Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Jody Arnold Vs. Ron Pritchard

Jody Arnold had many feuds, both as heel in the 1970s and as baby in the1980s. His most notable feud would have been with Tito Montez, which lasted for years, though he also did programs with Billy Graham, The Lumberjacks, Rick Davidson, Masked Frankenstein, Kurt Von Steiger, Cowboy Bob Ellis and others.

One of Arnold's classic feuds was with Ron Pritchard, the football player and wrestle in the offseason. Pritchard, a star at ASU before playing for the Oilers and Bengals, which included a hectic Football Gear mask in which the pair wrestled in helmets and with shoulder pads. In this match, Pritchard took Arnold to school and Jody would later remark it was the stiffest match in history.

Several times, Pritchard tried to take the Arizona State Title from Arnold, but was never able to do so.

Oddly, the feud never concluded, with Pritchard suddenly paired with Bob Lueck to fight The Comancheros and Jody taking on old nemesis Tito Montez.

Two decades later, when reunited at an old timer reunion, Arnold and Pritchard would laugh at how young they were, green they were during the feud and how they literally beat the hell  out of each other for real, thinking this was great.

Those were the days.

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