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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

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Thanks Jim. It was a small company I worked for based out of Jacksonville. Mostly independent guys work there.. though we definitely had a lot of big names work their way through. Sounds like your hey day was in between mine (if I had one LOL) and Buddy Rogers.. he was the top guy wherever he went for most of the 50’s and 60’s. Now I keep his tribute site up at buddyrogers.net and on social media. Just my way of giving back and keeping his legend alive.

Thanks again.. you are right. A very cool feather in my fedora.. or homburg as it were that night :)

I started becoming a fan in the 60s with Bobo Brazil, The Kangaroos, Tex McKenzie, Ben Justice and the Stomper, etc. Cry Baby Cannon was a big deal, too, along with Bull Curry, his kid, Flyin' Fred Curry, and of course, the Original Sheik. And man, I loved me some Bruiser Brody - I was heartbroken by his murder.

I reacquainted myself in the 80s watching old Georgia Championship Wrestling, Vern Gagne's AWA (Nick Bockwinkle FTW!), and the WCCW out of Texas (Von Ericks and the like). I enjoyed it in the late 80s when the Hulkster took it prime time, but then it lost me.
 

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Another cool gloomy day. Got to do some things in town, so I'm wearing this beautiful 40ish Royal Stetson "Colony".

Also rocking a vintage Burberry's overcoat.
 

Hagwood

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Thanks so much Tim! It was for sure!!
Love watching World Class and the Von Erics in the late 80’s. Such a cool company they had. I see Kevin on Twitter I think his sons are wrestling now.. pretty cool. Felt like the perfect chance to go with the Homburg

I seem to remember it more in the 60’s and 70’s. Maybe that’s when Fritz Von Erich started. I’ll always remember the ‘Iron Claw’, I still do that to my grandkids.....
 

Steve1857

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Got some catching up to do with the FL being down last week and three hats arriving from Stefan.

I'll start today with this Woodrow of London short brimmed Fedora. A beautiful heather felt. The orange, red, and brown hues on this one are hard to capture, but a delight to behold.

A big thanks to Stefan yet again for finding this beauty. IMG_20200222_205710.jpg IMG_20200223_153440.jpg IMG_20200223_153442_1.jpg IMG_20200224_230643.jpg
 

Héctor Fernández

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Part two of this two hat day...

Wide World of Wrestling Champ7 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

So this part could use some explaining...

Back in the 1990’s I wrestled professionally as ‘The Legacy’ Blare Rogers. Grandson of Nature Boy Buddy Rogers... Buddy was the very first WWE champion (then WWWF) in the early 60’s. One company I worked for in Florida and around the Caribbean was Wide World of Wrestling (now Champ7). They called me a few weeks back and let me know they wanted to induct me into the 2020 class of their Hall of Fame. What an honor it was to be inducted into a group of talent I consider serious legends in that business. It was very cool to be remembered for work we did a quarter century ago already. AND it was definitely an occasion to break out the Lord Kent Beaver 15 Homburg. What a very cool night it was!

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And this was me back when I worked for Wide World of Wrestling holding their Bahamas championship for a year or so.

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Fantastic background story, Blare, err... Legacy! Definitely under the NO WAY category!!!
Thanks for sharing, major congrats!!

And yes, that was the perfect lid.
 

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