Going into his final match, Nugent zoned into a “no regrets” mindset after a pep talk from assistant wrestling coach Sean Raddatz. “To see him finally accomplish that goal and finally get what he deserves was a great feeling for all of us.” “I’ve known how hard he’s worked for it we’ve been teammates for four years,” Schuessler said. Senior teammate Will Schuessler was happy to be there for his accomplishment. Nugent felt the support of his teammates is what made the victory worth it. “It was pretty hard to get myself motivated and bounce back but… if I’m there, I’m not going to go one foot in, I’m going to try, I’m going to compete and that’s what I did.” “The state medal that I earned doesn’t just come from me, there’s a ton of people who put so much work in with me to get there it doesn’t happen without that group,” senior Jimmy Nugent said. “After the semis match that I lost, it was definitely hard to bounce back because no one goes to a tournament wanting to take third you want to go to a tournament to win it,” Nugent said. But despite his relatively short career in the industry, Bobby Davis revolutionized what a manager could truly bring to the table, not just for his own “clients” but to the industry as a whole, paving the way for such characters as Heenan, Cornette, Heyman, Jimmy Hart, Gary Hart, Captain Lou Albano, and an entire cavalcade of personalities that have brought joy, anger, and excitement to the game.Senior Jimmy Nugent took third place at the IHSA state wrestling tournament at the State Farm Center with a 4-1 record and four pins in the 138 pound weight class. By 1962, nearly a decade into his career, he parted ways with Rogers, just prior to him becoming the first By the end of the 1960s, however, Davis chose to retire once again, this time never returning and focusing on other business ventures with his family. With Rogers as his client, he saw Rogers win the NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship in 1961. Jerry Graham and his brother, Eddie Graham, and then as the manager of “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers, that would bring him his biggest accomplishment. In his early days, he managed Don Fargo – then known as Don Juan the Magnificent, prior to him rebranding as Don Fargo and teaming with Jackie Fargo – but it would be his joining Capitol Sports in New York, first as the manager for Dr.
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Dubbed “The Elvis Presley of Wrestling” in the 1950s, Davis utilized his strong charisma and mic skills, combined with his prior training that allowed him to take bumps to accentuate his client’s wins and/or losses, creating a blueprint that would be used by nearly every pro wrestling manager that would follow.
While Davis had originally intended to become a pro wrestler himself, he soon found that his size would prove an issue, but he soon found a way to enter the business he loved – by becoming a manager. 0rdy2DDJszīobby Davis was originally from Ohio, where at a young age, he became enthralled with the characters and personalities that populated his local NWA affiliate, run by legendary promoter Al Taft, one of the founders of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1948 who ran the Midwest Wrestling Association (MWA) out of Columbus, Ohio from 1919 through the 1960s. Bobby was a brilliant man, loving husband and father, and an incredible person. Bobby passed away this afternoon at his suburban Houston home. With great sadness and a heavy heart, I must report the passing of the great "Manager of Champions" Bobby Davis.
Davis passed away from natural causes at his home in League City, Texas. While not a household name for wrestling fans in today’s day and age, Bobby Davis, the self-proclaimed “Manager of Champions”, is arguably one of the most influential men in the history of the sport when it pertains to the wrestling manager trope – in short, without the stylings of Bobby Davis, there would be no Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, Jim Cornette, or Paul Heyman. One such event was the tragic passing of Bobby Davis on January 7, 2021, at the age of 83.
With all of the world caught up in the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington DC, lots of other news went largely unnoticed in the weeks to follow, between that fateful day at the Capitol and President Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20.
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