Olympic Auditorium Wrestling Battle Royals
1971-1976

One of my traditions at the various record companies at which I worked over the years (Blue Thumb, Atlantic, Motown, ABC, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, etc) was a yearly bus tour to the Olympic Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles for the annual Wrestling Battle Royal.  It was a way for me to get all of the key rock and roll writers, from all media, together for a 50-minute, two-way bus trip to 18th and Grand plus a stop at the original Tommy's Burgers at Beverly and Rampart.  I somehow persuaded my record company bosses to pay for the chartered bus, food (on the bus and at Tommy's) and up-close seats in front of the ring.  A good time was had by all each year.


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Michael Ochs, Dan Burgois, Missy Alton, Andy Kent

Bus Driver Bill

The Olympic Auditorium Chicken Lady

Ernie Ladd, Johnny Red Shoes Duggan

Pete Senoff

Pete Senoff, Hooker, Miller London, Hooker, Candy Barnett, Bob Barnett

Lisa Zamperini, Brooke Morton, Officer Joe Jones, Lahni Alton

Rene Cortez, Dave Elgin, Brooke Morton, Lahni Alton

Bobby, the head chef at Tommy's (Beverly at Rampart)

Red Shoes Duggan, Java Rook

Lahni Alton, Brooke Morton, Bob Kirsch, Lisa Zamperini, Mike Ochs

Richard Meltzer, Stan Berkowitz

Rock and Roll Writers invade Tommy's

Candy Barnett , Bob Barnett

Pete Senoff, Andy Lipschultz

Terry Atkinson, Pete Senoff, ?

Brooke Morton, Pete Senoff

Art Fein, Pete Senoff, Todd Everett

Officer Clarence "Wayne" Dean (head of security)

Pete Senoff

Pete Senoff

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