Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Blooper! A "Worked" Tag Team Title Match
by Dick Bourne
Mid-Atlantic Gateway
We love the newspaper bloopers, but this might be better classified as a major breach of kayfabe! It's from Greenville, SC, in October of 1975.
We're pretty sure this was supposed to say WORLD Tag Team Title Match. (The "K" and the "L" are actually next to each other on the keyboard, which likely explains the error somewhere in the process.)
We're also pretty sure the boys in the back got a big laugh out of this if they saw the ad in the local paper.
Worked Tag Team Title Match!
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Tiger Conway, Jr and Steve Keirn were the hot babyface tag team at the time, even earning a non-title win over the Andersons on television.
Interesting 2nd main event with a young Bob Backlund making a rare appearance in the area. He was in for a few dates over the previous weekend as well.
Also interesting to note that the ad announces "New Time" for the show - - but doesn't actually list the time! By checking other ads before and after this show it looks like the bell-time for Greenville events changed from 8:15 PM to 8:00 PM.
For more Bloopers, check out the list here. More to come!
Filed under:
1970s,
1975,
Anderson Brothers,
Blooper,
Bob Backlund,
Greenville SC,
Newspaper,
Steve Keirn,
Tiger Conway Jr.