- KVII-TV (Channel 7 in Amarillo).
Sarpolis died of a
heart attack on May 28, 1967,
after a
boating accident. The
Sarpolis family would sell his
shares in...
- Leaf
Wrestling 4 Fred
Kohler 1961–1962 Fred
Kohler Enterprises 5 Karl
Sarpolis 1962–1963
Western States Sports 6 Sam
Muchnick 1963–1975 St.
Louis Wrestling...
- son's
title defences. Funk
began promoting Western States Sports with Doc
Sarpolis in Amarillo, Texas,
where he led a
thriving wrestling scene that produced...
-
professional wrestling.
Amarillo residents Dory Funk,
Stanley Blackburn and Doc
Sarpolis promoted the
territory for
several decades. Funk's sons, Dory Funk, Jr...
- the
National Wrestling Alliance. In 1955,
retired wrestler Karl "Doc"
Sarpolis purchased Western States Sports from
Detton for $75,000 (equivalent to...
-
created by the Amarillo, Texas-based Big Time Wrestling,
owned by Doc
Sarpolis and Dory Funk. They
followed in the
footsteps of
other NWA territories...
- wrestler, he
first got a
promotional push by NWA
Western States booker, Doc
Sarpolis, who
billed him as "Silent" Joe Hamilton.
Hamilton has
revealed in recent...
-
States Sports 1951–1980 Amarillo,
Texas Dory
Detton (through 1955) Karl
Sarpolis (1955–1966) Dory Funk (1955–1973) Dory Funk, Jr. (1967–1978)
Terry Funk...
- promotion, a
member of the
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).
Promoters Doc
Sarpolis and Dory Funk
introduced the
championship in 1955 and
continued to use...
- as
executive secretary under Frank Tunney, Fred
Kohler and Karl "Doc"
Sarpolis. Consequently,
Muchnick was
unanimously re-installed as NWA
president in...
