Greg Klein
@jydbook.bsky.social
Actor-Writer-Producer. Film commissioner Otsego County NY. Author: Sunset Painting & The Sun, The Paper Tigers and The King of New Orleans. Rasslin podcaster. “24” henchman.
Perfection. No notes. Bonus points for causing me to say Loachapoka with a Southern accent.
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Perfection. No notes. Bonus points for causing me to say Loachapoka with a Southern accent.
it isn't all fire Hugh freeze excitement in the Coop Cities today. Ep. 83: The Museum of Television Episodes is up, where we talk about the best episodes of Mid South Wrestling, The Last Stampede and a new first JYD match, h/t Terry Kent!
November 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
it isn't all fire Hugh freeze excitement in the Coop Cities today. Ep. 83: The Museum of Television Episodes is up, where we talk about the best episodes of Mid South Wrestling, The Last Stampede and a new first JYD match, h/t Terry Kent!
V-i-c-t-o-r-y! Now fire the AD.
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
V-i-c-t-o-r-y! Now fire the AD.
I am in Izzy & Dizzy mode this am and found this gem in the San Angelo Evening Standard from Aug. 14, 1953. Even then, Dizzy Davis was known for giving away a money gimmick to Gorgeous George!
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I am in Izzy & Dizzy mode this am and found this gem in the San Angelo Evening Standard from Aug. 14, 1953. Even then, Dizzy Davis was known for giving away a money gimmick to Gorgeous George!
one episode later ...
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
one episode later ...
Sept. 16, 1953 Casino Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas as promoter Jack Irwin runs opposition to the NWA/TWA group headed by Houston promoter Morris Sigel and local promoter Barney Myers.
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sept. 16, 1953 Casino Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas as promoter Jack Irwin runs opposition to the NWA/TWA group headed by Houston promoter Morris Sigel and local promoter Barney Myers.
Dizzy Davis as a cleanie? It happened. San Antonio Express June 8, 1953. Also, Jack Adkisson sighting!
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Dizzy Davis as a cleanie? It happened. San Antonio Express June 8, 1953. Also, Jack Adkisson sighting!
Corpus Christi May 1953. When my worlds collide. #izzyvsdizzy #iykyk
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Corpus Christi May 1953. When my worlds collide. #izzyvsdizzy #iykyk
From the Jack Pfefer Collection at UND's Father Ted Hesburgh Library: Who is that unmasked man? It is the Rubberman Johnny Walker!
October 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
From the Jack Pfefer Collection at UND's Father Ted Hesburgh Library: Who is that unmasked man? It is the Rubberman Johnny Walker!
Easy like Sunday morning, listen to rasslin talk about two cool HOF cats, Morris Sigel and JYD. Here is Episode 82: Morris, about the grandfather of Texas rasslin. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Easy like Sunday morning, listen to rasslin talk about two cool HOF cats, Morris Sigel and JYD. Here is Episode 82: Morris, about the grandfather of Texas rasslin. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
WON HOF voters, don't forget my two cool cats, Sylvester and Morris. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
WON HOF voters, don't forget my two cool cats, Sylvester and Morris. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social
WON HOF edpt2 on the coolest cats in wrestling. Morris Sigel ran Houston Wrestling from 1929-66 and built and controlled the Texas wrestling circuit. If you vote in the Observer Hall of Fame, please consider Morris (and Sylvester)! @wonhoftracker.bsky.social
www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
WON HOF edpt2 on the coolest cats in wrestling. Morris Sigel ran Houston Wrestling from 1929-66 and built and controlled the Texas wrestling circuit. If you vote in the Observer Hall of Fame, please consider Morris (and Sylvester)! @wonhoftracker.bsky.social
www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
May 31, 1960, thank you card from Fabulous Moolah to Jack Pfefer, king of gifts. From the UND Father Ted Hesburgh Library's Pfefer Collection.
October 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
May 31, 1960, thank you card from Fabulous Moolah to Jack Pfefer, king of gifts. From the UND Father Ted Hesburgh Library's Pfefer Collection.
Izzy turned Nature Boy became Evangelical Tommy. Notice his framing of his dismissal from the Amarillo office.
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Izzy turned Nature Boy became Evangelical Tommy. Notice his framing of his dismissal from the Amarillo office.
From the Pfefer collection at UND's Hesburgh. Aug. 23, 1929 Londos vs Shikat in Philly.
October 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
From the Pfefer collection at UND's Hesburgh. Aug. 23, 1929 Londos vs Shikat in Philly.
"Your Boy Izzy" advocating for his boy Rudy Soda to Jack Pfefer in this Feb. 20, 1953 letter.
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Your Boy Izzy" advocating for his boy Rudy Soda to Jack Pfefer in this Feb. 20, 1953 letter.
Thank you @SteelBeltSteve for this Rudy Soda pic. Waco paper says Soda is an Austin wrestler although maybe he is there cause it is in center of the Texas triangle.
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Thank you @SteelBeltSteve for this Rudy Soda pic. Waco paper says Soda is an Austin wrestler although maybe he is there cause it is in center of the Texas triangle.
IWC anyone know who Rudy Soda is?
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
IWC anyone know who Rudy Soda is?
Right as the Texas Rasslin War heats up in April 1953, I lose my boy Izzy's narration and I am not sure why. However, in 1962 he has a conversion and is apparently fired from the Amarillo office for being preachy. "Some people claim there's a woman to blame but ..."
October 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Right as the Texas Rasslin War heats up in April 1953, I lose my boy Izzy's narration and I am not sure why. However, in 1962 he has a conversion and is apparently fired from the Amarillo office for being preachy. "Some people claim there's a woman to blame but ..."
This week's hump day rasslin stationary from the Jack Pfefer Collection at UND's Father Ted Hesburgh Library is the best of the best, from Morris Sigel's Houston Wrestling & Texas Wrestling Agency.
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This week's hump day rasslin stationary from the Jack Pfefer Collection at UND's Father Ted Hesburgh Library is the best of the best, from Morris Sigel's Houston Wrestling & Texas Wrestling Agency.
Here is it for my WON HOF voters! Ep 81: Two Cool Cats, Part One, Sylvester, in which we discuss the Hall of Fame cred of the Junkyard Dog. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1oXi...
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Here is it for my WON HOF voters! Ep 81: Two Cool Cats, Part One, Sylvester, in which we discuss the Hall of Fame cred of the Junkyard Dog. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1oXi...
As mentioned on the the upcoming Episode 81 of GKOSRT Two Cool Cats, Sylvester & Morris, Part One, this is the feral cat who lives under our mud room steps sometimes. Probably the the one I call Dizzy.
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As mentioned on the the upcoming Episode 81 of GKOSRT Two Cool Cats, Sylvester & Morris, Part One, this is the feral cat who lives under our mud room steps sometimes. Probably the the one I call Dizzy.
1962 Houston things have been a little down to start the decade, FVE and the season of the Iron Claw is still a couple of years away and Morris and Frank need heels. Letter to Jack Pfefer from the Father Ted Hesburgh Library's special collections at U of ND.
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1962 Houston things have been a little down to start the decade, FVE and the season of the Iron Claw is still a couple of years away and Morris and Frank need heels. Letter to Jack Pfefer from the Father Ted Hesburgh Library's special collections at U of ND.
