Harley Race's Head Scissors

 I wish the video weren't so jumpy, but I do love to see Harley Race jump into a head scissors. This one's applied to the great Dory Funk. (If the video doesn't go directly to Race up in the air and locking his legs around Funk's head, you can jump to it at 35:44.)

My Favorite AC

First contact via blog comments: "Hey Ringer, I've been reading your article for a while and share many of your same thoughts and feelings about the matter. I am married with a child and attend church regularly and struggle with the issue of enjoying wrestling. I live in was wondering if you would be interested in meeting for a match?"

My response: "Sorry, but I missed your "live in" somehow. Where are you? If it's geographically possible, I'd be interested in meeting for a match.

And thanks for reading! You can contact me at wrestling-life@hotmail.com."

My follow-up response: "Got your email, "Anonymous," and sent one back to you."

His initial email: "Sorry, I typed the comment early this morning before leaving for work.  I reside in the Kingsport area so not too far away.  I noted from reading some [of] your articles that you generally meet at Applebee's so thought I might see if you were interested in meeting up for a match sometime.  As I said, I have read your article for a while and had alot of the same thoughts and feelings and thought it could be interesting."

My response: "Thanks for the note. Again, I'm glad you've gotten something out of the blog. It certainly helps me. My wrestling experiences have been almost all good ones, and as you can tell from the blog, this is due in part to the fact that I'm cautious in setting up matches. So, if you don't mind, before we begin looking for a time to get together, let's have a brief email conversation.

You know a good bit about my wrestling interests from your reading. Other things that might not have come out clearly in the blog are that I'm 49 years old and I currently weigh 255, and I don't generally wrestle men significantly younger (in their 20s) or significantly smaller (say, under 190). The rest you know or have a good idea about.
 
Tell me a little about yourself--age, size, wrestling interests.
 
Applebee's has been a good place to meet in the past, although now that I think about it, the meetings there haven't led to my favorite matches . But I'm sure that wasn't the fault of Applebee's.

I look forward to hearing from you again at your convenience."

My follow-up: "Hi there, I'm hoping I didn't write anything wrong in my last email to you, as I'm interested in talking sometime."

[crickets]

I guess sometimes--most times--contacts like this just don't work out. I never heard anything back from this contact after my last response above.