Nature Boy Buddy Rogers vs Whipper Billy Watson – Maple Leaf Gardens – Toronto 1956

Nature Boy Buddy Rogers vs Whipper Billy Watson – Maple Leaf Gardens – Toronto 1956

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario Canada 1956 Whipper Watson with the ‘Canuck Commando’ on Buddy Rogers. Watson had just lost the NWA title back to Lou Thesz 3 weeks earlier. When Rogers had made the challenge for the match, watson was still champion but would lose the title to Thesz the next day.

The Nature Boy and Watson would finally meet for the NWA World Title at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1961 when Buddy defended his championship winning via disqualification.

Rogers would make 8 successful title defenses at the Maple Leaf Gardens before losing the title to Lou Thesz there on January 24, 1963

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Nell Stewart Slams Nature Boy Buddy Rogers

Nell Stewart body slams the Nature Boy Buddy Rogers at training session.

Overheard floating on the air… Probably!


        "The idea here, see, is t'get yerself set...both you meanin' in this case me, and yer opponent, in this case Nell...so you set and the other guy sets, see, without lettin' the crowd know that that's what yer doin', see...a flow, I'm talkin' about a flow, right? Right. A flow. Pick up, set, slam, jump up, set, land right...got it? Any questions? Okay, Nellie, slam me down..."

        BOOM

        "See what she did and what I did? How she placed me, how I didn't get killed? Who else wantsa try?"

"I got a question first, Dutch..."

"Shoot, Lou."

"What if yer opponent don't smell as good as Nellie?"

LAUGHTER

    "You start hangin' out at a higher-class bar."

    LAUGHTER

"How 'bout you? What's yer name, again?"

"Joe Taglianetti, Dutch."

"Okay, Joe, come on in."

"Oh, boy..."

LAUGHTER


OH.. to be a fly on the wall of this gym on that day….

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Nature Boy Buddy Rogers Teams with Big John Studd

Nature Boy Buddy Rogers Teams with Big John Studd

Big John Studd was a member of The Rogers Army headed by Nature Boy Buddy Rogers

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NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nature Boy Buddy Rogers

NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nature Boy Buddy Rogers

The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion – The Nature Boy Buddy Rogers is introduced to the crowd ahead of his title defense.

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Buddy Rogers Wearing His Fabulous Cape

Buddy Rogers Wearing His Fabulous Cape

Nature Boy Buddy Rogers is seen here with a masked manager helping to remove this ornate ring cape prior to a match.

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Buddy Rogers vs Lou Thesz – Rogers Unloads on Thesz

Rogers catches Lou Thesz on the jaw

This incredible photo shows every muscle in Lou Thesz body contract  as Nature Boy Buddy Rogers connects with a vicious right handed blow to the chin.

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