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Message: [QUOTE="Golden Husky, post: 2693290, member: 8090"] I met Bruno back in the early seventies when I picked up an assignment as a stringer for the [I]New York Daily News [/I]to write a quick summary and phone in the results of a wrestling promotion at the Nassau County Coliseum. I remember hitching a ride to the arena with Jack E. Lee, who some of you may recall was the track announcer and morning line maker at Roosevelt Raceway. Jack also made the ring introductions that night. Riding to the event, Jack asked if I could think of anything he could say to spice up the introductions. On the card that evening was a wrestler called The Wolfman who looked, well, like a wolfman. He was led into the ring on a chain held by his "manager" Freddie ("You pencil-necked geek") Blassie. I thought we could add to The Wolfman's shtick as being dangerously unpredictable if Jack would say, "The management of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum assumes no responsibility or liability for injuries inflicted by The Wolfman." Jack said it, Blassie released The Wolfman from his chain, and the usual mayhem ensued. Also on the card was "Captain" Lou Albano, who would gain fame as Cyndi Lauper's father in the musical video "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Albano was billed as coming from New York City but I suggested he be introduced as coming from the more menacingly sounding Hell's Kitchen. Albano refused. Bruno fought Spiros Arian that evening. I sat in the front row and could hear the wrestlers talking to one another: "Hit me." "Duck." "Move left." At one point Bruno "hit" Arians so hard I though Bruno's foot would go through the canvas. (They had a microphone under the ring to amplify the sounds). There were two dressing rooms, one for the heroes and one for the heels. I had my photo taken with Cowboy Bob Duncum. I was wearing a leisure suit (Hey, it was the seventies) so, no, you're never going to see that photo. A short time later, I was assigned to the thoroughbred racing beat and began chronicling the exploits of Secretariat. Talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime! [/QUOTE]

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