Twenty-eight-years ago, I saw Captain Lou Albano along with the Moondogs wrestle Tony Garea, Rick Martel, and Pedro Morales in a half-empty Boston Garden. A few years later, Albano teamed up with Cyndi Lauper and Vince McMahon to defeat wrestling's pop-culture reputation as a vestige of 19th-century carnival barkers and travelling sideshows. The "Rock and Wrestling Connection," the bizarre pop-culture cross-pollination that still leaves me scratching my head, strangely catapulted, rather than killed, the careers of those involved. Read my piece @ the American Spectator celebrating Captain Lou Albano, who died yesterday, and remembering professional wrestling, which died for me a long time ago.

I dunno, I always thought of Rock as kind of Wrestling with a beat. And Wrestling as Rock with a beat down. Don't see the two at odds particularly.

I remember wrestling long before it became what it is, even as a young child though I couldn't believe anyone liked it.
Normally, even if I don't like something that is popular,an example would be country music, I can see why others might. Wrestling though....I just don't understand it.

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In the early 80s there was a movie called "Body Slam" about a rock group that put on a joint show with a wrestling event. It was pretty lame.

I remember watching WWWF wrestling in the 70s on cable, watching Cap'n Lou bring teams like The Samoans, Lumberjacks, Valiants all to the top of the tag team genre.

I remember the shock of seeing Cap'n Lou in Cyndi's video.

Wrestling is what it is, entertainment, and nothing more.

Dan's interview with (The Ultimate) Warrior had a bit more insight.

Be well,

Sponge