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Ray Stevens vs. Pampero Firpo

December 9, 1970 • U.S. Heavyweight Championship

Pampero Firpo got his shot at Ray Stevens' NWA U.S. Heavyweight Championship in Sacramento. I don't remember if they had any rematches or not, but I think they also had a match at the Cow Palace and probably Fresno and Las Vegas, too. Larry Williams is the referee.

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The Wildman is throwing the Champion into the mat. Pampero was always fun to watch and always put up a tough fight. He was the first wrestler I saw that bit his opponent, too.

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It looks like Ray Stevens just punched Pampero in the gut.

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Ray Stevens ended up pinning the Argentine crazyman and keeping his title belt at the end of the evening.

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The Great Pampero talks to Hank Renner about his quest for the U.S. Championship belt.

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Ray Stevens was pretty confident he would kick Pampero's butt back to the Pampas and he finally did. Hank Renner must have owned more than one-hundred checkered sportcoats. I wish I had used color film for these pictures, but I remember this coat -- it was orange!

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This photo is from an earlier show. Here Peter Maivia watches his tag team partner Ray Stevens about to whip Enforcer #1 (Clyde Steeves) into the ropes. Pete and Ray were the NWA World Tag Team Champions when this photo was taken.

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This is Stan "The Crusher" Stasiak after a match at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.

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