Friday, July 1, 2011

Losing It ...The Film

If you can find the 1983 film Losin' It./Losing it on DVD or video, get it. The movie features a group of high  school teens set in the 1960s, going down to Tijuana for a party time that ends up disastrous. The flick stars a young Tom Cruise in the main role, plus Shelley Long, Henry Darrow and others.

The fun for the wrestling fans begins when the real trouble starts for the over-sexed teenagers, when one  ends up in jail. There, he confronts the jail boss, a rough convict played convincingly by Arizona-based wrestler,. Cornelio "Tony" Hernandez.

Hernandez started wrestling in Phoenix in the 1960s and extended his career into the 1990s, as well as a rare appearance in the 2000s. He presently runs an upholster  shop in Phoenix. While always a mainstay in Arizona/California, he wrestled in various other locations over the years, including a stay for the old Amarillo office, though he was not pushed like he could have and should have been. Hernandez held the Arizona State title several times.

People he faced over the years for either a one time or occasional shot or in some cases long feuds, include Tito Montez, Eddie Sullivan, John Ringer, Terry Funk, Don Fargo, Don Arnold, El Mustang, Coyo Castro,  Nano Ortega, The Lumberjacks, Mike Gordon, Cowboy Bob Yuma, Chuck Hondo, JT Law, Jody Arnold, The Medics, Chuck Karbo, the Von Steigers, Billy Anderson, Pancho Pico, Super Argo, Killer Brooks and Phil Melby.

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