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Led by the nwa in detroit this territory was highlighted as the first renegade promotion in the usa, their battles were bloody their feuds were intense with such. Nwa united states heavyweight championship detroit version. We train men and women to become professional wrestlers, managersvalets, referees, and. Wrestling results such as world class, boesch in houston, joe blanchards promotion, the funks in amarillo, etc, etc, etc. The best wrestling autobiographies mick foleys ones aside seem to be written without wwe involvement. Nwa united states heavyweight title detroit version match. But as the memories of detroits wrestling history fades with the.
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Dick the bruiser was the top bad guy and cowboy bob ellis among the top good guys. Detroit has a long and glorious pro wrestling history. Occasionally he would take me to cklw on thursday nights to watch the live wrestling show. The promotion changed hands several times through the years finally ending up in the hands of the original sheik, ed farhat. Cobo arena in detroit, michigan united states of america 1.
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