Wrestling Highlites Endorsement (1963)

Duration: 1:37

Year Published: 1963

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Wrestling Highlites was a local television program broadcast every Sunday on Austin’s KTBC, hosted by former professional wrestler Leo Garibaldi. At the time, wresting events took place at the Austin City Coliseum, a former World War II airplane hanger. (The venue was demolished in 2002.) This promotional spot, shot by KTBC cameraman Gordon Wilkison in the 1960s, shows Garibaldi endorsing one of the show’s sponsors, Dependable Motors, a local Dodge dealership.