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| Posted: Mon Nov 8th, 2021 09:11 pm |
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Principal_Raditch
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Was reading Greg Oliver's interview with Angelo Mosca jr re: his father's passing. Didn't realize he'd also played college football at Concordia University in Montreal, and was actually a co-captain of the team a few years before he started his short wrestling career. Found this archived photo of him and the other captains from 1980
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| Posted: Mon Nov 8th, 2021 09:39 pm |
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GregOliver
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What a great photo!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 9th, 2021 07:25 pm |
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The Ultimate Sin HALL OF FAMER 
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I realize he was pretty bland, and correct me if I'm wrong because I haven't seen much of his work, but he was an average at best worker, but why was his career so short? Those aspects never stopped guys from having long careers during the territory days. Especially with Vince grabbing talent you'd think promotors would grab him for name recognition. I read a lot about him in the Apter mags, and as a kid I assumed he was really good.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 9th, 2021 07:40 pm |
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One Fan Gang
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You can see based on the territories both Angelo Jr. and Senior worked together that it was really a family affair, and with Angelo's name value the promoters could produce some angles that might draw money. They liked traveling together and in essence, King Kong was for the first time playing on the offensive line, opening holes for Junior to make his modest gains. After the Florida, Mid-Atlantic and WWF runs, when opportunities were drying up, Angelo Jr. moved on to his next line of work. Giving him a brief career push was worth a try.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 12:23 am |
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Spatulapup
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The Ultimate Sin wrote: I realize he was pretty bland, and correct me if I'm wrong because I haven't seen much of his work, but he was an average at best worker, but why was his career so short? If only he was average at best. He was bad. His promos were even worse.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 02:31 am |
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Blazer MR HOCKEY 
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Spatulapup wrote: The Ultimate Sin wrote:I realize he was pretty bland, and correct me if I'm wrong because I haven't seen much of his work, but he was an average at best worker, but why was his career so short? Mosca Jr probably falls somewhere between Erik Watts and post-stroke Mike Von Erich on the scale of most-over-pushed wrestling kids in history. That's not to say he may not have grown into a better worker at some point, but seeing him beat Ivan Koloff for the Mid-Atlantic belt when he was green as a cucumber was just really bad. He needed to be working in a small territory for a couple of years before going to Crockett.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 02:39 am |
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Blazer MR HOCKEY
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That's probably kinda harsh, I just think he got pushed into a bad situation too early. I think a year or two in Calgary would have been helpful.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 04:03 am |
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Spatulapup
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He won the Mid Atlantic belt about 5 months into his pro career. That was fast. lol whoever was booking whether it was Dory Funk, Ernie Ladd, Gary Hart, pushed him hard as a favor to Mosca Sr maybe. There is a match against Ivan Koloff and Mosca Jr is trying to put the figure four on him and he does not know how to do it. Ivan sells it anyway and even tries to help him. Poor Ivan. I hope he got a bonus for having to wrestle him for months. But he was only in wrestling for about a year and a half if that. He should not have been pushed that hard so fast. He may have improved if he stuck around.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 04:14 am |
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Angelic Assassin
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Blazer wrote: Spatulapup wrote:The Ultimate Sin wrote:I realize he was pretty bland, and correct me if I'm wrong because I haven't seen much of his work, but he was an average at best worker, but why was his career so short? Watched that match on YT earlier to refresh my memory. Just terrible. Ivan should have just pinned himself. Would have been more interesting.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 04:27 am |
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Franchise Low key big hog 
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In my limited exposure to him he was the complete package; boring in the ring, boring interview and bad look.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 11:49 am |
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GregOliver
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In my interview with him https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2021/11/08/angelo-mosca-jr-shares-laughs-and-lessons-from-his-father/ he admits he wasn't cut out for the wrestling business and just wasn't comfortable out there.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 03:51 pm |
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Spatulapup
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I was watching a promo of him talking about Assassin 1 and Mosca Jr calls him Jody. His real name. Pretty bad. Lol
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 04:50 pm |
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Blazer MR HOCKEY
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That botched figure-four….I just watched that earlier this summer. Just awful. WrestleCrap bad.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 07:24 pm |
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KGB
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Blazer wrote: That botched figure-four….I just watched that earlier this summer. I just watched it...ouch.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10th, 2021 08:18 pm |
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Spatulapup
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He started in Florida in 1983. Had some matches in Kansas City/St.Louis, Went to Mid Atlantic until September 1984. Went back to Florida for a bit and then had around 4 or 5 matches in the WWf into 1985.
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