RIP Jose Lothario

[NintendoLogic]

One of the true revelations from the NWA Houston footage. He was 83.

[SirEdger]

Sad to hear. I didn't know that he was sick.

[Blehschmidt]

Very sad to hear.

and then we have the WWE statement on his passing which begins....

"Despite never winning a WWE-sanctioned championship or competing at WrestleMania, Jose Lothario – born Guadalupe Robledo on Dec. 12, 1934 – made a lasting mark on the WWE Universe by simply agreeing to train a cocky teenager from San Antonio, Texas. A cocky teenager that grew up to become WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels."

Wow.

 

[Herodes]

I heard that cocky teenager grew up to achieve his boyhood dream?

i have heard good things about him but only know him as “Chawn’s” creepy uncle in 1996. Any matches worth checking out on the network? I have avoided the dark days of world class pre 83 but there must be some super sock gems.

[Ricky Jackson]

36 minutes ago, Herodes said:

I heard that cocky teenager grew up to achieve his boyhood dream?

i have heard good things about him but only know him as “Chawn’s” creepy uncle in 1996. Any matches worth checking out on the network? I have avoided the dark days of world class pre 83 but there must be some super sock gems.

Check out Lothario vs Bugsy McGraw from ep 13 (3/20/82) of WCCW on the Network. Killer little match 

[PhilTLL]

We shared a birthday--shared it with Frank Sinatra, in fact--but they could both throw better punches than me.

What was the name of the Houston ring announcer in the Mid-South period who always enunciated everything so well? HO-ZAYYYYYYYY LOOOOO-THAAAAR-EEEEE-OOOOO...

[clintthecrippler]

14 hours ago, Herodes said:

I heard that cocky teenager grew up to achieve his boyhood dream?

i have heard good things about him but only know him as “Chawn’s” creepy uncle in 1996. Any matches worth checking out on the network? I have avoided the dark days of world class pre 83 but there must be some super sock gems.

A lot of the higher end Houston NWA On Demand is being uploaded to YouTube by various folks as well since that service went kaput last year. I believe all the matches against Gino Hernandez are on YT somewhere now 

[Phil Schneider]

18 hours ago, Herodes said:

I heard that cocky teenager grew up to achieve his boyhood dream?

i have heard good things about him but only know him as “Chawn’s” creepy uncle in 1996. Any matches worth checking out on the network? I have avoided the dark days of world class pre 83 but there must be some super sock gems.

 

We have a Complete and Accurate Jose Lothario up at SC to start

 

http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2015/12/complete-and-accurate-jose-lothario.html

[NintendoLogic]

On 11/7/2018 at 5:13 PM, PhilTLL said:

What was the name of the Houston ring announcer in the Mid-South period who always enunciated everything so well? HO-ZAYYYYYYYY LOOOOO-THAAAAR-EEEEE-OOOOO..

Boyd Pierce?

[PhilTLL]

On 11/8/2018 at 9:56 PM, NintendoLogic said:

Boyd Pierce?

No, a younger guy who had a mullet and mustache, and mostly/only worked Sam Houston Coliseum.

 

[coyote]

Curious why Dave omitted the reason Shawn and Jose had a falling out (disagreement over money with Shawn's wrestling school). Dave reported it several times in the past but left the obituary up to interpretation.

[SPS]

11 hours ago, coyote said:

Curious why Dave omitted the reason Shawn and Jose had a falling out (disagreement over money with Shawn's wrestling school). Dave reported it several times in the past but left the obituary up to interpretation.

I don't remember him mentioning it when I reread a bunch of the Observers on the archive, what was the cause of the falling out?