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steal off the top of it. That he would lie to my face and deny what I presented to him as known factual evidence to me was to me a personal insult and lost whatever small affection or respect I might have felt for him. That he thought I would take it and be happy because I was making quite a bit of money even being shafted was a reflection as to his opinion of my character and another deeply-felt personal insult. That he would let us run the entire show, give us carte blanche to do what we wished with his territory, then give us the old shaftola? He clearly thought we were all stooges who would just put up with that kind of insult! He was wrong!
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total shock and disbelief, in effect denying it was happening. Well, let me ask you: if the general manager as well as one of the top talents of your company comes to you with these kind of accusations, do you think you are going to deny them out of hand? … NO! You’re going to tell him that you are going to be looking into that accusation, thank him for letting you know about it, that you will get to the bottom of it, etc.
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Wrestling and continued making title defenses on All-Star and ICW shows. SECW did not acknowledge this and quietly purchased a new belt. In addition to winning the title, Garvin also won a boat owned by Fuller. This was part of a scripted storyline rather than a legitimate prize but Garvin kept the boat. The promoter brought Garvin to court in an effort to recover his property, however, Fuller lost the case rather than "
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we all had a pretty good time and laugh at Fuller's expense. Seriously though you have to appreciate Fuller's dilemma. Had he not kept kayfabe he probably would have gotten his boat back. But he would have put his business at great risk. Fuller's promotion at the time was extremely successful drawing
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That he denied that it could be happening and clearly planned on continuing to do the same thing, made him my enemy. He was stealing from me every night, taking money I had given blood, sweat and tears to earn, he wasn’t satisfied that we were doing great business and earning him a fortune, he had to
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against Garvin, Roop, Orton and
Malenko. Fuller claimed the four wrestlers were attempting to run him out of business and had acted "in a disorderly and obnoxious manner" at NWA Southeastern shows in order to drive off wrestling fans. Fuller was seeking up to $ 2.5 million in damages at the time of
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believed negative press coverage during this period was largely responsible. It would be five years before it became profitable to run pro wrestling in the city. Eastern
Championship Wrestling, a short-lived "outlaw" group, held shows at John Sevier Elementary School in the immediate aftermath of
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prior to the split. A week before his departure, Garvin won both the title and a boat owned by Fuller. He was supposed to lose the belt the following week, however, Garvin and his partners planned to run their first show instead. Garvin brought the title with him upon forming All-Star
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as the main end of SECW's territory and continued promoting in
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Championship Wrestling were able to feature mainstream talent. Along with the four founding members, Ronnie Garvin, Bob Roop, Bob Orton, Jr. and Boris Malenko, a number of SECW wrestlers jumped to All-Star Wrestling including
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who then warned Fuller about their plans to steal the
Knoxville territory. Fuller confronted Roop who agreed to resign his position as booker. Fuller gave the position to Slater. This forced Roop and his partners to proceed earlier than they had planned.
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1297:Fuzzy Cupid
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901:Haru Sasaki
886:Terry Gibbs
881:Manuel Saine
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1796:Programming
1789:Programming
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1646:Robert Roop
1568:Ron Wright
1327:Wee Willie
1207:Lady Satan
1059:Jeff Sword
1044:Doug Vines
1014:B.B. Lewis
999:Don Wright
946:Roger Smith
918:Rip Rogers
849:Robert Roop
832:Randy Poffo
815:Lanny Poffo
705:Ric McCord
658:Don Carson
445:, a future
421:Terry Gibbs
380:Chattanooga
351:Jim Barnett
252:Norris Lake
238:Dick Slater
2228:Categories
1830:References
1694:1979–1980
1674:1979–1980
1654:1979–1980
1634:1979–1980
1614:1979–1980
1571:1979–1980
1498:1979–1980
1490:Jeff Smith
1481:1979–1980
1425:1979–1980
1420:Rip Rogers
1358:Tenure(s)
1137:1979–1980
1077:1979–1980
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840:1979–1980
823:1979–1980
806:1979–1980
803:The Miser
789:1979–1980
772:1979–1980
716:Maury High
708:1979–1980
690:Jim Pride
678:1979–1980
646:1979–1980
599:1979–1980
576:Dick Beyer
567:1979–1980
437:Rip Rogers
425:Ron Wright
376:Nick Gulas
355:Birmingham
215:Ron Wright
207:Ron Fuller
163:Ron Fuller
131:Ron Wright
70:Ron Wright
66:Founder(s)
2003:Solie.org
1900:Roop, Bob
1697:Promoter
1651:Bob Roop
1591:Ring name
1533:Ring name
1443:Ring name
1351:Stable(s)
1279:Ring name
1187:Ring name
544:Ring name
465:based in
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349:promoter
161:promoter
123:promotion
33:June 1979
2214:Facebook
1596:Tenure:
1547:Jim Hess
1538:Tenure:
1448:Tenure:
1355:Members
1347:Tag team
1284:Tenure:
1192:Tenure:
549:Tenure:
473:and the
327:Ox Baker
229:—
191:Bob Roop
139:Bob Roop
118:) was a
92:Owner(s)
78:Bob Roop
50:Rasslin'
41:May 1980
1679:Booker
1659:Booker
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1506:Unknown
1412:Barry O
1323:Unknown
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413:Barry O
181:History
38:Defunct
30:Founded
22:Acronym
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670:Ginger
552:Notes
528:Alumni
495:Demise
398:area.
386:, and
313:, and
100:Sister
1677:Owner
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46:Style
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293:and
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