We did NOT have a means of getting
'Midatlantic' in BFE Florida where I was
growing up at this time, because I would definitely
have remembered Mr. Rick Benfield!!
Yellow tights in particular do a lot for me
since in my early adolescence 'fooling around'
session (which also was happening around the
time of this broadcast!) my opponent wore
yellow trunks and looked amazing!
(They're tricky: YT either work for ya real
good or they look awful. Not a lot of in-between!)
I especially like how they do the set-up
of matches with the host staring lovingly at the
TV screen as the wrestler's prominent image
looms over him...their crotches often perfectly
lined up with his face! LOL!
My introduction to Rick had the good fortune
of him going up against super-hunk Terry Taylor,
the original 'boy next door' sort that caught on
big back in the day.
Terry was in Mid-South (which is how I knew of
him, IIRC) and teamed up with his Aesthetic-Twin
Tommy Rogers later on to harness all that sex appeal
'for the ladies.' (Even with the sexist and homophobic
component of professional wrestling which was rampant
back then, they knew they had a wider audience for hot guys!)
Oh, what this would have done to my hormonally-wild
young self! I can barely contain myself now!
