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Classic Arena Programs #1
Classic Arena Programs #1: SLAM-O-GRAM, Volume 1
A full 28 years before Crowbar Press came into existence, Scott Teal introduced his first mainstream publication — SLAM-O-GRAM — a program sold at the wrestling matches in Tennessee, Alabama & Kentucky. The first issue was produced and sold on October 10, 1975, and 244 issues were published during the almost five years they were sold in arenas.
The programs weren't the slick, mass-produced programs you find in arenas today. They were simply photos and articles put together and printed on 11x17 sheets of paper that gave fans the information about their favorites wrestlers and storylines that they needed and wanted.
The first volume of SLAM-O-GRAM consists of 50 issues, all of which are included in this book. The programs chronicle an amazing amount of wrestling history, including classic feuds such as Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey vs. Jackie & Roughhouse Fargo, the Mongolian Stomper vs. Bob Armstrong, Don Greene vs. Jerry Lawler, the Masked Superstars vs. Tojo Yamamoto & Tommy Rich, and Gorgeous George Jr. vs. Roger Kirby. Each issue contained stories, interviews, and photos, both posed and action.
Copies of SLAM-O-GRAM programs are extremely rare and only a few wrestling enthusiasts have more than a handful in their collections. In fact, the first six issues were sold only at the Madison County Coliseum in Huntsville, Alabama, so it's doubtful more than a few, if any, of those issues exist outside of Scott Teal's private collection. Now, for the first time ever, they are being offered here in book format with each program being re-printed in its entirety.
Volumes two through four, which will contain all the other issues of SLAM-O-GRAM, will be featured in future volumes of this new series, "Classic Arena Programs."
The programs weren't the slick, mass-produced programs you find in arenas today. They were simply photos and articles put together and printed on 11x17 sheets of paper that gave fans the information about their favorites wrestlers and storylines that they needed and wanted.
The first volume of SLAM-O-GRAM consists of 50 issues, all of which are included in this book. The programs chronicle an amazing amount of wrestling history, including classic feuds such as Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey vs. Jackie & Roughhouse Fargo, the Mongolian Stomper vs. Bob Armstrong, Don Greene vs. Jerry Lawler, the Masked Superstars vs. Tojo Yamamoto & Tommy Rich, and Gorgeous George Jr. vs. Roger Kirby. Each issue contained stories, interviews, and photos, both posed and action.
Copies of SLAM-O-GRAM programs are extremely rare and only a few wrestling enthusiasts have more than a handful in their collections. In fact, the first six issues were sold only at the Madison County Coliseum in Huntsville, Alabama, so it's doubtful more than a few, if any, of those issues exist outside of Scott Teal's private collection. Now, for the first time ever, they are being offered here in book format with each program being re-printed in its entirety.
Volumes two through four, which will contain all the other issues of SLAM-O-GRAM, will be featured in future volumes of this new series, "Classic Arena Programs."
213 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 2017
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