Infernos with manager JC Dykes did regular
tours of the Crockett territory from 1967-70.They
drew very well against teams like George Becker
and Johnny Weaver,George and Sandy Scott,Tex
McKenzie and Nelson Royal and Bobby Red Cloud
and Chief Little Eagle.Using the loaded boot
against these teams got them a lot of heat.
They also feuded with Bronco Lubich,Aldo Bogni and
manager Homer O'Dell in 1967.During one of those
matches I saw in Winston-Salem,Homer O'Dell was
cheered for the first time (maybe the only time in my
memory) when he and JC Dykes went at it.
After Tex McKenzie left JCP at the end of 1967,Nelson
Royal was without a regular partner.In 1968 Nelson
teamed up with Paul Jones.They also had a great
feud with the Infernos.
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Post by weaverlock on Jan 14, 2006 11:12:06 GMT -5
Thanks cwh47. I remember their feud with Royal and Jones. Didn't Jones' debut match with JCP occur during a TV match with the Infernos?
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Post by cwh47 on Jan 14, 2006 12:45:01 GMT -5
You may be right on that Weaverlock.Paul Jones
may very well have made his TV debut against
the Infernos. I may be able to confirm that in the
future as I find more old TV Guides from that period.
Did the West Virginia edition of TV Guide provide
match listings back then?
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Post by thegreatbolo on Jan 14, 2006 15:06:42 GMT -5
Ah, THE INFERNOS.
I could talk about them all day long.
Next to THE BOLOS (naturally), one of my top 3 or 4 teams of ALL TIME...
Frankie, Rocky, and J.C. had INCREDIBLE heat!
And, thank goodness, NEVER were unmasked, just like THE BOLOS.
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Post by thegreatbolo on Jan 14, 2006 15:11:54 GMT -5
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Post by mofat152 on Jan 24, 2006 22:40:56 GMT -5
I always loved it when J.C. would give one or the other Inferno a sip of water from the canteen he carried to ringside. It often seemed to get into the ring action. I also seem to remember J.C. carrying what appeared to be a fishing sinker on a watchchain that he used on opponents.
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Post by superworker on Jan 25, 2006 21:41:02 GMT -5
When I was a kid I used to sneak back towards the heels dressing room in Greenville, SC to get an autograph and as I was doing this one night Frankie jumped out from behind the doors and I didnt see him and he scared the living sh** out of me. Later on when he was The Great Mephisto I reminded him of that in the dressing room in Macon, Ga. Same night he beat the living crap out of Mr. Wrestling#2 in the dressing room. #2 started it and Frankie finished it. I enjoyed it!
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