GORGEOUS GEORGE VERY RARE ORIG 1955 WRESTLING PROGRAM SIGNED BY ARGENTINE ROCCA!

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THIS IS A VERY RARE ORIGINAL WRESTLING PROGRAM FOR AN APRIL 11, 1955 "WRESTLING CARD" HELD AT THE ADELPHIA ATHLETIC CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA!
THE PROGRAM IS ALL AT ONCE MADE SPECIAL BECAUSE THE HEADLINE MATCH FEATURES THE LEGENDARY "GORGEOUS GEORGE" (GEORGE RAYMOND WAGNER, D. 1963) VERSUS FELLOW WRESTLING GREAT ANTONINO "ARGENTINE" ROCCA!!!!!
Now WHAT could POSSIBLY MAKE THIS PROGRAM even MORE SPECIAL??
WELL MAYBE THE FACT THAT ROCCA PERSONALLY HAND-SIGNED & INSCRIBED IT BETWEEN THEIR PHOTOS ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE PROGRAM!!!
ROCCA SIGNED IN CLASSIC EUROPEAN SCRIPT AS FOLLOWS:
"TO MY FRIEND DR. CORTEZ
BEST OF LUCK ALWAYS.
ARGENTINE ROCCA"
THE FULL SIGNATURE & INSCRIPTION DONE IN BLACK PEN INK RATES STRONG MINT "9"!!!
SADLY...THE EVENT SERVES NOTICE AS TO HOW FAR BOTH "GORGEOUS GEORGE" & PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING HAD NOSE-DIVED FOLLOWING THEIR GLORY DAYS FROM 1949-53.
GEORGE NOT ONLY WAS THE BIGGEST ATTRACTION IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING DURING ITS 1st "GOLDEN AGE"...HE ALSO BECAME ONE OF AMERICA'S EARLIEST BREAKTHROUGH TELEVISION STARS; ALL DESPITE STANDING JUST 5'9"!!!
"GORGEOUS" WAS JUSTLY DESCRIBED AS BEING "FLAMBOYANT & CHARASMATIC" DURING HIS 30 YEAR CAREER (1932-62).
GEORGE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY INDUCTED INTO THE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME IN 2002, AND THE WWE HALL OF FAME IN 2010.
THE ITALIAN-BORN ROCCA...BORN "ANTONINO BIASETTON", MOVED TO ARGENTINA AS A SOCCER-PRODIGY YOUTH. HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY (D. 1977) INDUCTED INTO THE WWF HALL OF FAME IN 1995.
OVERALL CONDITION FOR THIS 66 YEAR OLD PAPER ARTIFACT RATES AS FOLLOWS:
STRONG FINE WITH THE EXPECTED ARENA VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL "POCKET" FOLDS.
DISPLAYS HEALTHY EXPECTED SIGNS OF "1955 WRESTLING FAN USE".
THE ONLY REMARKABLE FLAW OCCURS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER APPARENTLY TORE OFF A COUPON.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN PHOTO #'s 1 & 5, THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE PAGE THAT FOLLOWS, IS CONSISTENT ENOUGH IN APPEARANCE...THAT IT BASICALLY BLENDS RIGHT IN; ESSENTIALLY RENDERING THE REMOVED COUPON LARGELY UNNOTICEABLE.
PROGRAM MEASURES 10.5" X 8.5"
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