re: Mid South Wrestling at The Centroplex, Blackham, and LC Civic Center Was a Thing

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Sugar Bear was a good athlete. Would've been a good OT. His dad didn't realize the gold mine he had. Rather drink gin & shoot dice. And die, leaving his family poor.

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What in the world are you even talking about? This thread is about midsouth wrestling and Kamala the Ugandan Giant. Geez Louise.

I loved going to the Centroplex. The ring was set off to one side and the heels had to walk a good way to get to the ring. I forget who it was but the cops lost control and the guy got surrounded by the angry audience on their way back to the locker room. For some reason, I think the match involved Buck Robley and he ran into the crowd to get some revenge while also saving the heel’s life.

Another match I remember Skandar Akbar was managing and he sat in a chair ringside and watched the match. Someone in the expensive seats somehow wrangled their metal chair out of the row, folded it up, and threw it at General Akbar from behind. It was a perfect shot and the folded chair hit him squarely at the base of his neck. It knocked Skandar out of the chair and on his knees. The cops dragged the spectator off.

Lots of great memories.