27.02.2007, 10:39
Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Jamaica
4 Februar 1966
Big Time Wrestling Returns April 13
Big Time Wrestling will be returning to Jamaica within a few months. Some of the world's leading wrestlers are due to make an appearance at the National Stadium on an April 13 show.
Promoters will be a Florida Sports Corporation which is now making a drive to popularize this top American sport throughout the Caribbean. Their activities are currently centered in Nassau and Freeport but within a few months it is expected that regular wrestling shows will be staged in Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
Two of the Corporation's representatives, Eddie Graham and Buddy Fuller, who are themselves wrestlers, left Jamaica yesterday after completing preliminary arrangements.
Commenting on the proposed show yesterday, Graham, who wrestled here in 1964 on the show that featured Jamaician Dorrel Dixon, said if the initial venture was successful, they planned to have regular shows featuring the world's top male and female mat experts. He said wrestling had caught on rapidly in Nassau and they were optimistic that the Jamaician response would be just as enthusiastic.
For the April 13 show three wrestlers whom Fuller described as "really exciting" have already been lined up. They are Sputnik Monroe, billed as "The Kansas Star," Mexican Jose Laterio (sic) and his tag team partner Tito Carreon of Texas.
Kingston, Jamaica
4 Februar 1966
Big Time Wrestling Returns April 13
Big Time Wrestling will be returning to Jamaica within a few months. Some of the world's leading wrestlers are due to make an appearance at the National Stadium on an April 13 show.
Promoters will be a Florida Sports Corporation which is now making a drive to popularize this top American sport throughout the Caribbean. Their activities are currently centered in Nassau and Freeport but within a few months it is expected that regular wrestling shows will be staged in Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
Two of the Corporation's representatives, Eddie Graham and Buddy Fuller, who are themselves wrestlers, left Jamaica yesterday after completing preliminary arrangements.
Commenting on the proposed show yesterday, Graham, who wrestled here in 1964 on the show that featured Jamaician Dorrel Dixon, said if the initial venture was successful, they planned to have regular shows featuring the world's top male and female mat experts. He said wrestling had caught on rapidly in Nassau and they were optimistic that the Jamaician response would be just as enthusiastic.
For the April 13 show three wrestlers whom Fuller described as "really exciting" have already been lined up. They are Sputnik Monroe, billed as "The Kansas Star," Mexican Jose Laterio (sic) and his tag team partner Tito Carreon of Texas.