Template:Did you know nominations/Big Time Wrestling (Boston)

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 02:19, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Big Time Wrestling (Boston)

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• ... that Big Time Wrestling was one the first "outlaw" wrestling promotions according to Jim Cornette?
  • ALT1:... that influenced by booker Jack Pfefer, Big Time Wrestling was notorious for using parody "soundalike" wrestlers of the National Wrestling Alliance and World Wide Wrestling Federation?
  • ALT2:... that Bearcat Wright won Big Time Wrestling's heavyweight championship from Killer Kowalski in 1961, becoming one of the first African-Americans to win a major singles title during the Territory era?
  • ALT3:... that Big Time Wrestling had a promotional war with the World Wide Wrestling Federation over the New England wrestling territory during the 1960s?
  • ALT4:... that Big Time Wrestling opened one of the first wrestling schools in the country which produced Les Thatcher and Rufus R. Jones among others?
  • ALT5:... that Big Time Wrestling was considered a "safe" territory for GLB wrestlers and Ron Dupree was able to live openly with his partner?
  • ALT6:... that Big Time Wrestling featured a wrestling bear called "Black Ozzie" which later escaped shortly after being sold and they joined in a police search and was able to subdue the bear by putting sugar in its mouth?
    • ALT6a:... that Big Time Wrestling featured a wrestling bear that escaped and was subdued after a police hunt by putting sugar in its mouth?
    • ALT6b:... that Big Time Wrestling featured "Black Ozzie", a wrestling bear who escaped after being sold, leading to the police subduing it by putting sugar in its mouth?
  • ALT7:... that one of Big Time Wrestling's first major attractions was a series of wrestling bouts between Black Ozzie and BTW Women's Champion Alma Mills?
  • ALT8:... that John F. Kennedy, then a Massachusetts Senator, and his wife Jackie attended Big Time Wrestling's shows in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts?
  • ALT9:... that while napping in the locker room, Jack Pfefer was once thrown out of the Boston Arena by a rookie wrestler who mistook him for a homeless man who had wandered in off the street?
  • ALT10:... that Frankie Scarpa, then a longtime regional star, competed with the up-and-coming Bruno Sammartino for the Italian-American fans in Boston during the 1960s?
  • ALT11:... that Big Time Wrestling closed after its main star Frankie Scarpa died in the ring in 1969?

• Comment: This nomination has been created pursuant to a request at WT:DYK

Moved to mainspace by 173.162.220.17 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:45, 4 June 2021 (UTC), with assistance from Sdrqaz.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: I can see a lot of work was put into this article, sourcing is quite amazing, definitely gives an insight into wrestling history. ALT#6 seems to be the most interesting hook, I am choosing this one. Aussie Article Writer (talk) 18:20, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

@Aussie Article Writer: I think I've done what you've requested; please check. Sdrqaz (talk) 18:14, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

@Sdrqaz: excellent, love this article, I’ve chosen ALT#6 for DYK. Thanks for your efforts on this article (I disclose that I live a good wrestling article). - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 18:20, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing (there were a lot of hooks to go through)! I didn't actually do any work for the article; just created the nomination page for 173.162.220.17 because they couldn't create it. My field of expertise is not wrestling at all. Sdrqaz (talk) 18:31, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Though ALT6 is pretty amazing, it's also a fair bit over the usual length limit of 200 characters. Can we get an exemption here, and could we try trim the hook a little? (There's probably some excess words we can lose.) Vaticidalprophet 14:32, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

I'll propose a couple of alternates later today. It's not my nomination, so I don't want to step on any toes, but the editor hasn't edited in the past few weeks. Sdrqaz (talk) 14:35, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

@Vaticidalprophet: I've proposed ALT6a above. Sdrqaz (talk) 17:54, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

@Vaticidalprophet and Sdrqaz: I’ve suggested ALT6b. Very close to Sdrqaz’s. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 10:29, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Is ALT6b accurate? See User talk:Vaticidalprophet § Big Time Wrestling at Prep (permalink). It seems like it was the trainer/owner from Big Time Wrestling that put the sugar in the bear's mouth, not the police. Sdrqaz (talk) 14:33, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

I think you are correct in that its not correct. I think we should go with ALT6a. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 09:59, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

@Vaticidalprophet: Is there anything left to be done here? A bot's come a-knocking at my talk page. Sdrqaz (talk) 14:28, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Honestly, I'm lost myself on the question of whether this needs an additional reviewer to approve the new hooks before it can be promoted. Ask WT:DYK? Vaticidalprophet 14:32, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

• Approving hook ALT6a (but not ALT6b), and otherwise relying on Aussie Article Writer's review. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:13, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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