I’ve been jammed up the last couple weeks with non-wrestling stuff, but I wanted to just take a minute and note the passing of Baron Mikel Scicluna the other day. As I’ve said before, I grew up watching the WWWF in the late 60s and early 70s. The Baron was a mainstay during those years, and he was one of those wrestlers you see all-too-infrequently these days—-someone who could work prelims, mid-cards, and even main events, and get the job done everytime. Scicluna was a pro who understood how to work both a crowd and a match. One of my fondest early TV memories was watching The Baron and his tag team partner King Curtis defeat Karl Gotch and Rene Goulet for the WWWF tag team championship in a two-of-three falls match. The deciding pinfall saw Gotch catch Scicluna in a bridging german suplex (a move that amazed me, and almost caused me to break my neck trying to imitate!) only to have King Curtis come off the turnbuckle for a big splash on Gotch, leaving the Baron on top in the pinning position. It is too bad their title reign was relatively shortlived, and they did not stay together after losing to Chief Jay Strongbow and Sonny King. The two of them, with Lou Albano as their manager, conveyed a great sense of menace.

Anyway, thanks for listening to the trip down memory lane. Baron, you did it right!