Back when I was a wee little lad, in between my career as referee (ie Commercial break) for my wrestling Uncle's Robert (Blackjack Mulligan) and James (Wahoo MacDaniel), we watched Mid-Atlantic Wrestling like a religion every Saturday morning at 10 am. Being six or seven at the time I was enthralled by the rasslers as the tossed each other around the ring. The main heroes always won, the main villains always lost. It was back in the days of yesteryear where name wrestlers didn't face each other except for in the arena where you paid to go see them. Occasionally they may scuffle on TV, or someone would get run out of the ring now and then, but the Arena's were where the big action happened.
My favorite wrestler was The Mighty Igor, World's Strongest Wrestler. He came across in interviews as a big buffoon with his huge smile, twinkling eyes, and overzealous laughter. I used to laugh myself near to tears watching as he tried to get the interviewer to take a bite of the kielbasa he always carried with him, he even used to try and get the fans at ringside to take a bite. Sounds a little nasty in this day and age, but back then it was high hilarity in Mid-Atlantic Pro Wrestling.
He won a few titles in the mid to late 60's, the main one being the AWA World Heavyweight Title from Mad Dog Vachon. Although he wrestled into the late 80's I didn't see him anymore after he left Mid-Atlantic. He always sticks in my mind, because he was my first favorite wrestler.
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