Son of a plumber, Dusty Rhodes, the American Dream, dropping the elbow. A major star was a draw everywhere he went from his home base in Florida right up the coast to the Northeast.

Jimmy Superfly Snuka came up thru the territories a major star on the Pacific Northwest, Georgia and Mid Atlantic scene before climbing the cage at Madison Square Garden and doing his superfly leap onto Bob Backlund. Turned into a top star for the WWF in the 80’s.

Bobby “the Brain” Hernan was an amazing talent. Whether he was in the ring bumping like crazy, managing ringside or on the mic this man was an incredible talent. A major player in the AWA and then into the WWF where he is a hall of fame inductee.

Arguably one of the best workers of all time. Shawn Michaels came out of the end of the territories and after a second go around stayed in the WWF as part of the tag team the Rockers, shortened from the Midnight Rockers, with partner Marty Janetty. HBK went on his own became part of the Kliq and the rest is history as they say. His impact on todays wrestling can be seen every Tuesday night on Netflix’s NXT.

Well not exactly although Hillbilly Jim did wrestle as Harley Davidson in Jerry Jarrett’s Mid South wrestling in Memphis prior to his debut in the WWF as Hillbilly Jim an ally of Hulk Hogan. Then came the rest of the Hillbillies Uncle Elmer, Cousin Luke and Junior.