Remembering the Wrestling Scene at Madison Square Garden from 1974 to '84

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Pro Wrestling Stories Senior Editor Evan Ginzburg writes: "I attended 90% of the WWWF Madison Square Garden shows between 1974 and ’84. This is my love letter to the past."

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On most of the old-school WWWF at Madison Square Garden broadcasts, the credits roll, and you then see a long shot of MSG “packed to the rafters” with fans.

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The superfans were in the very same spot month after month. Right there- clear as day- on camera is one of them- Georgiann Makropolous, editor of The Wrestling Chatterbox newsletter.

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A wrestler comes to the ring for the opener. Johnny Rodz. The “unpredictable one” does the slightest little swagger before the match starts—instant heel heat.

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SD Jones would clunk his head on the top turnbuckle and thus tragically end up prone and “looking at the lights.”

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Wrestling superfan Georgette Krieger was born in 1899. Really. And in her own crazy way, she was famous, too.

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"The heels knew if they jawed with HER, it was guaranteed mega-heat!"

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