Post by RandyDSanchez on Nov 4, 2006 19:57:01 GMT -5
taken from obbessed with wrestling
Passed away on Nov 3rd,2006
Wrestler: Sputnik Monroe
Real Name: Rocco Monroe Brambaugh
Birthday: 1928
Hometown: Houston, Texas
# Tennessee State Heavyweight title (2);
# NWA Texas Tag Team titles (2);
# NWA Texas Heavyweight title ();
# NWA Georgia Heavyweight title (2);
# NWA World Junior Heavyweight title ();
# (Tennessee/Alabama) Southern Junior Heavyweight title ();
# (Tennessee) Southern Tag Team titles ();
# 1945: Rock Monroe started wrestling at age 17, at Travelling Carnivals in Kansas taking on all comers..
# 1949: Rocky Monroe was already one of the top stars on the wrestling circuit..
# Rocky Monroe was one of the first white men in the 1950s to wrestle against black wrestlers in the ring..
# Rocky Monroe was also one of the first white wrestlers to take on a black tag team partner, Norvell Austin..
# 1957: Rocky Monroe was given the name "Sputnik" at a TV taping at WKRG Channel 5 in Mobile, Alabama..
# ~~~A female fan that had been heckling him compared him to a communist and said that he was just a "d**ned sputnik"..
# Early 1960s: Sputnik Monroe began teaming with a fellow named Bill Fletcher who closely resembled Monroe..
# ~~~They bleached a blonde streak in Fletcher's hair and he became the first "Rocket Monroe"..
# ~~~They were managed by Sputnik's real life brother Gary who was known as "Jet" Monroe..
# 1970: Sputnik Monroe defeated Danny Hodge for the Junior Heavyweight title of the World..
# Sputnik Monroe made a name for himself in Houston as well fueding with future promotor Paul Beosch and the Kozak Brothers..
# July 1, 2005--Memphis Legends: Sputnik Monroe had a confrontation with Billy Wicks about their legendary feud of 1961..
#
# "It’s hard to be humble when you’re 235 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal, with the body women want and men fear"
# Like many old time wrestlers, Sputnik is not impressed with the direction that wrestling has gone..
Passed away on Nov 3rd,2006
Wrestler: Sputnik Monroe
Real Name: Rocco Monroe Brambaugh
Birthday: 1928
Hometown: Houston, Texas
# Tennessee State Heavyweight title (2);
# NWA Texas Tag Team titles (2);
# NWA Texas Heavyweight title ();
# NWA Georgia Heavyweight title (2);
# NWA World Junior Heavyweight title ();
# (Tennessee/Alabama) Southern Junior Heavyweight title ();
# (Tennessee) Southern Tag Team titles ();
# 1945: Rock Monroe started wrestling at age 17, at Travelling Carnivals in Kansas taking on all comers..
# 1949: Rocky Monroe was already one of the top stars on the wrestling circuit..
# Rocky Monroe was one of the first white men in the 1950s to wrestle against black wrestlers in the ring..
# Rocky Monroe was also one of the first white wrestlers to take on a black tag team partner, Norvell Austin..
# 1957: Rocky Monroe was given the name "Sputnik" at a TV taping at WKRG Channel 5 in Mobile, Alabama..
# ~~~A female fan that had been heckling him compared him to a communist and said that he was just a "d**ned sputnik"..
# Early 1960s: Sputnik Monroe began teaming with a fellow named Bill Fletcher who closely resembled Monroe..
# ~~~They bleached a blonde streak in Fletcher's hair and he became the first "Rocket Monroe"..
# ~~~They were managed by Sputnik's real life brother Gary who was known as "Jet" Monroe..
# 1970: Sputnik Monroe defeated Danny Hodge for the Junior Heavyweight title of the World..
# Sputnik Monroe made a name for himself in Houston as well fueding with future promotor Paul Beosch and the Kozak Brothers..
# July 1, 2005--Memphis Legends: Sputnik Monroe had a confrontation with Billy Wicks about their legendary feud of 1961..
#
# "It’s hard to be humble when you’re 235 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal, with the body women want and men fear"
# Like many old time wrestlers, Sputnik is not impressed with the direction that wrestling has gone..
