I received word from an old buddy that I hadn't heard from in nearly 30 years... back when I was 8th grade in Terre Haute, Indiana. [He found me through classmates.com.] At any rate, as we fondly remembered the "good old days," we began to talk about tv wrestling.

My favorite wrestler was a huge Texan named Blackjack Mulligan. Yeah, that's him pictured to the left. He was usually teamed with Blackjack Lanza [they held the "world title" on a couple of occassions and were managed by Bobby Heenan]. I used to watch wrestling on tv several times a week, and would go to see it live when it came to town or when my dad would take us to Indianapolis to see the "big" matches. I was a die hard wrestling fan until 9th grade. As I grew older I would occasionally catch it on the tube... later, as my sons grew older I found myself watching it more often as they enjoyed it. Still, the Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and the rest of today's "Superstars" would have had their hands full facing Mulligan and Lanza managed by "Pretty Boy" Bobby Heenan!