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Topics => The Departed => Topic started by: ToddF on November 22, 2013, 11:42:15 AM

Title: Maurice Mad Dog Vachon 1929-2013
Post by: ToddF on November 22, 2013, 11:42:15 AM
One of the greats, back in the day when wrestlers had more personality, than steroids.

Pro wrestler Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon dies at 84 (http://www.twincities.com/celebrities/ci_24573765/pro-wrestler-maurice-mad-dog-vachon-dies-at)

A couple of pieces of my childhood are here

The Crusher cuts up Mad Dog Vachon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G22rzJWVrlQ#)
Title: Re: Maurice Mad Dog Vachon 1929-2013
Post by: Magnum on November 22, 2013, 04:28:23 PM
Wow I remember the old Vern Gagne's AWA on Saturday night. I made sure I was the first to take my bath on Saturday night so I could watch............

Mad Dog, Crusher, Dick the Bruser, Nick Bockwinkel.Baron von Raschke  .................

RIP Mad Dog  (opps I almost said MD 20/20 ???)
Title: Re: Maurice Mad Dog Vachon 1929-2013
Post by: IronDioPriest on November 22, 2013, 05:12:21 PM
I was a passive watcher of the AWA, even though it originated in MN. I really got into my pro-wrestling phase with the advent of cable TV, when WTBS superstation out of Atlanta used to beam out the National Wrestling Alliance - Georgia Championship Wrestling.

Dusty Rhodes, Chief Wahoo McDaniel, Abdullah the Butcher, Tony Atlas, Mr. Wrestling I & II, Stan Hansen, Tommy Rich...

After the AWA and the NWA both shed their superstars to Vince McMahon's burgeoning WWWF (later WWF then WWE), I used to get a kick out of the cable broadcasts from Madison Square Garden. Once a month, an obscure, brand new cable station that was dark almost all the time, would light up on a Saturday night and bring all the greats together in a live extravaganza. I don't recall whether Vachon was ever a part of those, but some of his contemporaries definitely were.

RIP
Title: Re: Maurice Mad Dog Vachon 1929-2013
Post by: AmericanPatriot on November 22, 2013, 08:48:06 PM
Saturday night in the 50s we watched Studio Wrestling. I'm guessing it was mostly regional guys from Pittsburgh with a few superstars.
Bruno Sammartino, The Crusher had the Claw, Juming Johnny DiFazio and many others.

Occasionally, my dad would take me to a high school gym to see this live.

This was all way before Vince McMahon
Title: Re: Maurice Mad Dog Vachon 1929-2013
Post by: oldcoastie6468 on November 23, 2013, 12:45:50 AM
Quote from: Magnum on November 22, 2013, 04:28:23 PM
Wow I remember the old Vern Gagne's AWA on Saturday night. I made sure I was the first to take my bath on Saturday night so I could watch............

Mad Dog, Crusher, Dick the Bruser, Nick Bockwinkel.Baron von Raschke  .................

And Antonio "Argentina" Rocca, and Yukon Eric.