Nick Pond Serves as Guest Ring Announcer (1967)

A nice local write-up in the Wilson, NC, newspaper in 1967 for a spot show at Fleming Stadium. Of note here is the mention that WRAL sportscaster Nick Pond would be the guest ring announcer.

"Championship Wrestling" host Nick Pond (right)
with former boxing champ Joe Louis

Pond was weekly host of the Raleigh-only version of the wrestling show taped every Wednesday night in the studios of WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh. The Raleigh version of the show was called "Championship Wrestling", and aired only on channel 5, while the syndicated version that went to other markets was called "All Star Wrestling" and was hosted by WRAL weather/sportscaster Bob Caudle.

Also of note is the mention of the previous card in Wilson at Fleming Stadium drawing 5000 people, a huge number, especially in those days, for a spot show in a small town.

The card mentioned in this write-up was scheduled for August 18, 1967. There was an error in the third paragraph that apparently omitted some words. The "good guy" team in the six man tag match main event was George Becker, Johnny Weaver, and the Amazing Zuma.

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Special thanks to Mid-Atlantic Gateway contributor and ace researcher Mark Eastridge for noticing the mention of Nick Pond in this newspaper article.