Big Time Wrestling (Detroit)
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Big Time Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Detroit, Michigan in the United States.
A ring used for Big Time Wrestling in 1972
The Sheik (wrestler)
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Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Sheik. In wrestling, Farhat, whose career debuted in 1947, is credited as one of the originators of the ha
Big Time Wrestling (Detroit)
…Barnett and Doyle were originally "outlaw" promoters but the territory later rejoined the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1964, professional wrestler Ed "The Sheik" Farhat and his father-in-law Francis Fleser acquired the promotion (along with the rights to promote wrestling in the Cobo Arena) from Barnett and Doyle for…
Farhat, circa 1973
Farhat, circa 1973
Farhat, circa 1972
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