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Post by cwh47 on Jul 12, 2006 21:07:21 GMT -5
That is correct dogthuhoops2k.George Becker is not on the
Mid-Atlantic tapes.The oldest piece of film on those tapes would
have been shot in late 1971 or early 1972 after George Becker
left Jim Crockett Promotions.
Some ebay sellers list dates for the matches on those tapes.The
Johnny Weaver/George Becker vs. Rip Hawk /Swede Hanson
match is listed as being from 1969. It is Johnny Weaver/Art
Nelson vs. Hawk/Hanson from Dec.1972.
If I ever find any footage of George Becker wrestling,I will share
it with you and all fans of Mid-Atlantic wrestling.
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Post by RowdyRoddy on Jul 13, 2006 11:50:14 GMT -5
I would love to see some George Becker footage as well from the 1960s.
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Post by clawmaster on Jul 15, 2006 15:15:25 GMT -5
"Becker also had a stint at the end of his career with a short-lived promotion that he formed with Tony Olivas and Mike Gallagher following a falling out with Crockett."
What caused the fallout between Becker and Crockett in late 1971?
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Post by butcher on Jul 15, 2006 17:02:46 GMT -5
Were the Becker Brothers ever on TV? Was local TV wrestling even on then? Also, I have never seen a newspaper clipping with the Becker Brothers. Has anyone got one they can post? I also was disappointed to buy the tape with Becker/Weaver only to see that it was actually Art Nelson. I wonder if the Beckers were ever on those shows from Chicago they used to show on ESPN. Is there any chance Johnny Weaver has any old tapes or films?
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Post by cwh47 on Jul 15, 2006 18:14:18 GMT -5
I have not been able to find any documentation where either
George Becker or Jim Crockett Sr. said there was a fallout.All
I have found is George Becker saying he wanted to slow down
in order to spend more time with his wife and two year old son.
As for the Becker Bros.appearing on tv,here is a paragraph
from George Becker's life story as told to Gene Gordon.The
timeframe would have been the early fifties:
"- the TV tapes from the California matches were being shown
all over the country.The tapes were shown in the Carolinas
and Virginia on Saturday nights,sponsored by the American
Hardware and Equipment Company.The demand for the Becker
brothers began to grow in these areas,and finally,Bill Lewis,
the late promoter from Richmond,Virginia, got the famous
Becker brothers to leave California and come to the South."
This is just my guess but these "tapes" mentioned may actually
have been 16mm film during that timeframe.If that were the
case there could possibly be some film footage out there of
the Becker brothers. I certainly hope so.
Also something I just found out recently is that during the early
to mid- fifties,channel 26 out of Winston-Salem was a Dumont
network affliate which aired one of the wrestling shows which
was shown nationally.The channel went off the air about a year
or maybe a little less before Jim Crockett Sr. debuted the WBTV
Charlotte show in Jan.1958.The call letters of the station back
then was WTOB which is also an AM radio station.
Of course channel 26 has been back in business for many years
now as a UNC PBS station WUNL.
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