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December 2, 1945 in Galveston, TX: Buddy Rogers, who had taken Texas by storm earlier that year, tackles the massively intimidating Super Swedish Angel.

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The Golden Angel, as he appeared in Texas in 1945. Another version of the Golden Angel was also proving popular in SoCal that year, though his presentation was completely different. That Angel was Bummy Rogers, AKA "Tiger" Jack Moore.

RT @JYDbook: One of the Jack Pfefer collection treasures I reference in this week's episode of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk. The He….

One of wrestling's earliest tag teams, the Arkansas Scufflers (Pappy/Doc, Dopey, Sleepy, and manager Sis), 1938.

Jack Pfefer spins a yarn about the insane training Alex Garkowienko undergoes before his big match at the Grand Opera House in Boston, February 15, 1928. In reality, Garky was a husk of his former self, down to just 225 pounds and homesick. He'd be back in Europe in months.

Dusty Rhodes in his second week in wrestling, in a tag match, December 8, 1967 in North Attleboro, MA. He debuted about a week earlier, on November 30, in a handicap match with Rudy Valentino vs. the White Shadow (pictured).

Speaking of early Dusty Rhodes, here he is in his very first month in the ring, squaring off with Big Luke at Jack Witschi's in North Attleboro, MA, December 15, 1967.

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Center Virgil "Dusty" Runnels is released by the Hartford Charter Oaks of the Continental Football League, Aug. 1967. Runnels was a part of budget cuts for the cash strapped team that would fold the next year. He'd talk his way into wrestling for Tony Santos a few months later.

RT @Phil_Lions: 1st Torneo de Barcelona or that time when three of the top Spanish wrestling promoters came together to put on a major tour….

Golden Hawk was Frank Albertson, Dizzy Pinkerton was Ed "Gardenia" Faieta, while we also get an earlyish appearance by Pfefer's replacement Nature Boy, Tommy Phelps. He'd be replaced as Nature Boy the next year by Buddy Lee, the husband of Slave Girl Moolah.

Here's a program from a Jack Pfefer card in Pueblo, CO on March 4, 1952. This was Mike London territory, but he was busy with partner Sam Menacker warring with Amarillo promoter Dean Detton, so Pfefer stepped in to help out. He'd also run towns like Greeley, Grand Junction.

Hickey is someone who desperately deserves a fitting biography. As goofy as they come, Hickey was infamous for his OCD-esque routines and quirks, but he was a tank driver for Patton and war hero, built and raced his own cars, and so much more. Plus, he's great as Bozo Brown!.

From the Pfefer Collection, the mysterious-yet-absurd masked El Diablo. Señor The Devil was none other than Frank "Spaceman" Hickey, a longtime Pfefer (and everyone else) favorite.

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A retired Henri De Glane vs. a "Mademoiselle de Rovera" in a charity demonstration of wrestling holds from France. From "The Wrestling Fan's Book," published in 1953.

May 1935: Columnist Dan Parker continues to take shots at one of his favorite topics: world champion Jim Londos, with "a day in the life"

March 1936. Dick Shikat, full of piss, vinegar, and actual wrestling ability, stole the world title from the Trust and handed it to Jack Pfefer on a platter. They'd then launder the title to Ali Baba, as seen here in April, just as Shikat was taking on the Trust in an Ohio court

Dan Parker celebrates the "outstanding sporting events of 1934," with February 20 Jimmy Londos fleeing a NYC eatery "fearing that (Jack) Pfefer has fixed it for the soup bone to throw him."

Bubble Room was a supper club with a difference. It was an inflatable venue (yes, with a 9-foot deep heated pool) at the Imperial Lanes bowling alley in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It could host up to 800 guests, but wrestling cards tended to range from about 200 to 500.