Can you tell me when some wrestlers other than the Von Erichs debuted in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Sure. Although the available results for Big Time/World Class Wrestling are far from complete, here are a few debut dates we’ve been able to nail down, or at least get very close: Chris Adams: 4/15/83, Dallas (beat Roberto Renesto and The Mongol in separate matches) Skandor Akbar: 11/15/66, Dallas (beat Darrell Cochran) Steve Austin: 9/30/89, Dallas (pro wrestling debut as Steve Williams; beat Frogman LeBlanc) Bruiser Brody: 4/29/74, Fort Worth (pro wrestling debut as Frank Goodish; lost to Bob Roop) Eric Embry: 3/9/87, Fort Worth (beat Skip Young) The Great Kabuki: 1/11/81, Dallas (beat Don Diamond) Gary Hart: 10/31/66, Fort Worth (beat Krusher Karlssen) Michael Hayes: 10/11/82, Fort Worth (beat Frank Dusek) Gino Hernandez: 8/18/75, Fort Worth (lost to El Gran Markus) Jose Lothario: 1/27/69, Fort Worth (beat Krusher Karlssen) Bronko Lubich: 4/4/61, Dallas (as manager of Angelo Poffo; first wrestled 5/16/61, lost to Dory Dixon via DQ) Ken Mantell: 4/6/70, Dallas (as Ken Lusk; lost to J
