Dory Funk Jr. on Rey Urbano (Tokyo Tom), CHIKARA on 10/26 and GCW
On Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 12:56 PM EST Dory Funk Jr. sent this in:
Funk's Corner - Rey Urbano aka Tokyo Tom
Rey Urbano was a part of the glory days of the Amarillo Territory in the mid 60's. The top wrestling talent included The Sheik, Tokyo Joe, Ricky Romero, Nelson Royal, Sputnik Monroe, Danny Miller, The Viking, Dory Funk Sr., Myself and starting in 1965, Terry Funk.
According to the Texas State Athletic Commission, Lubbock, Texas was the number one City in Texas in wrestling attendance figures.
The hottest of the heels (No pun intended) was the Sheik, the master of the fireball, and an established heel from the late 50's, Tokyo Joe who had a previous run-in with the law and was returning from prison to professional wrestling. Tokyo Joe was the master of the deadly Karate Thrust.
After a month invested in television making Tokyo Joe the top heel featuring the deadly Karate Thrust and leaving many jobbers gurgling in their own blood and quivering in the ring. Just as Tokyo Joe was ready to face the top faces in the territory, the Texas State Athletic Commission advised us that because of Tokyo Joe's prison record he could not appear in wrestling matches in Texas.
With all that was invested in Tokyo Joe we were stuck for a top heel.
It was my father's idea to bring a friend Rey Urbano to replace Tokyo Joe and carry the heat established with the deadly Karate Thrust. Dad's idea was to call him Tokyo Tom.
For the next three years, Tokyo Tom (Rey Urbano) was one of a few top heels that carried the territory. Tokyo Tom's Karate Thrust was so over that we came up with the first Karate Collar matches and did capacity business.
Rey was a great worker who knew and understood his Karate gimmick and along with the Sheik and his Ball of Fire the Amarillo Territory had a run of fabulous business.
Rey was one of the nicest most sincere "Bad Guys" I have known. Our condolences from the Funking Conservatory to the family of Rey Urbano.
On our website on !BANG! TV we have matches of the Original Sheik throwing his fire ball and his protégé Sabu throwing the fireball.
For information on our upcoming show October 28th in our New Air-conditioned Arena, Support the Troops 20, "The Great Big Show" and to find out how you can become a professional wrestler and appear on !BANG! TV, call now - 352-895-4658 or visit our website at www.dory-funk.com.
CHIKARA sent this in:
CHIKARA: Full October 26th/"Bruised" card confirmed for Reading!
There are just five live events left on the CHIKARA calendar this year, and our next event is shaping up to be a big one. At "Cibernetico & Robin," the duo of Hallowicked & Delirious (sometimes referred to as "Incoherence") picked up their 3rd point, and have qualified for a title match with our reigning campeones de parejas (tag team champions) F.I.S.T. Plus, our Young Lions Cup champ will be in non-title action, and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight championship will be contested all in the same night. Take a gander at the matches for our event "Bruised" that have been made official:
~TAG TITLES ON THE LINE!~
Gran Akuma & Icarus (champions)
vs.
Delirious & Hallowicked (challengers)
~NWA WORLD JUNIOR TITLE MATCH~
Mike Quackenbush vs. Lince Dorado
~REMATCH FROM JULY~
Eddie Kingston vs. Tim Donst
~REMATCH FROM AUGUST~
Brodie Lee & Olsen Twins vs. The Colony
~OPEN CHALLENGE!~
Chuck Taylor vs. Claudio Castagnoli
~FIRST TIME EVER~
Equinox vs. Mitch Ryder
~CHIKARA vs. KAGEKI~
Jigsaw vs. Dragon Yuki
~TAG TEAM WARFARE~
Cheech & Cloudy vs. The Osirian Portal
~HALLOWEEN TRIOS EXPLOSION~
Order of the Neo Solar Temple vs. Dragon Dragon & Moscow & USApe
Advance tickets are already on sale (in our online store) and complete information is available at chikarapro.com! Join the rest of the CHIKARMY and come see us live; keep up to date with all things CHIKARA by subscribing to our free, weekly podcast!
CHIKARA is currently featured on the Emmy award-winning Current TV, and desperately needs some fan support! Check us out at: http://www.current.tv/watch/176770352 and be sure to "green light" our newest pod. If enough people vote for us, Al Gore will be forced to watch CHIKARA Podcast-A-Go-Go! That's got to be good!
"Bruised"
Friday night, October 26th, 2007
Live @ The Riverside Beneficial Assoc.!
1742 Pear Street
in Reading, PA!
All seats just $15.00!
Doors open at 7:00 pm. Bell time is 7:30 pm.
"New Star Navigation"
Saturday night, October 27th, 2007
Live @ The Ryan Township Fire Hall!
945 Barnesville Dr./Route 54 East
in Barnesville, PA!
All seats just $15.00!
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Bell time is 7:00 pm.
Our homebase: http://www.chikarapro.com
For our free, weekly video podcast: http://www.chikarapodcast.com
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Steven Ashe sent this GCW note in:
Here are your matches for the W.I.L.D. TOURNAMENT !
ROUND 1
LUFISTO vs DEANNA CONDA
PORTIA PEREZ vs CHERRY BOMB
JAIME D vs MISS DANYAH
STEFANY SINCLAIR vs KACEY DIAMOND
Also on the card !
GCW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION KRIS CHAMBERS and his tag team partner ASH
vs ANGEL deGUERRA AND EL SOMBRA
GCW ONTARIO INDEPENDENT CHAMPION CODY 45 vs XTREMO
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
$13 in ADVANCE - $15 at the DOOR
WYLDSTAR - 19 SIMCOE ST N in OSHAWA
RED ROCKETS - 1405 UPPER OTTAWA in HAMILTON
RED ROCKETS - 754 QUEENSTON RD in HAMILTON
SATURDAY OCTOBER 20 , 2007
95 HEMPSTED DR. UNIT #13
DOOR AT 6:30PM - BELL AT 7 PM
more details coming soon !!