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Some 45 years ago, I received an offer from public relations man Phil Zacko to attend a professional wrestling show promoted by Vince McMahon, Sr. at the then fairly-new Baltimore Civic Center.   With a chance to write an off-beat column, I readily accepted.  I wandered into a dressing room an hour before the first match was scheduled to find villains like Killer Kowalski and heroes like Haystacks Calhoun engaging in a friendly game of pinochle or hearts.  For me, that was the story. Needless to say, it was the last invitation I received from McMahon and Co.   I had grown up watching Antonino Rocca and Gorgeous George, who served as a role model for Muhammad Ali, and even financially-strapped former heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera wrestle when television was first becoming popular. Putting two fighters or wrestlers… read more