Cowboy Johnny Mantell, the Pride of Montague County

Back in the early 1980's I was traveling around Northern California, Oregon towns wrestling when I called back home to talk to family. I spoke to my dad and then to Kenny, who asked my who I was working with that night. I told him I was working with The Mormon Giant, Don Leo Johnathan. He said Oh, tell him I said Hi and ask him if he remembers the time I took him down? Well me being the dumb kid I was, when we where in the back talking prior to the matches, Don asked how my brother was doing and I told him great and that he said to tell him Hi and if he remember the time Kenny took Don down. Well he just said somthing like Yeah and moved on with the conversation, so I thought nothing more about it.
Well, we get to the middle of the match and Don Leo Snap Mare's me out of the corner turnbuckle and wraps me up from behind. Suddenly, there is NO AIR anywhere around me. As I was gasping from my last breath, with my eyes starting to droop, Don Leo leans into my ear and whispers "Tell your brother I remember!".
Then all of a sudden Air returns, and I could breathe again.
Well, let's just say that was the last time I told ANYONE that my brother said something to them. I finally learned my lesson on that.

I would like to introduce you to the first ever Independent Wrestling Tournament to be held at the Muenster, TX Germanfest which is April 29-May1, 2011, the Germanfest Wringenmeisterschaft Tournament!
The tournament for the Germanfest will have between 8 & 12, 32- man brackets which will be placed by weights so that the early matches will have evenly paired workers. Every match will be judged and critiqued by legendary wrestling veterans, such as Stan "the Lariat" Hansen, Chavo Guerrero, Sr., Bob Orton, Jr., and Booker T, more being planned. We will have a champion from each bracket, then with those individual brackets complete, the champion from each bracket will be seeded in a 16-man bracket, then the remainder of the 16-man bracket will be filled with the highest scores from each of the other 32-man brackets, depending on spaces left to fill. We aim for the Championship match to be held about 5 pm Sunday afternoon where we will have a unique Championship Belt to present to the winner. We are working on other items to present to the Champion such as a trip to Japan from a Japanese organization and a clothing representative for the trip. Plus there will be scouts from other organizations from around the world looking for raw talent. We are also offering the training school or group that trained the Champion a prize of $1,000 USD.
All participants will receive, either when they are eliminated or when the tournament is complete, a critique sheet from the legendary judges that worked his matches with their info on each match. The clinic that will be held the day before the tournament begins, will be held in the two tournament rings, each 32-man bracket will have a 2-3 hour clinic with some of the judges from the tournament to give insight on how and what the judges will be looking for and what the guys will be judged on. The judges will also talk to the young wrestlers about interviews, signature moves, and creating a style for their persona.
We believe this weekend of Professional Wrestling will give the youth of this business a taste of the old style territories around the country, as a lot of the participants in the tournament will get more than just 3 matches in the 3-day period and will be critiqued by true wrestling professionals; where many youngsters today work once or twice a month and very seldom get the opportunity to be watched and critiqued by some of the very best, legendary veterans of this business of Professional Wrestling.
This will be the largest gathering of workers in the Pro -Wrestling business ever assembled. To be a part of this business, you need to be part of this weekend. Don't be somebody that says "I should have", be one of us that says "I Did!" Come be part of this great weekend and the purest form of "The Sport of Kings", the great sport of Professional Wrestling!
Contact Johnny Mantell at Wild West Wrestling Productions for more information about becoming involved in or to enter the Germanfest Wringenmeisterschaft Tournament. We look forward to talking with you soon!

Cowboy Johnny Mantell