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Wrestling at the Chase is a professional wrestling television series of local and national historical importance in the field of television wrestling. The show was recorded in St. Louis, Missouri , for KPLR-TV, Channel 11 , and aired from May 23, 1959, to September 10, 1983.
Its weekly television program, Wrestling at the Chase (carried by KPLR-TV), is considered one of the legendary programs in the history of professional wrestling, and ran from 1959 until 1983, and the St. Louis Wrestling Club lasted two years more until 1985.
Larry Matysik (April 26, 1947 – November 25, 2018) [1] was an American professional wrestling commentator, promoter and author best known for his commentary on Wrestling at the Chase. Biography [ edit ]
Wrestling at the Chase: St. Louis, Missouri 1 14 [3] 30 Dick Murdoch: February 26, 1978: Wrestling at the Chase: St. Louis, Missouri 1 138 [4] 31 Dick the Bruiser: July 14, 1978: Wrestling at the Chase: St. Louis, Missouri 1 246 [5] 32 Dick Murdoch: March 18, 1979: Wrestling at the Chase: St. Louis, Missouri 2 61 33 Dick the Bruiser: May 18 ...
Samuel Muchnick (born Jeshua Muchnick, August 22, 1905 – December 30, 1998 [1]) was an American professional wrestling promoter from St. Louis, Missouri.He is often regarded as wrestling's equivalent of Pete Rozelle (the forward-thinking commissioner who revolutionized the NFL), and he was instrumental in establishing the National Wrestling Alliance, which became the industry's top governing ...
The NWA 74th Anniversary Show (also simply called NWA 74) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) held on August 27 and 28, 2022, at the Chase's Khorassan Ballroom in St. Louis, Missouri.
Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI Tag Team of the Year (1972) with The Crusher; Ranked #300 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003 [39] Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 2005) – Tag Team with Crusher (Class of 2011) – Television Era [40] St. Louis Wrestling Club. NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship [41]
DuMont abruptly cancelled Wrestling from Marigold in March 1955, a move that saw Fred Kohler Enterprises' annual revenue drop by $50,000 (equivalent to $569,000 in 2023). [19] The blow was compounded in May 1957 when WGN also cancelled Wrestling from Marigold. [1] [7] By the late-1950s Fred Kohler Enterprises was close to bankruptcy.