Normally wouldn't nominate this, and it won't break my heart if no one supports this, but kinda felt a strange obligation to bring this up. So I always understood that midget wrestling in America was strictly a comedy thing, but one thing I noticed in watching some of the mixed midget tags on these discs, as well as the one on the Memphis set, is that some of these guys could actually wrestle when they weren't biting people's asses and whatnot. And the hype for this match from the previous week's show and earlier in this show about the "excitement" that the midgets brought to the ring made it sound less like a lame comedy act and more like the way WCW used to hype the cruiserweights. So I was kinda excited at the potential of midget wrestlers in 80's America being booked in a designated workrate match. And well, the results are actually really good. Little Mr. T brings the charisma and generally acquits himself well, but Little Tokyo is the real star here. He is quite the pint sized bruiser, but also a fine comedy stooge (yes, there is comedy, but it's nothing you couldn't find amongst normal-sized folk) and a pretty impressive bumper (he takes the slingshot better than maybe any other wrestler I've ever seen). Yeah, if these were two non-midgets having the exact same match, I probably wouldn't be nominating it. But it is a great match, and it's unique enough that I think it should at least be considered, even if it doesn't go any farther than that.

Not sure if always comedy.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Tovey

http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBios/littlebrook.html

 

It really is a shame that he is suffering from dementia as I imagine he is the guy who with right coauthor could write the best book on development of pro wrestling over last century.

The article said he is 70 but the birthdate would make him 80. Any know which one is right?

 

The wiki entry said he debuted in 1959... does 30 years old seem right?

Not sure if always comedy.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Tovey

http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBios/littlebrook.html

 

It really is a shame that he is suffering from dementia as I imagine he is the guy who with right coauthor could write the best book on development of pro wrestling over last century.

Well, that's kinda what I meant. I had been led to believe from watching the WWF/E's take on midget wrestling over the last 25-or-so years that it was primarily comedy, but now I'm starting to see that may not have been the case.

The article said he is 70 but the birthdate would make him 80. Any know which one is right?

 

The wiki entry said he debuted in 1959... does 30 years old seem right?

 

It's an undated Slam wrestling articel. Could it be ten years old?

The wiki debut date entry is clearly wrong. The wikipedia entry footnote #5 has ring results from 56.

Little Mr. T vs. Little Tokyo

 

This is the only bout I haven't seen. I liked it but I can't endorse it. It was a close call.

Little Mr. T vs. Little Tokyo (3/21/86)

 

This was definitely a more serious midgets match and it was interesting to see while it was a good match it isn't nomination material.

I think you guys are prejudice against midgets. I may have to pull out a goodhelmet choice slip to get this bitch on the set.

Will, you are the wind beneath my wings.

Edited to the "WHAT THE FUCK" Will Smilie used previously for the North/South 12/8/84 match.

Little Mr. T vs. Little Tokyo WCCW 4/19/86 & NWA WWW 4/19/86

- Little T gets the shine early on, with some nice hip tosses and he mixes in an airplane spin. Tokyo tries to gain control but messes up by trying to slam T’s head in the turnbuckle. Nice catapult bumps by Tokyo as he gets launched on his stomach. Tokyo keeps conrol working on the neck of T. He is like a Little Kabuki with the thrusts. In fact, all you midget haters need to visualize Kabuki and Iceman Parsons having this same match and decide if you would nominate it… you probably would. OH SHIT… as I typed that, T does the butt bump but Tokyo gets back after T misses a butt bump. T wins with a whoopee cushion. I think he was going for the top rope knee drop but it looked like a whoopee cushion. WTF is there not to like about this match.. fundamentally sound, racial stereotypes in full effect, big bumps, clean finish. Fucking haters. NOMINATION!!!