Honoring True Legends of The Pro Wrestling Era
**Tampa JCC Fan Fest to raise funds for CWF Wall of Fame**
(Tampa, FL) In the hopes of preserving a piece of Wrestling History, an event will be held on June 11, 2015 at 6:30PM EST for the Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) Wall of Fame at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory. The fundraiser and fan fest will take place at the Jewish Community Center facility in north Tampa.
Come join the wrestling greats of today and yesterday that signed on including
TERRY FUNK
BUDDY COLT
DANNY MILLER
BUGSY MCGRAW
KEVIN SULLIVAN
BRIAN BLAIR
STEVE KEIRN
JERRY BRISCO
ROCKY JOHNSON
HECTOR GUERRERO
TIGER CONWAY, JR
FRED OTTMAN (TUGBOAT)
DEAN MALENKO
JOE MALENKO
RON FULLER
GREG VALENTINE
JJ DILLON
RON BASS
RIC FLAIR
LANNY POFFO
CHRIS JERICHO
BRAY WYATT
RICKY STEAMBOAT
LUKE WILLIAMS (BUSHWACKER)
JIMMY HART
ROMAN REIGNS
BO DALLAS
KOFI KINGSTON
RICK HUNTER (GLADIATOR)
NORMAN SMILEY
FIDEL SIERRA
KENDALL WINDHAM
JERRY SAGS
LEILANI KAI
BRUTUS BEEFCAKE
SHERRI LEE
JIMMY HART
STU SCHWARTZ
DOTTY CURTIS (WIFE OF DON CURTIS)
JONARD SOLIE (SON OF GORDON SOLIE)
BOB COOK
REY AYALA
NICOLE ALONSO (DAUGHTER OF MIKE GRAHAM/GRANDDAUGHTER OF EDDIE GRAHAM)
DIANE GOSSETT (WIFE OF MIKE GRAHAM)
JOEL DEATON
BILL ALFONSO
SCOTT MCGHEE
AL PEREZ
Long before there were the Bucs, Lightning or Rays came to St. Pete, and even before the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Tampa Bay Bandits played in the Big Sombrero, pro wrestling was king in Tampa, drawing huge, raucous crowds to the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory. The venue was one of several in Florida and fans from all over the state would watch and cheer on heroes and villains.
Now, Jody Simon of Tampa, the son of The Great Malenko, is working with the Tampa Jewish Community Center & Federation to organize a fundraiser to commemorate the history of wrestling at the armory, which is being renovated with plans to reopen as a campus of the JCC late next year. The fan fest will kick off a fundraising campaign to pay for a permanent display of photos and memorabilia at the new JCC celebrating Tampa’s and the armory’s wrestling history.
Jack Ross, executive director of the JCC said he is proud that the son of a Jewish wrestler is organizing the event. While Simon said there is no shortage of photos, fight programs and memorabilia available for display, Ross indicated that the size and prominence of the display will depend on the amount of funds raised.
Come on out and join the stars while supporting the History of Professional Wrestling!
Thursday June 11, 2015 @6:30 – 9:30PM Est
Tampa Jewish Community Center & Federation
13009 Community Campus Drive Tampa, FL 33625
Tickets will be $60 Adult & $38 Children
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