Rick Davidson

John & Rick Davidson were a major tag team in the Michigan/Ohio area in the late 1970s, where they cheated and brawled their way through a number of opponents. Sadly, they were hot at a time when wrestling was not, going through a lag between the era of cable television and the death of the territorial days. Had they come along earlier or later they could have really made it big, perhaps even becoming immortals in the profession.

Rick eventually went to Los Angeles to work for Labell and at this time, this one great promotion was in its death throws as well. Davidson did what he could, had some interesting matches and eventually decided to head  eastward again.

It was at this time he did his only stint to my knowledge in Arizona. It would have been some time in 1982 if memory serves me right,. where he drove through Phoenix and picked up an extra paycheck on a Friday night.

As a guy coming from Los Angeles and being a one-night deal, he was billed as a special attraction to face Jody Arnold.

Arnold had spent more than a decade as a top heel in Arizona, when he suddenly made a turn and became a fan favorite. He was more or less the man to beat with the Pheonix promotion. Thus, Davidson was thrown against him.

The bout went 2/3 falls, with the two men trading pins the first two times aorund. In the third fall, Jody managed to catch Davidson in one of his famed power slams that literally rocked the ring. Afterward, it was a matter of pinning his opponent.

The match was over and Jody had added prestige in the eyes of the regional fans, while Davidson simply collected his pay and moved onward, never to returns to Phoenix again.