A Q&A with R. Bruce Tharpe
R. Bruce Tharpe became president and leader of the National Wrestling Alliance in July of 2012 to realize a particular vision that he had for a legendary wrestling institution fallen moribund. Mr. Tharpe was kind enough to detail that vision for us via a conversation conducted with the author through email in October 2014. When you think about your first childhood experiences with professional wrestling, what images do you see in your mind and what emotions do you feel? My first childhood experiences with professional wrestling date back to early childhood, as I was literally born into the wrestling profession. I was born in 1961, and - at the time - my father worked as the television ring announcer for Championship Wrestling from Florida, promoted by Cowboy Luttrall and booked…
