#ernie ladd

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Humble that big, intimidating brute.

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Most Beloved WWE Wrestler Tournament

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A one of a kind painting I did for a client of notable all black male heavyweight champions over the years ❤️

Starting from the top, L to R:

Ernie Ladd, Kofi Kingston (with Xavier Woods helping to hold him up), Bobby Lashley

Next row: Bearcat Wright, Keith Lee, R-Truth, Ron Simmons

3rd row: Moose, Big E (Langston), Jay Lethal, Bobo Brazil

Bottom row: Booker T, The Rock, Mark Henry.

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Spotlight on Ernie “the Big Cat” Ladd

Today, Robert Segedy places the spotlight on the legendary career of Ernie “the Big Cat” Ladd. From his days as a football player, to his "second" career as a professional wrestler.

Robert Segedy Today, Robert Segedy places the spotlight on the legendary career of Ernie “the Big Cat” Ladd. From his days as a football player, to his “second” career as a professional wrestler. Continue reading Spotlight on Ernie “the Big Cat” Ladd

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Ernie Ladd vs Bruno Sammartino - 1976

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Ernie Ladd vs. Lou Thesz, from a 1963 issue of Wrestling Revue magazine.

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Sleep! Ernie Ladd sleeps deeply courtesy of Bobo Brazil’s sleeper.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bud Abbott, Badly Drawn Boy, Sigtryggur Baldursson (The Sugarcubes), Victor Borge’s 1953 “Comedy in Music” premiere, Mahatma Gandhi, Moses Gunn, Richard Hell, Dave Holland, Freddie Jackson, the unsinkable Violet Jessop, Persis Kambatta, Chris LeDoux, Annie Leibowitz, George “Spanky” McFarland, Groucho Marx, Don McLean, Ron Meagher (Beau Brummels), the 1995 album WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY by Oasis (good to meet you Noel), Phillip Oakley (Human League), John Otway, Michael Rutherford, Jo-El Sonnier, my cousin Susan Stamm, Sting, Nat Turner, THE TWILIGHT ZONE TV series (premiered 1959), Gillian Welch, Yokozuna, and the great British writer (journalist, novelist, screenwriter) Graham Greene. I cite him as a key influence on my lyrics, and I’ve read his novels repeatedly—many of which have been made into films (some more than once): The End of The Affair (1955, 1999), The Human Factor, the excellent Our Man in Havana (Alec Guinnes, Ernie Kovacs), The Quiet American (1958, 2002), The Power and The Glory (Henry Fonda), and the landmark film noirs This Gun for Hire (Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake) and The Third Man (Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Wells + Anton Karas’s ironic zither music). 

Greene’s 67-year long career as as journalist took him to leper colonies, war zones, and odd “hot spots” around the world, along with spying for MI6 during World War II. These provided settings for his stories, exploring ambivalent ethical and political issues of the modern world, often through a Biblical lens that offered redemption to criminals and sinners while exposing the hypocrisies of moral superiors. I can find his imprints in several of my songs, but the most overt is “Unresolved—Graham Greene’s Script for Laurel & Hardy,” imagining if Greene had written a script for the comedy team of Laurel & Hardy (maybe echoing Greene’s late-in-life friendship with Charlie Chaplin). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBvBEVq0PSE Meanwhile, HB GG and thank you for your volumes of spiritually-informed writing and letting us be human. 

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"American Picker” ~ In this episode, Dan picks over some old furniture at a run-down brownstone in New York City. Mid-century modern is Jenkins’ specialty and tonight he strikes gold.

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“Desi’s Desert Island Discs” ~ Premiere!  Desi’s first guest is Ricky Ricardo. Viewers are treated to excerpts from his top ten. Special appearance by Lucy Ricardo singing “Sally Sweet”. 

“Bent Fork R.F.D.” ~ This week the Sheriff (Will Wright) arrests a Pontiac full of Yankees headed for Hollywood. Guest star Ernie Ford tries to pawn off Teensy and Weensy (the Borden Sisters) on the westbound travelers, but they get all tied up. 

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September 7th 1986  Taped : August 27th 1986  Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut  Commentators:  Gorilla Monsoon, Ernie Ladd &  Johnny V  

“Iron” Mike Sharpe & “Magnificent” Don Muraco vs. The U.S. Express Danny Spivey & Mike Rotundo.  Adorable” Adrian Adonis vs. Tommy Sharp.  Bob Bradley vs. Koko B. Ware.Non-Title Tag Team Match The Moondogs vs. WWF World Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs

#WWF #WorldWrestlingFederation #OldSchool #GoldenEra #WrestlingChallenge #ClassicWWF #GorillaMonsoon  #ErnieLadd #JohnnyV  #MikeSharpe #DonMuraco #DannySpivey #MikeRotundo #AdrianAdonis #JimmySharp #BobOrtonJr #BobBradley #KokoBWare  #JimmyHart #PaulOrndorff #MrWonderful #KenResnick #TheBritishBulldogs #TheMoondogs #JimmyHart #LouAlbano #JunkYardDog #GeorgeSteele #WWE 

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Jim Ross On Life Lessons Learned From Playing Dominoes With Ernie Ladd, Bill Watts' Racism

Feedzy Read More  By /Aug. 13, 2023 10:30 am EST Prior to becoming the voice of WCW, WWE, and AEW, Jim Ross plied his trade as an announcer in Bill Watts’ Mid-South Wrestling in the 1970s and 1980s. During this era, he developed a close friendship with Ernie Ladd, which proved to be an educational experience for Ross. On a recent episode of “Grilling JR,” Ross told co-host Conrad Thompson about…

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ERNIE LADD and PAUL BOESCH have a disagreement at ringside! NWA Houston 1981

Born on this day, Ernie “The Big Cat” Ladd!

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