The opening chords of Rick Derringer’s hard-rock guitar would play over the arena sound system. Instantly, 20,000 Hulkamaniacs — and many more as wrestling’s popularity and stadium size exploded — ...
I met Terry Bollea 40 years ago in Carver Arena. He was in a boxing ring on Oct. 10, 1985, little more than arm's length away, battling with something called a Big John Studd — all 365 pounds of him — ...