Pre-1989 Territory guys who are still active

[Joe Neglia]

Wondering how many of them there still are. To keep this simple, they had to have been in the business by 1989. But yeah, beyond Undertaker, who else from then are still working in the ring somewhere at least, let's say, three times a year (as opposed to the retired guys who wrestle once every couple of years at a nostalgia convention card).

[Mozenrath]

Al Snow would count, right? He started before Undertaker, and I think still wrestles for TNA some.

[Joe Neglia]

Jan 3, 2017 0:39:31 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Al Snow would count, right? He started before Undertaker, and I think still wrestles for TNA some.

Debuted in '82 and still does indie work too. Yeah, definitely counts.

[Mozenrath]

Jan 3, 2017 0:44:01 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Jan 3, 2017 0:39:31 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Al Snow would count, right? He started before Undertaker, and I think still wrestles for TNA some.

Debuted in '82 and still does indie work too. Yeah, definitely counts.

Wow, I knew he debuted a while back, had no idea it was THAT far back.

[Captain & Diet]

Abdullah the Butcher still wrestlers occasionally, doesn't he?

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

Ricky Morton....he still wrestles for the NWA in their Smoky Mountain territory and will lace up for a match at his training school.

[wildojinx]

Doesnt Honky Tonk Man still work indies?

[bitteroldman]

Jimmy Valiant is still wrestling. George South as well, though it just may be for his wrestling school federation; if that counts then Dory Funk too.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

Jan 3, 2017 1:00:14 GMT -5 Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 said:

Ricky Morton....he still wrestles for the NWA in their Smoky Mountain territory and will lace up for a match at his training school.

Don't forget Hoot. He's not as active as Ricky, but he meets the criteria.

Jim Duggan still does several indie shots a year, doesn't he?

[J. Hova]

Isn't Jerry Lawler still wrestling about every weekend in the Memphis area? I guess in that same vein, I was thinking Greg Valentine, Bill Dundee, and Terry Funk (I know he announced his retirement again, but you know how that goes with him) were still active or semi-active.

[Amazing Kitsune]

Jerry Lawler, last I heard.

[sfvega]

I think Goldust just barely makes the list, but is by far the best.

[Milkman Norm]

Bill Dundee worked only once in 2016 but he did work 4 times in 2015 so he's close.

[________ has left the building]

Action Mike Jackson.

Still Alabama Junior Heavyweight champion and doing high flying moves like topes while most wrestlers he came up with barely leaves their feet or retired. He may be getting older but he doesn't wrestle like it.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Koko B. Ware, Brooklyn Brawler, Mr. Hughes, Too Cold Scorpio, Demolition, the Powers of Pain, Rikishi, Haku and Bobby Fulton are all still active within the three matches per year limit.

[Ted Sheckler]

Raven started in 1988 and wrestles at least three matches a year but his body is starting to break down and I hear he'll demand that he only works tag team matches for indies. I see on his cagematch db profile that he toured England last year and only worked tags. Doesn't seem worth the money.

Tons of others still work the indies and make decent money. Tommy Rich still works matches although doesn't offer much at all, Greg Valentine still works as do Brutus Beefcake, Marty Jannetty and I even saw Pat Tanaka wrestle last year on YouTube.

Here in Australia we have one guy left from the old days. Don't know if he was doing the territories but I know he's been wrestling since the early 80's. His name is The Mauler, he wrestles with a mask and works about 10 matches a year for a company that draws a pretty decent crowd.

[The Blue Nova]

Tony Atlas Tracy Smothers Jeff Jarrett

[魔界5号]

Dory Funk worked All Japan in November.

[Honeybear Lyder]

Adrian Street?

[MrElijah]

Jushin Liger and Keji Mutoh