Bangor Municipal Auditorium
Bangor, ME
January 11, 1971
Two days after the Boston Garden show the WWWF crew travels to Bangor, Maine for another house show. Only this one has an ultra rare treat, ladies MIDGET wrestling! Little Joey's wife Celine Fontaine takes on legendary ladies midget Cuddles Anderson. We also got Ivan Koloff against Tony Marino and the main event of Manuel Soto going one on one with Bulldog Brower. Clearly Brower wanted a crack at Bruno Sammartino but with Ivan Koloff locked in at the Garden and The Wolfman on a hot streak, Brower needs a win over Soto to put himself in position to challenge Bruno. Let's get to the card.
Match 1
Miguel Feliciano vs Mike Conrad
Everyone's favorite punching bag Mike Conrad takes on latin star Miguel Feliciano. Well the good news for Conrad fans is he didn't lose, too bad he didn't win either. They fought to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Winner: No one (Draw)
Match 2
Vincente Pometti vs Lee Wong
Very interesting matchup to put lower card guys against each other. The thinking was whoever wins could face a guy like Wolfman, Brower or Pedro Morales down the road. Good news for Lee Wong is Pometti went insane and got himself disqualified.
Winner: Lee Wong by disqualification
Match 3
Celine Fontaine vs Cuddles Anderson
And now we have a very rare situation, midget women's wrestling. Cuddles Anderson was born Marilu Walker in Thief River Falls, Minnesota and got into wrestling in 1965 at the age of 19. She was nicknamed "Cuddles" by The Sheik's wife when Anderson was working in Detroit. She actually trained with her opponent Celine Fontaine. At the time there were only four lady midgets Little Darling Dagmar, Celine, Cuddles and Diamond Lil. Cuddles eventually married Frenchy Lamont. Celine trained with Cuddles and she herself married Little Joey. Too bad Vince Jr wasn't the promoter back then, the natural tag team match of Cuddles & Lamont vs Celine and Joey would have been epic. Cuddles got the win on this night.
Winner: Cuddles Anderson
Match 4
Tony Marino vs "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff
Koloff had a date with Bruno Sammartino in a week at Madison Square Garden so Tony Marino wants to deal him a loss on this night in Bangor. Unfortunately for Tony, Ivan gets the win by pin.
Winner: Ivan Koloff by pinfall
Match 5
Manuel Soto vs Bulldog Brower
The final match of the night is somewhat important as Brower needs a big win to put himself as a future contender for Bruno while Soto needs the win to get him a step closer to a US title run if Pedro Morales were to ever lose it. Well, Brower pinned Soto so Bruno now has a possible opponent after he's done with Koloff.
Winner: Brower by pinfall
Pretty cool house show with ladies midget wrestling, Ivan Koloff's tuneup and Brower putting himself as a future contender for Bruno. Still, house shows were standard at the time to have time limit draws and four or five matches. They were kept short and sweet and without entrance music and mannerisms, was probably a lot easier to sit through. Madison Square Garden was one week away.
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