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At the Garden Presents Bruno Sammartino: "Beginnings and Endings", 1966-1971


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In this second of four parts, the years 1966-1971 are examined, highlighting...

 

-Tough times for New York wrestling, with TV problems and dwindling attendance
-A new Garden, debuting in 1968
-New challenges: Baron Scicluna, George Steele, Toru Tanaka, The Sheik, Ivan Koloff, and others
-One era comes to an end, another dawns

 

Enjoy!

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Again, awesome and the lack of response is an indictment of all of you.

*GLARES*

 

Okay chuckles. The Koloff-Morales Title change, was there actual audio at the taping as Jim Ross does the commentary on the footage for the WWE Title DVD.

 

Come to think of it, how much footage of Bruno-Koloff exists?

 

Thing I love about the Ross commentary is that he mentions that MSG had a curfew in that era. Completely out of context since it didn't come in play in the match, nor does Ross add any info about how close to said curfew the match was taking place at.

 

I wonder what the TV ratings were, and if there was ever a thought of changing the paradigm of TV hyping the next big (MSG) card as MSG attendance was dropping dramatically, and was other arenas in the circuit feeling the same attendance drops?

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