shoe Posted April 21, 2015 Report Posted April 21, 2015 He worked the old Murdoch/BJ Mulligan Armarillo territory. He seems to have gotten a decent push. Any ideas? Quote
PeteF3 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Posted April 21, 2015 Pretty sure this is the same guy who was "Red Dog Lane" in Mid-Atlantic as well. Quote
JerryvonKramer Posted April 21, 2015 Report Posted April 21, 2015 I was doing some research on this earlier Pete. He was billed as a cousin of The Funks because apparently he looked a bit like Dory (I didn't think so, but there we are). He tagged with Dory some, not just in Amarillo but also up in Stampede. I also read he did a "wrestler vs. member of the crowd" gimmick at one point, and was billed as having come from the army. Quote
KrisZ Posted April 21, 2015 Report Posted April 21, 2015 Larry Lane was one of the top amateur wrestlers around in the 60's wrestling for Northern Colorado and he was a tough shooter kinda like Bob Roop Quote
goc Posted April 21, 2015 Report Posted April 21, 2015 I think he started working in Southwest after Amarillo died, I seem to remember seeing him on some of the early Southwest episodes I have. Quote
Memphis Mark Posted April 21, 2015 Report Posted April 21, 2015 Larry Lane was the booker for Stampede. I read Heath McCoy 's book on Stampede and he described in detail the problems Lane had with Bruce Hart. Bruce keep running to his mother to undermine Lane 's booking. Lane time in Calgary is covered in Pain and Passion : The History of Stampedr Wrestling by Heath McCoy . Quote
KrisZ Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 Bruce called him their Bob Backlund.....good worker who had zero charisma but wanted to be the top guy. Quote
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