In Episode 56 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk, Morris Sigel for the WON HOF, 2024 Edition, Greg:

Takes a second look at the Hall of Fame candidacy of Houston promoter and Texas Booking Agency head Morris Sigel.

Traces his journey from hardware accountant to head of Houston Wrestling and his formation of the Texas wrestling circuit.

Notes the names of the top wrestlers he either discovered, started or helped find their stride: Verne Gagne, Buddy Rogers, Argentino Rocca and Gorgeous George, among others.

Discovers the connection between Sigel and the end of the territory war between Lou Thesz and Sam Muchnick, and the bonding of Thesz to the new NWA cartel.

Revisits the 1950s Texas wrestling war.

Talks about Sigel's influence on Paul Boesch's Hall of Fame promoting career and notes how all the distinguishing characteristics of the Boesch era come from the Sigel era, which is twice as long.

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In Episode 55 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk, Greg:

Closes out the Bronze Era of MSWA. Talks more about the Hall of Fame candidacy of Sylvester Ritter aka the Junkyard Dog.

Picks up at the beginning of Year One and talks about the timing of when Ritter must have trained.

Wonders if there are still earlier matches than Ritter's first known match of Nov. 11, 1976 vs Mike Boyette.

Talks about how Ritter's trainer Sonny King left him behind in Carolina, but Ritter still found a way into the business.

Follows Ritter around the south as he goes from Carolina to Louisiana/Oklahoma to Memphis to Knoxville to Gulf Coast to Gulas.

Notes how quickly Ritter goes from indies to a tag title in a major territory (one year) to a solo title in a major territory (two years) to being the historic star of a territory (three years).

Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk is sponsored by Greg and his written work. His newest release, "Sunset Painting & The Sun, Two Plays by Greg Klein," is on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com, as are his previous books: The Junkyard Dog biography, "The King of New Orleans" and the historic fiction, sports novel, "The Paper Tigers, How Eight Guys from the Streets of Philadelphia Became Professional Baseball Players for One Day."

Episode 54: The College Edition

In Episode 54 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk, Greg:

Talks about the Junkyard Dog and his candidacy for the Wrestling Observer Newletter's Hall of Fame.

Looks at Sylvester Ritter's life before wrestling, including his two year trying to break into professional football.

Finds an ad for the earliest known match for Sylvester Ritter, only to learn someone else had tagged the ad first.

Learns about and laughs about the wrestling history term, "You got Getz'd."

Discusses the idea of workrate and stereotypical wrestling styles of yesteryear and how the two are not always compatible.

Compares the careers of Paul Orndorff and JYD.

Lobbys for JYD's HOF inclusion and announces a very special guest to explore the matter further next month.

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