Ricky Romero

One of the most popular Hispanic wrestlers to come through the Dallas territory was Ricky Romero.  He was a very efficient babyface with good promos and fiery comebacks.  His finisher was the cannonball, in which he would jump and land on his opponent's chest with his rear end.

Ricky came to the territory in July of 1966 and stayed until November of 1967.  He was in and out the last three months of the stay.  He had matches with Jack Daniels, the Golden Terror, Krusher Karlssen, Tony Borne and Danny Plechas.  Ricky also had main event programs with Fritz and Waldo Von Erich.  I remember reading in an old program from San Antonio that he was the only one to pin Fritz Von Erich in that city at the time.  Ricky's tag team partners were Benny Mata and Duke Keomuka.

Ricky went on to be a star in both Texas territories, California, New Mexico and Colorado.  The last time I saw Ricky was on a tape on the Terry Funk Wrestlefest in 1997 at the Amarillo Fairgrounds.  He was in the corner of his sons, Mark and Chris Youngblood.  They were wrestling the Bushwhackers, Luke and Butch.  Ricky was a great babyface with very good psychology.

Ciclon Negro

One of my favorite wrestlers that came through the Dallas territory in the mid-60’s was Ciclon Negro. Like Bull Curry, he was one of the first rugged “Steve Austin” type babyfaces. He used the back breaker and the neck breaker for finishing maneuvers. Another favorite maneuver was the headbutt. Negro was champion of Texas around 1960.

I first saw him in December of 1964 coming in as a heel. He turned babyface a month later, feuding with Chris Tolos, Danny McShain, Ivan the Terrible (Pampero Firpo), Killer Karl Kox, Jim and Jack Dalton, and Ike Eakins. Negro teamed with Cowboy Bob Ellis and Victor Apollo. The matches were very exciting as he would use rough tactics like the heels. This stay in the territory lasted six months.

Ciclon came back in November of 1968 as a heel. He turned babyface again under the influence of a frequent tag partner, Billy Red Lyons. As a face, Negro feuded with Chris Tolos, Mike Paidousis, and The Spoilers. His stay this time just lasted two months. It was my opinion that he made a better heel on the run and the face turn did not work out.

I did not see Ciclon again on TV until 1975. I was going to school in Stephenville, TX and saw wrestling from Abilene which was in the Funk’s territory. Ciclon was a heel and was really beating on Scott Casey. Terry Funk came in and slammed Ciclon though the TV announcer’s gimmicked desk. I guess that was the predecessor of putting someone through a table.

Ciclon went on to wrestle in Japan, Florida, the Carolinas, and other territories in his long career. There are some old films of him on YouTube which are very entertaining.

The Mongolian Stomper

One of the monster heels brought into the Dallas territory in the mid-'70s was the Mongolian Stomper.  His tenure was from November of 1975 to June of 1976 and he made a big impression while he was there. J.J. Dillon, his manager, did an excellent job on interviews promoting the Stomper. The finishing maneuver of the Stomper was doing a series of realistic looking stomps while circling his opponent. There was a tremendous amount of heat built up by Dillon and Stomper.


Stomper was built up as all monster heels were at the time. They would win matches against enhancement talent and then work their way to main event babyfaces. After that, the matches with Fritz Von Erich would come. Nick Kozak, Jose Lothario, Peter Maivia, Al Madril, Rocky Johnson and Red Bastien were the baby faces that Stomper worked against. J.J., Lord Alfred Hayes and Buddy Wolfe were his tag team partners.

The eventual matches with Fritz started in January of ’76. Fritz’s partners in the tag matches included Red Bastien, Jose Lothario, and Peter Maivia. The Stomper did win a brass knuckles lumberjack match against Fritz. No doubt that there was interference from one of the lumberjacks because Fritz did not lose clean in Dallas. Fritz won a Texas Death Match with the Stomper in Fort Worth. The next night, Fritz and Lothario beat Stomper and J.J. in Dallas. Stomper left the territory after this.

According to J.J.’s book, Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls, Stomper left without telling the front office.

Stomper went on to wrestle in Atlanta, Joe Blanchard’s Southwest Championship Wresting and other territories. I have some tapes of him wrestling in Jim Cornette’s Smokey Mountain Wrestling when he was around 60 years old. He looked to be in tremendous condition then.

Stomper was a great heel with very good psychology.

Benito "El Matador" Matta

One of the more entertaining wrestlers that came through the Dallas territory in 1966 was Benito "El Matador" Matta. He was in the territory two years earlier as Benny Matta. His gimmick was freshened up with the matador tag. Whenever the heel was making a charge, Matta would dodge him like a matador without the cape. The heels did not move as fast as a charging bull. Benny would use a series of dropkicks and a pin for a finish when he did win a match.

The only main event program that Matta had was with Ricky Romero against Fritz and Waldo Von Erich. One night in Fort Worth, Fritz wrestled Matta and Waldo wrestled Romero. Fritz had the claw on Benny when Ricky came in and made the save costing Matta the match by DQ. Ricky and Waldo wrestled to a draw in the next match. This set up a tag team match the next week. During the match, Ricky got knocked out and the Von Erichs double teamed Benny. Joe Blanchard came in dressed in a suit and cleaned house with both Fritz and Waldo. Fritz was carried out on a stretcher and Bob Geigel took his place. Matta and Romero won the match. This set up Joe and Fritz's feud and ended Benny's program.

I saw Matta wrestle in Fort Worth on 12-26-66 during the Cowtown Tournament. This had four three-way matches and the winners met in a four-way elimination match. Benny wrestled Ronnie Etchison and Skandor Akbar. At the end, Akbar held Ronnie in a full nelson and Matta delivered a dropkick. Akbar got the pin on Ronnie and then stood up flexing his muscles in celebration. Skandor then received a dropkick from Benny and got pinned. Matta was the first one to be eliminated from the four way match.

Like most wrestlers in that era, Benny had very good psychology and was entertaining. I do not know where he went after he left Texas.

Jim & Jack Dalton

Jack and Jim Dalton were one of the colorful teams that came through the Dallas territory in the '60s. They were blonde and very rough in their matches. Their psychology was great.

The wrestlers they faced included Cowboy Bob Ellis, Cyclone Negro, Silento Rodriguez, Tony Borne, Joe Corollo, Don Chuy, Billy White Wolf, and Ernie Ladd. There were tag matches with any combination of the group mentioned plus single matches. Back then, if there was a tag match on the card, there was also single matches between the wrestlers. They did this because there were fewer wrestlers on the card then than now.

The feud I remember most was with Cowboy Bob Ellis. Ellis and Cyclone Negro was wrestling Jack and Tony Borne in Dallas on a Tuesday night. Jim came in and hit Ellis with a beer bottle. Ellis and Jim had a match the next morning on the Dallas studio wrestling show.

Another angle on Fort Worth TV involved Jack and Billy White Wolf. Paul Boesch, the TV announcer, built it up as "Cowboy vs Indian." Unlike most movies, the Indian was the babyface. Jack also had a falling out with Tony Borne and had a good "heel vs heel" program.

Jack was also known as Don Stevens, Jack Dillinger, and Don Fargo. I had heard a lot about Don Fargo but did not know that they were the same person until a few months ago.

The Great Mephisto

The Great Mephisto arrived in the Dallas territory in December of 1973. He made quite an impact with his great heel interviews. Mephisto had a gimmick similar to the Sheik where he did a prayer to Allah before the match and had a woman servant. The best line Mephisto used for drawing heat was "women should be treated like camels." Kicking an opponent with a loaded boot was his main finisher. The build up to the use of the boot was done very well. Occasionally, Mephisto used a fireball. He did not use the flash paper like most but shot a flame out of an object in his hand.

A list of opponents for Mephisto included Ivan Putski, Jose Lothario, Bob Orton Jr., Red Bastien, Fritz Von Erich, and Black Angus. His tag partners included Bob Roop, Roger Kirby, Dale Lewis, and the Texan (Blackjack Mulligan). Mephisto won the Texas title from Jose Lothario. After six months in the territory, Red Bastien took off the loaded boot and used it on him. Mephisto left the territory after this.

I saw Mephisto later as the manager of Mark Lewin on Georgia Championship Wrestling in the late '70s. After Lewin would put someone out with the sleeper, Mephisto would cover him up with his cape and revive the opponent.
Mephisto was really entertaining and had great psychology.

Fred Curry

One of the first high flyers to come through the Dallas territory in the '60s was Fred Curry, son of legend Wild Bull Curry. Fred was different than his father being a good technical wrestler and a high flyer. Bull was a brawling, hardcore wrestler. Fred would finish a match with a flying body press after about nine or ten dropkicks.

The list of opponents for Fred included the Zebra Kid, Roger Kirby, Jack Daniels, Louie Tillet, Krusher Karlssen, Tony Borne, and Tarzan Tyler. The only main event program was with Fritz Von Erich. Fred rescued Bull in a match with Fritz that led to the feud. Bull teamed with Fred for a series of matches with different combinations of the wrestlers listed earlier.

Fred left the territory in late 1966 and returned for some matches in the '70s. He was then known as Bull Curry Jr. He had one of the best dropkicks that I have seen.

Fred's son, Fred Curry III, wrestles on the independent circuit in the Northeast.

Joe Scarpa

One wrestler that passed through the Dallas territory before becoming famous elsewhere was Joe Scarpa. As a babyface, Scarpa had a very strong comeback after selling for a heel. Joe used the sleeper hold for a finisher and had a very strong sense of psychology. June through September of 1967 was the time he was in the territory.

Joe's list of opponents included Brute Bernard, the Destroyer, Danny Plechas, Mike Paidousis, Killer Karl Kox, the Spoiler, and Krusher Karlssen. Billy Red Lyons was his frequent tag team partner.

I saw Scarpa wrestle on 7-8-67 at the Turnpike Stadium show that featured Fritz Von Erich vs Gene Kiniski. Joe teamed with Joe Blanchard and Waldo Von Erich against Buddy Austin, Brute Bernard and Killer Karl Kox. Scarpa, Blanchard, and Von Erich won the match, two falls to one.

Joe left Texas to become famous as Chief Jay Strongbow in the WWF. After retirement, he became a ring agent for the WWF.

Lord Charles Montague

Lord Charles Montague, whose real name was Jacob Grobbe, passed away on December 15, 2010. He came to the Dallas territory in October of 1969 and stayed until the end of 1970. Charles was the first wrestler that I remember with a body builder's physique. A really good heel interview with a British accent made him quite entertaining.

Charles managed Boris Malenko and was also his tag team partner. They had feuds with Fritz and Waldo Von Erich, Wahoo McDaniel, Tiger Conway, Nick Kozak, Mil Mascaras, and Tony Pugliese. They were American Tag champions at one time.

The best angle that Charles was involved in was with Bob Orton Sr., grandfather of Randy. Orton came in as an understudy to Charles and Boris. After weeks of being treated like dirt, Orton turned on Montague. Charles was given a piledriver on a metal chair in the ring by Orton. This led to a series of single and tag matches involving Orton against Malenko and Montague.

Montague and Malenko were involved in an angle with Paul Boesch in Houston. The Life and Times of Paul Boesch tribute show has the last three minutes of a match between Malenko and Boesch. Referee Dick Raines takes a bump and is knocked out during the match. Malenko immediately pulls off Raines' pants in the middle of the ring. Boesch gets a towel from ringside for Raines to put around his waist. Montague sneaks up and takes the towel away exposing Raines' boxer shorts. That was sports entertainment at its best. Boesch won the match when Malenko did not beat him in ten minutes. The DVD of this show can be found on wrestling video websites.

Montague wrestled under several different names in his career. He had good ring psychology that is not seen in wrestling today.

Cowboy Bob Ellis

One of the most popular babyfaces that came through Dallas-Fort Worth in the '60s was Cowboy Bob Ellis. He was a real cowboy from San Angelo who owned a ranch and horses. Bob's finishing move was the bulldog headlock. He would grab a headlock on his opponent in the corner. Bob would then run and drop his foe flat on his face.

Bob did a very good babyface interview. He had the fans convinced the he would get revenge on his evil opponent. A fiery comeback after taking a lot of punishment was also a trademark of his. Bob would bleed a lot to get sympathy from the fans. His willingness to bleed made him an ideal opponent from Fritz Von Erich. The bleeding helped establish Von Erich's Iron Claw as a devastating hold. Look at the September 20, 2009 entry of Gary Gibson's Memories for details of the Von Erich-Ellis feud.

Bob did feud with several other heels. Killer Karl Kox, Tony Borne, Mark Lewin, The Destroyer, The Dalton Brothers, Chris Tolos, and the Wrecker. Bull Curry and Ernie Ladd were Ellis' most frequent tag team partners.

Some of Bob's matches can be seen on YouTube. The last I heard of Bob wrestling was in 1978 against Dale Valentine who was later known as Buddy Roberts. He was very entertaining and was one of the best babyfaces of the time.

Amazing Zuma

One of the high-flying wrestlers that came through the Dallas territory in 1966 was The Amazing Zuma. He had many of the same characteristics of Argentina Rocca and was probably copied after him. Zuma used quick dropkicks and would slap people with his bare feet. The victory roll was used as his finisher.

Zuma had a variety of opponents but did not have a feud with any. He always wrestled underneath but had his share of victories. The Golden Terror, Indian Joe, The Mummy, Danny McShain, Jimmy Valentine, and Roger Kirby were among the heels he wrestled. Billy Red Lyons and Cowboy Bob Ellis were his tag team partners.

I saw Zuma wrestle Danny McShain on 5-30-66 in Fort Worth on the opening match. Zuma won when McShain dropped his foreign object and referee Marvin Jones picked it up. Marvin immediately called for the bell and stopped the match disqualifying McShain. On an interview, I heard Bobby Heenan talk about using a piece of motel soap wrapped in tape as a foreign object. I wondered if Danny used the same thing. According to Danny's record book, he only wrestled about a dozen matches after this.

Zuma may have been a copy of Argentina Rocca but he sure was entertaining.

K.O. Ken Yates

One of the most colorful "enhancement talents" that came through the Dallas territory in 1965 was "K.O." Ken Yates. Ken had a gimmick of being a former boxer which I read online that he was. He had good ring psychology and held his own until the babyface made the comeback and won. I do not know what his finish was because I never saw him win a match.

I saw Ken wrestle Kanji Inoki on July 19, 1965 in Fort Worth. It was my first time to see wrestling in person. I turned eleven that day and my dad took me to matches for my birthday.

Ken started out being pretty rough to Inoki and got the upper hand. When this happened, he went outside the ring and showed his boxing stance and did some shadow boxing in front of the fans. This gave Inoki time to recover and make a comeback. Yates submitted to Inoki's armpit claw. This hold should have been called the "pit stop" because the match stopped quickly once the claw was applied. Inoki changed his first name to Antonio and became one of the most successful wrestlers and promoters in Japan.

Yates went on to work in the AWA and other territories. He had two sons that wrestled in Minnesota in the 1990s.

Jimmy Valentine

A young man named Jimmy Valentine came through the Dallas territory for a short time in 1966. He was big, strong and very hard working. Jimmy's finishing move was the over the knee backbreaker. In my opinion, he was to remind the fans of Johnny Valentine.

Although Jimmy was very green at the time, he worked with many of the top baby faces. The list includes Bull Curry, Ox Baker, and Billy Red Lyons. He also wrestled some of the heels which included the Mummy, Indian Joe, and Blackjack Daniels. His most frequent tag team partner was Mark Lewin. On 5-31-66, I saw Valentine defeat Indian Joe in a squash match.

Valentine left after about three months to become Jimmy Valiant in the WWWF. According to a shoot interview from about 2000, Jimmy said that Vince McMahon Sr. called Fritz Von Erich wanting a monster heel. Fritz recommended Valentine. The rest is history. Valiant became one of the most successful wrestlers of all time.

The shoot interview was very hard to understand. I e-mailed Jimmy Valiant and ask him if he wrestled as Jimmy Valentine in Texas in 1966. He said that he did.

Louie Tillet

One of the colorful heels that came through the Dallas territory during the mid-'60s was Louie Tillet. As with many wrestlers in the '60s, psychology was a strong point. Louie would break cleanly and wrestle for about the first five minutes of a match and get the people applauding good sportsmanship. He would then do dirty tactics and get the people riled. His finisher was an elbow to the jaw coming off the ropes and then a falling elbow to the chest.

Louie's most famous feud of the time was with Bull Curry for the Texas Brass Knuckles Title. They had a few matches that were stopped because of blood loss. Louie eventually won the title but lost it to Tony Borne. A closed fist was legal in a brass knuckles match where it was not in a regular match. Even though a closed fist was illegal in a regular match, I never saw anyone get disqualified for using one.

The babyfaces that Louie faced included Kanji Inoki, Bob Ellis, Ken Hollis, Torbellino Blanco, Nick Kozak, and Dory Dixon. He teamed with Al Costello, The Golden Terror, and Roger Kirby.

Tillet worked other NWA territories and became a booker in Florida. You could always depend on Louie to have a good match and be entertaining.

Roger Kirby

At the start of his career, Roger Kirby came through the Dallas Territory in 1966. Kirby imitated Buddy Rogers using the same style and mannerisms. He was one of the better mid-card heels at that time using the backbreaker over the knee as a finisher.

Kirby feuded with Bull and Fred Curry, Zuma, Dory Dixon, Ox Baker, and Billy Red Lyons. He teamed with Louie Tillet and Blackjack Daniels to take on several combinations of babyfaces.

I saw Kirby wrestle in person on 5-30-66 in Fort Worth. He and the Mummy took on Dory Dixon and Bull Curry. Dixon pinned the Mummy for the first fall and Kirby pinned Dixon after a backbreaker to win the second fall. In the third fall, Dixon was attempting a cover on Kirby. The Mummy ran in to make the save but kicked Roger instead after Dixon moved. After the same thing happened again, Mummy ran back to the ring apron. By this time, Roger was pretty ticked off. He grabbed the top rope, jerked Mummy back in, and went back to the dressing room. Mummy was then pinned to end the match. I thought there would be a feud between Roger and the Mummy but it never materialized. I guess Mummy thought he screwed up and got what he deserved.

Kirby went on to work several territories including Portland, Kansas City, WWA, Florida, and Mobile. He was very colorful and successful.

Dory Dixon

One of the best African-American wrestlers to come through the Dallas territory in the 1960s was Dory Dixon. He was very quick and athletic and had good babyface psychology. Dory had very good comebacks after selling for the heel. His finisher was a flying body press. Many times he would jump over the ropes from the ring apron to pin an opponent.

Dory did not have any major programs but wrestled every mid-card heel in the territory. The Mummy, Jimmy Valentine, Indian Joe, Roger Kirby, Blackjack Daniels, Louie Tillet, and the Zebra Kid were among the people he wrestled at that time. He teamed with Bull Curry, Ox Baker, and Nick Kozak. He won the Texas Tag Team Titles with Kozak by defeating Louie Tillet and the Zebra Kid in a tournament. Dory also held the Texas Heavyweight Championship in 1962.

I saw Dory in person on 5-30-66 in Fort Worth. He teamed with Bull Curry to wrestle the Mummy and Roger Kirby. Dory won the first fall with the flying body press on the Mummy. Kirby pinned Dory for the second fall and Curry pinned the Mummy for the third fall.

Dory resides in Mexico now. I read in the Wrestling Observer about four years ago that Dory wrestled on occasion. That would make him in his late 60s at that time. He really must be in good shape.

Chief Billy White Wolf

Chief Billy White Wolf came through Texas in the early and mid-1960s. He was a very good baby face who was able to sell and make intense comebacks. The Texas Championship was his for about three months in 1963.

Billy had the usual American Indian gimmick moves for that era. Tomahawk chops and a war dance highlighted his comebacks. The sound of war whoops echoed in the building from the fans when the comebacks were made.

His opponents included Mark Lewin, Chris Tolos, Jack Dalton, Tim Tyler, and Killer Karl Kox. Billy teamed with Cowboy Bob Ellis in a feud with Jim and Jack Dalton.

After leaving Texas, Billy went on to the WWWF to win the tag team championship in the territory. He also went to Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest. Later, he went to the AWA as Shiek Adnan Al-Kaissie and did very well as a manger and wrestler.

White Wolf's real name is Adnan Bin Abdulkareem Ahmed Al-Kaissy El Farthie. I did not know that White Wolf and Al-Kaissie were the same person until my brother gave me a book on wrestlers in 1995. It amazed me that a person from Iraq could pass for a Native American.

Joe Blanchard

One of the most influential people in Texas wrestling history was Joe Blanchard. As a worker, he made a great babyface with his selling and fiery comebacks. He also made a great heel. His finisher was the abdominal stretch. This is a hold that is not seen anymore.

On August 29, 1966, Joe came on the scene during a match featuring Fritz and Waldo Von Erich against Ricky Romero and Benny Matta. Romero had been knocked out and Fritz was holding Matta down while Waldo kept jumping on him from the top rope. Joe Blanchard, dressed in a suit, entered the ring and knocked Waldo off the top rope. He then pummeled Fritz for a while and this resulted in Fritz being carried off on a stretcher. Blanchard's suit was torn up badly during the brawl.

Joe defeated several heels leading up to a match with Fritz for the championship of Texas. Waldo, Bob Geigel and The Golden Terror were included on that list of heels. The title match took place on 11-21-66 in Fort Worth. The final fall was on TV. Fritz won the first fall and Joe won the second with the abdominal stretch. In the third fall, Fritz was pinned with a rolling cradle after being distracted by Duke Keomuka. This is the only time I saw Fritz lose a deciding fall by being pinned working as a heel. The match is on YouTube and there were several positive comments about it. The crowd heat was much better then than it is now. Fritz won the title back on 1-16-67.

On 8-3-68, Joe was the special referee in a Texas Death Match between Fritz and Gene Kiniski for the NWA Title. Joe caused Fritz to lose the match thus turning heel. They had a series of singles and tag team matches after this.

Joe went on to promote wrestling in San Antonio. He broke away from the Dallas booking office in 1977 and formed Southwest Championship Wrestling. Tully, Joe's son, became a star there and went on to be one of the top wrestlers in the '70s, '80s and '90s. Joe was one of the first to have a wrestling program on national television. He is retired and living in San Antonio today.

Nick Kozak

One of the top Dallas territory babyfaces during the late '60s was Nick Kozak. Great interviews and fiery comebacks were his trademarks. He also sold very well setting up the comebacks.

Nick wrestled nearly all of the heels in the territory during his '60s run in Texas. He had singles programs with Waldo Von Erich, the Spoilers, Jack Daniels, Louie Tillet, and Chris Markoff. He teamed with his brother, Jerry, for some exciting tag team matches.

I saw Nick wrestle twice in person. On 12-26-66, Nick wrestled in the 3 man match elimination tournament. He defeated Ken Hollis and Jack Daniels in the first match and survived the four way match to finals. He lost to Waldo Von Erich in the finals.

On 2-12-68, Nick wrestled the Destroyer in a 2 out of 3 fall match. Destroyer won the first fall with and knee drop and was disqualified the second fall. Nick won the third fall with an airplane spin. This is a finisher that has not been seen in at least 30 years. The Destroyer said he would take off the mask if he was beaten two out of three pinfalls or submission. When he would lose a two out of three fall match, one fall was always by disqualification so he would not have to unmask.

Nick refereed in Houston after his wrestling career was over. I heard he is living in Galveston doing a lot of surfing now.

Chris Markoff

One of the heels that drew the most heat in the Dallas territory in the '60s was Chris Markoff. He was very loud and knew how to work a crowd.

Markoff debuted on 11-13-67 teaming with Mike Paidousis against Waldo Von Erich and Joe Blanchard in Fort Worth. He was introduced as being from Yugoslavia. Markoff then yelled into the microphone that he was not from Yugoslavia, he was from Russia. That was always instant heat during the Cold War era. He proceeded to attack Blanchard and Von Erich from behind. The match was a double countout.

During a match with Pepe Gomez, Markoff continuously jumped off the top onto Gomez until Nick Kozak made the save. Chris had tremendous heat during the post-match interview. The noise in the building was as loud as I had ever heard it.

Markoff wrestled nearly everyone who came through the territory during his eight months there. Matches with the Kozaks, Spoilers, Billy Red Lyons, Fritz Von Erich, and Buddy Moreno were all good. His main singles program was with Nick Kozak.

I saw Markoff wrestle in person on 2-12-68. He defeated Danny Plechas in the opener and then won a battle royal. There was a $500 bounty for Spoiler #1's mask in the battle royal. Spoiler #2 picked up #1 and put him over the top rope onto the floor. #1 was eliminated which ruined everyone else's chances of winning $500. Ernie Ladd and Markoff pounded on #2 with Ladd throwing #2 out. Markoff threw out Ladd after sneaking up behind him thus winning the battle royal. I was sitting on the front row when Markoff walked by me after the match. As he passed, I booed him loudly and Markoff just looked at me and laughed. I was disappointed that he was not upset about getting booed.

Markoff went on to Florida and other territories after leaving Texas. The last time I saw him wrestle was on TBS during Georgia Championship Wrestling.