King Moondog & The Hangman vs Buddy Donovan & Mike Anthony (1981)

One of the constants of professional wrestling history is managers. Something of a lost artform today, managers were as essential as the wrestlers themselves to the success of most territories. Whether traveling between promotions or homesteading and assembling stables with outside talents, managers could turn up the heat and draw the crowds to the live shows. We know names like Captain Lou Albano, The Grand Wizard, Bobby the Brain Heenan, Playboy Gary Hart, General Skandor Akbar, Jim Cornette, and Paul E. Dangerously among the most famous and successful, but there were plenty of great ones who didn’t receive the same breaks or amount of exposure. One of the best lesser-known managers would have to be Dr. Jerry Graham Jr. (no actual relation to the original Jerry Graham). Graham Jr. broke into the business under his real name Jerry Jaffe for the Sheik’s Detroit promotion. He later became the top manager for George Cannon’s Superstars of Wrestling in the ’80s, where he guided such names as Bul
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