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'Mr. Athletic' to say aloha in 'Battleclash VIII'

By Celia Kazumi Downes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 09, 2012

~~<p>Pixie Francis says that when she was growing up in Hawaii, only two things on television could reel in kids from their outdoor cavorting: &quot;Checkers &amp; Pogo&quot; and &quot;50th State Big Time Wrestling.&quot;</p>
<p>According to her father, wrestling promoter &quot;Gentleman Ed&quot; Francis, a sugar mill on Kauai would even shut down whenever wrestling aired so workers could watch.</p>
~~

Pixie Francis says that when she was growing up in Hawaii, only two things on television could reel in kids from their outdoor cavorting: "Checkers & Pogo" and "50th State Big Time Wrestling."

According to her father, wrestling promoter "Gentleman Ed" Francis, a sugar mill on Kauai would even shut down whenever wrestling aired so workers could watch. Login for more...



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