Gary Michael Cappetta

📷50th ANNIVERSARY📷 Celebrating 50 Years In Pro Wrestling July 6, 1974 - July 6, 2024 With gratitude to my mentor, Gorilla Monsoon, those who offered opportunities through the years and the support of fans. Thank you! See the photo essay on Facebook: facebook.com/share/p/ra3o7Kb…

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TODAY IS DIA DE LOS MUERTOS! The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday on November 1–2 that celebrates and remembers deceased loved ones through altars, offerings, food, and festive gatherings. Last year an event called LuchaBoom Dia De Los Muertos in Detroit combined pro wrestling with a celebration of the Mexican tradition.

June 24, 1987 - I love The Hype in these two Canadian wrestling ads - "If you have a badheart or a weak stomach, stay at home". "They'll be talking about this match for years". "The undefeated morbid mass of muscle".

Two towering figures I grew up watching on WWWF television - GENE KINISKI and BOBO BRAZIL.

BRUNO SAMMARTINO vs KEN PATERA for a WWWF event at The Philadelphia Spectrum on March 25, 1978. (Sent in by Tony Farina)

The most talked about magazine each year is The PWI 500 with the editors' ranking of the best 500 wrestlers of the year. While there's always controversy over the top picks, most independent wrestlers would give anything to be anywhere on the list.

GORILLA MONSOON reminds us that wrestlers don't get paid by the hour with this record breaking 39 SECOND WIN over MOOSE MONROE in Philadelphia.

-- May 4, 1976 - Andre The Giant and Chuck Wepner compare fists before fighting a mixed wrestler/ boxer bout on June 25, 1976 at Shea Stadium, New York.

Heya Dave . . . I'm going to bring some understanding to your confusion . . . While the answer to your question seems like it would be simple, the answer is dependent on circumstances and judgment . . . If the match is televised when the action occurs, then the commentators take over. Speaking over the play-by-play guys should never happen . . . But whether the match is televised or not, the action between wrestlers always is more important than what a ring announcer has to say. Fans will get quiet to listen to what the ring announcer says which interferes with the reaction that the wrestlers are working hard to elicit . . . So, I'd never interrupt the flow of the action which would undermine the reaction that the wrestlers are trying to achieve . . . Make sense? . . . There's more to ring announcing than just talking . . . Comes with experience and understanding your role . . . Thanks for following my page! . . . gmc

Thank you for your kind comments . . . Like everything else, styles of ring announcing evolve . . . It's a personal taste . . . Thanks again! . . . gmc

WWWF - New York, NY - October 25, 1976 IVAN PUTSKI vs STAN HANSEN - FULL RESULTS Manuel Soto defeated Johnny Rodz Kevin Sullivan vs. Pete Sánchez DRAW Victor Rivera defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna Tor Kamata defeated José Gonzales Bobo Brazil defeated Doug Gilbert - 3 out of 5 Falls Match André the Giant/Jay Strongbow/Billy White Wolf defeated Bruiser Brody/Executioners #1 & #2 - Special Referee: Gorilla Monsoon Ivan Putski defeated Stan Hansen DQ - WWWF World Heavyweight Title Match Bruno Sammartino (c) defeated Nikolai Volkoff

1976 - IWA - Durham, NC - A 14-foot python snake at ringside?

Do you have a favorite match from this WWF 1994 Year In Review video?

This TV Guide ad goes WAY back to August, 1955 in the New York City edition for the new Thursday night DuMont wrestling show . . . (Credit - Wrestling Classics)

JIMMY SNUKA vs RODDY PIPER I was never able to make the intros for this Jimmy Snuka vs. Roddy Piper match from 1984 at The Meadowlands Arena. And it was dangerous to announce the winner . . . the bearer of bad news . .. one more time . . .

AWA - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - January 11, 1979 (11,000) Billy Robinson defeated The Iron Sheik Moose Morowski vs. Steve Olsonoski DRAW Frank Hill defeated Doug Somers Stan Hansen/Bobby Duncum vs. Greg Gagne/Jim Brunzell NO CONTEST Mighty Igor Vodik defeated Super Destroyer Mark II COR - Cage Match Verne Gagne/Mad Dog Vachon defeated Pat Patterson/Ray Stevens

Introducing The Valiant Brothers with an array of opponents on WWWF television.