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Legendary Pro Wrestler To Be Honored With Big Event In Clayton

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One of the all-time great professional wrestlers will be honored once again this weekend as The North Carolina Wrestling Association puts on its 12th Annual Ivan Koloff Memorial Tag Team Tournament in Clayton, North Carolina.  The legendary “Russian Bear” will be remembered with plenty of action in the squared circle at the Clayton Fitness Center Saturday night.

I remember Ivan as he was later in his career.  Mainly as the tag team partner of “The Russian Nightmare,” Nikita Koloff.  However, he had a long and storied career in pro wrestling over several decades.  Perhaps, the biggest highlight was the night in 1971 when Ivan Koloff ended the many years reign of Bruno Samartino to win the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship.

This event will honor the man as much as the wrestler.  According to CBS 17, “The tournament has always served as a special time where fans, and wrestlers alike get together to honor, and share stories about Ivan Koloff. For some, they wrestled against him, tagged with him, trained with, or learned from him. Some knew him from his work with the Children’s Miricale Network.”

Fans who come out for the 12th Annual Ivan Koloff Memorial Tag Team Tournament in Clayton will get to see and interact with some pretty big names in the annals of professional wrestling.  Ricky Morton of the legendary Rock and Roll Express will be there.  Also, WWE legends Tatanka and Bushwhacker Luke are taking part.  And fans of ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) will be pleased that Shane Douglas and CW Anderson are involved in the tournament.  Additionally, making his first appearance since recently leaving WWE, Alexander (Madcap) Moss will be in action.

There will be plenty of tag team action (of course) in the Ivan Koloff tournament, but there will be plenty of singles action as well.  The 12th Annual Ivan Koloff Memorial Tag Team Tournament takes place Saturday night (3/30) at the Clayton Fitness Center.  Doors open at 6:30, bell time is 7:30.

Need ticket information or have any other questions regarding the 12 Annual Ivan Koloff Memorial Tag Team Tournament, contact the North Carolina Wrestling Association at [email protected], call them at 919-710-6166, or find them on Facebook.

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Stone Cold Steve Austin: 5 Classic Moments in Honor of #316Day

Stone Cold Steve Austin is one of the most iconic figures in WWE history. No wonder he has his own unofficial holiday: #316Day.

Actually, we take that back. Austin himself declared #316Day a National Holiday on the March 16, 2020 episode of Raw. It’s a surreal sight to see this entire segment, which took place in the very early days of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s also more sureal that you still can’t see the person that throws Austin his beers.

 

#316Day really started to take off thanks to social media. Plenty of fans would share their favorite Austin moments. Some would film themselves pounding beers like the Texas Rattlesnake, himself. It’s almost an all too-appropriate holiday before St. Patrick’s Day, when you think about it.

Without further ado, take off your pants, crack a beer and celebrate #316Day before we stomp a mudhole in your a** and walk it dry! If you can’t have a Broken Skull IPA just yet, you can celebrate #316Day by enjoying the clips below of “Stone Cold” moments.

(WARNING: Some NSFW language ahead.)

  • The 'Austin 3:16' Promo (King of the Ring, 1996)

    The promo that helped launch one of WWE’s biggest star and helped sell A TON of t-shirts. As far as promos go, they really don’t get more classic than this.

  • 'Stone Cold' Stuns Mr. McMahon, Gets Arrested (Monday Night Raw, 9/22/1997)

    Austin got to do things to his boss most of us only dream of doing. Seriously, who wouldn’t want to give a stunner to a superior that you just can’t stand?

  • 'Stone Cold' Drives Zamboni To The Ring (Monday Night Raw, 9/28/1998)

    Not quite sure Austin had a license to drive that Zamboni, but he managed to drive one to the ring during one fateful episode of Monday Night Raw.

  • 'Stone Cold' Hits The Rock with a chair, Mankind wins WWF Championship (Monday Night Raw, January 4, 1999)

    Yet another classic WWE moment involving Austin. The pop from the crowd once his music hits is just incredible.

  • 'Steve Austin Tries Fancy Cocktails For The First Time' (BuzzFeed)

    This hilarious moment came outside of the squared circle. Now, we all now Stone Cold loves himself a beer, but seeing him taste fancy cocktails for the first time is the best.

 

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.

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