WHAT? ...and you thought Big Time Wrestling was dead

Abe Ford Enterprises rolled into the Boston Garden not too long ago and brought back some home-town favorites: the infamous Caruso, the Black Demon, Little Brutus and his midget tag-team,' and of course Bruno Sammartino. While Caruso (left) amused the crowd with his rope-chokes and ring-side histrionics and Manuel Soto, a local darling, summarily stomped the Black Demon (right), everyone waited for the big match between Sammartino and Turo Tanaka, "Professor of Jujitsu."

Still alive and kicking on the come-back trail, wily Bruno dazzled Tanaka with his classic moves and the enraged Professor abandoned Jujitsu in favor of a desperation chair-smash. It backfired.