Brass Knucks Title(s)

[Baltimore Jack]

There were different versions of the Brass Knucks titles over the years. They never seemed to last very long. Can someone summarize how that title was used in the Crockett territroy? Was it sort of a "tough man" type thing? Different rules than regular matches?

Here is a clipping from cwh47 and Mark Eastridge from another thread. It features a brass Knucks title match:

[bobbyryates]

all i can account for, was Bobby Duncum saying he beat Wahoo McDaniel in texas for a Brass Knucks title. he then challenged Blackjack Muligan to a Braas Knucks match. never to be heard of again. and that was in '81.

[cwh47]

The tag team version of the Brass Knucks title was introduced
in 1972 to Mid-Atlantic fans.I would say that a lot of the credit
for that goes to Art Nelson.Art had taped fist bouts with Rip Hawk
and Gary Hart long before the Bolos brought the trophy to
Charlotte in July,1972 and lost it to Art Nelson and Johnny
Weaver.I should also mention that Art Nelson had some boxing
and taped fist matches with Johnny Weaver before they became
tag team partners.

I believe the title was created because these matches drew so
well. The Royal Kangaroos were the most frequent challengers
to Weaver and Nelson for the trophy.I saw several of these
encounters which were wild.

After the Royal Kangaroos won the trophy,Sandy Scott and
Nelson Royal challenged the Kangaroos for the title in Greensboro
during August 1973.

I believe that Ole and Gene Anderson challenged both the
Royal Kangaroos and Johnny Weaver/Art Nelson for the trophy.
I would have loved to have seen those matches.Too bad they
didn't happen in Winston-Salem or Greensboro.

By the end of 1973 the Royal Kangaroos were gone and so was
the Brass Knuckles Trophy.

[gwlee7]

Wasn't it one of these brass knucks matches against the kangaroos where Nelson returned to his "heel" ways by leaving Weaver to get beaten to a bloody pulp? I never trusted Art Nelson when he formed his partnership with Weaver in the first place. (I was 10 years old) Funny thing is that when Nelson turned heel I turned with him and soon was cheering for the likes of Johnny Valentine, Hawk and Hanson, the Andersons and a little later, the Super Destroyer. I have been a heel fan ever since.

[Baltimore Jack]

Cyclone Negro was also billed as a Brass Knucks Champion when he wrestled here in 1977, managed by the Missouri Mauler.

I hate to sound so clueless about this, but what was the point? Was a brass knucks match a match with no rules? A boxing match? Or simply taped fists were legal?

[gwlee7]

I believe BJ that they were mainly just "taped fists" were legal so that the referee wouldn't have to worry about closed fists in the match. Funny how the heel's tape job would always begin to unravel just the right amount to be able to choke someone.

[cwh47]

There was a little wrestling mixed in with the taped fists being
legal but mostly brawling.The match ended when an opponent
could no longer continue.In one of the matches I saw in Winston-
Salem between the Royal Kangaroos and Johnny Weaver and
Art Nelson, it was a Texas Death match but their fists were also
taped.

[flairfanwes]

I never knew the "Freightrain" was in a main event. He was always one of my dad's favorites. I liked it when he was in Fayetteville cause it was easier to get Pops to go on a Monday night.

[RowdyRoddy]

Did MACW run in Fayetteville every other Monday???

[Baltimore Jack]

Regarding Fayetteville every other Monday, yes most of the time, throughout the 70s and early 80s.

Regarding Rufus: yes, he was in many main events in the mid-70s for Crockett, particularly during his feud with Ric Flair and the Anderson Brothers, as well as numerous matches with Blackjack Mulligan. He even had a few NWA world title shots. Rufus held the Mid-Atlantic title, the Mid-Atlantic TV title and was one half of the NWA World Tag Team title holders with Wahoo McDaniel.

Rufus was also one of the top stars in the Central States/Kansas City territory, wrestling on top there for many years.

One of my all time favorites.

"My name is Rufus R. Jones, and the "R" stands for Guts!"

[RowdyRoddy]

He teamed with Bugsy McGraw at Starrcade '83 in the opening match against the Paul Jones managed team of the Masked Assasins.

Ric Flair speaks about a NWA World Title defense against Rufus R. Jones from 1982 or 1983 in his book.

[bluedevil71]

Going off-topic here, but here's my Rufus story. Around 1997-98 or so, I was working in the office one day and one of my co-workers, a big MACW fan himself, and I were talking about Rufus. Well, I mentioned that Rufus had passed on and he was just devastated. He was like "No, not Rufus." I said, yeah, sorry to say, he's gone.

Well, he gets on the phone in seconds, calls another journalist and within seconds the word is spreading. "Rufus is gone." That's how big of an impact "Freight Train" had on the MACW cult.

[The Hammer]

He was one of my ALL TIME favorites.

[cwh47]

Here is a bit of Rufus R.Jones trivia that is connected to the
taped fist matches.Rufus' very first match in the Mid-Atlantic
was a taped fist match against Gene Anderson.This happened
on Sept.6,1973 in Greensboro.Rufus had not been advertised
as coming to the area so it was a complete surprise when he
showed up that night.

[RowdyRoddy]

When did Rufus wrestle in Central States? How long was his run in MACW?