Ultimate Flashback : Sheik & Tunney Part ways After a run of about 8 years at the top of Toronto wrestling with a history dating back to 1964 - the Sheik makes his last appearance for Tunney on the Exhibition Stadium show July 10 1977. While Sheik would return to the area with Wildman McKigneys group he would never again work for the Toronto Promoter. The writing was on the wall with low attendance at the MLG shows but Tunney and Sheik appear to have had a real falling out after the years of success. Tunney was also a regular visitor in Detroit where Sheik would stage his own big shows and he had stuck by The Sheik who often had trouble expanding his brand of mayhem into other Territories. Tunney would attempt to fill the void with an agreement with Verne Gagne and the AWA to supply some top level talent at the MLG shows. Gagne would send in his biggest stars including his Champ Nick Bockwinkel but the crowds would take time to respond. While the AWA affiliation didnt immediately help with the attendance it did begin a relationship that lasted into the early 1980s with Bockwinkel frequently returning to Toronto to defend his belt. The Sheik meanwhile would become a regular on McKigneys circuit continuing his decades long feuds with Bobo Brazil and Luis Martinez and appear on the Big Bear shows through the early 1980s.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:54:27 +0000
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