Wrestling Pro was best known for wrestling under a mask as Wrestling Pro and wrestled under the ring name Tarzan Baxter.
14 Facts About Wrestling Pro
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Wrestling Pro pulled double duty as a member of the tag team The Masked Gauchos with Juan Sebastian for Georgia Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions.
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Wrestling Pro had a famous rivalry with champion Ken Mantell for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship in the mid-1970s.
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Wrestling Pro was weighed in the ring by promoter and wrestler "Cowboy" Bob Kelly before the match and made the weight.
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The bout concluded with the referee being "knocked out" and distracted and The Wrestling Pro clearly winning the match.
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Wrestling Pro told the crowd that he would like Pro to unmask as well, but he had to do what was right.
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Wrestling Pro told the crowd that as The Pro had beaten Mantell fair and square that as far as he was concerned, Pro was the rightful NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion.
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Wrestling Pro was recognised and announced in the territory as the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
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When Kelly refused, Muschnick "sent" several wrestlers to defeat Wrestling Pro, including former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz.
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Wrestling Pro feuded with then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jack Brisco when he was declared number one contender.
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Soon thereafter, Wrestling Pro aligned with Gulf Coast's Heavyweight Champion Duke Miller and the tag-team of Gorgeous George Jr and Billy Spears to form the short-lived but innovative stable "Murder Inc".
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Wrestling Pro continued to compete in the Gulf Coast territory, where he went on to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship on nine occasions.
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One of his most famous rivals, Ken Mantell, returned to Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling Pro after losing the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and rekindled his rivalry with Baxter, feuding over the Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title.
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Wrestling Pro was known to attend the annual Gulf Coast Wrestlers Reunions.