i always thought that too I was a huge fan of bobo back in my child hood my 2 favorite wrestlers from my child hood were dick the bull dog brower and bobo brazil what fun it was watching them wrestle in the words of archie bunker those were the days

True, this nonsense is what killed the Detroit territory

I don't know about that. You always have to innovate. Somethings turn out to work better than others.

That's why Dick the Bruiser had to join WRIF.

The nonsense that killed Detroit was The Sheik's stranglehold on the US title for so long

@@ememem6 Not just that; the Detroit area's economy was in freefall and still hasn't fully recovered, to this very day. When the auto industry went under, so did the public's ability to buy tickets to the wrestling shows. The Sheik and his booking practices may have been a cause, but it wasn't the only cause.

If you remember the very first time the announcer gave the stipulations, he said _wrestle each other at a later date._ I think later he either made a mistake, or trying to cover what looked like was a change, then had to go back to the _later date_ thing. Or André didn't have the two ring thing down, and he misunderstood. He didn't do English well, back then. Afterall, André didn't stick in a territory for long back then. He was a free agent. Offered contracts for one show or so, then he moved on to somewhere else. Brute and Bobo was part of the Sheik's, Ed Farhat, territory, so they would be able to wrestle each other, while André was somewhere else.

I was there

Yeah, but the fans in different territories didn't know that back then.

chris taylor. Probably a legit 6'5 400 lb guy

Almost negated Kurt Angle's, angle, of being pro wrestling 's only Olympic gold medalist. He wrestled at Iowa State when they were cranking out top level collegiate wrestlers, one after the other.

@@DDS029 Chris Taylor wrestled as a super heavyweight in both freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling at the 1972 Olympic Games. He won the Bronze Medal in Greco Roman.

A friend and I walked, and talked with Tex McKenzie, on the way to his car when he was part of the main event at a show at my high school. He came out of the locker room with his opponent, joking around, but as soon as they saw us, boom, right back into character, split and walked in different directions. Later we saw his opponent get in Tex's car when they thought no one saw them. Kayfabe, alive and well in the 70's. Speaking of his car . . . exactly like stereotypes would have you believe. Big white Cadillac convertable. White, on white, on white. Curb feelers to protect the wide whitewalls, Texas personalized license plate, BIG⭐TEX. And yes, even the bull horns on the front. Just perfect.

meekrob yes indeed

Wrong. He was closer to 7'0" at his tallest and due to major back surgeries, knee surgeries and horrible posture he shrunk down to about 6'10".

meekrob he was 6-10 when he died. Nimrod

Dan Maler Right on, 7' in his prime in the 70s, over time shrunk & surgeries, about 6'10 at time of death.

All I know is, when André stood next to Bobo, he didn't look as big as he did next to most of the others. Bobo was no little guy either.

Mistake or miscommunication. André didn't speak very good English back then. Likely forgot or misunderstood the stipulations. Sometimes someone just screws up.

Andre went over the top rope, thus should have ended up in the second ring. Bobo went through the ropes and therefore should have never wrestled in the second ring. The Brute eliminated himself.

Don't know his familial history, but he was born in Benton Harbor, Mich. The southwest of the lower peninsula. Near Grand Rapids, and Kalamazoo area.

No. I believe his name was Houston Harris