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August 25, 1985 "Over The Top"
The 1st Qualifier for the series of tournaments for the film:
"Over The Top"
Starring Sylvester Stallone
Beverly Hills, California
Hilton Hotel
Never before seen footage from the "actual
Tournament" held in conjunction with the Movie
The Footage was never released before now!
This DVD is from the 1st Qualifying Tournament!!!!
Held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hills, Hilton
Hotel in California USA
This is the same ballroom where several
Presidents of The United States inaugurated Balls were held!!!!
This DVD was transferred from the original professionally shot Video
The DVD Excerpts contain:
The Best Armwrestlers of all time
The Legends that made the sport what it is today
The DVD is one hour and fifty five minutes 1:55
Copyrighted 2010
The "Armwrestling Legends" includes:
John Brzenk Jr. at age 21
John's Career began to take off right here in this series of the Over The Top Tournaments as he started to beat the Greatest Armwrestlers in the World.
See where it all began The Year was 1985.
Although John was already becoming one of the greatest Armwrestlers in the World
See here Johns awesome technique and where it all started. Never before Seen Footage.
(Not even John has seen it yet!)
John Brzenk "Our Most Admired Armwrestler"
Our Sports True Legend!
not until this series of Armwrestling Tournament's. John Brzenk still had not beaten
Virgil Arceiro, Johnny Walker or Cleve Dean this was his true begining.
John Brzenk became the
Winner of the $250,000.00 Volvo White Truck at the Finals Later the following year
on July 26,1986
John Made History winning the Largest
prize ever offered in Armwrestling even to this day!
The Movie Over The Top
Was released
February 12, 1987
Starring Sylvester Stallone
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Also Contained in this DVD
The "Armwrestling Legends" are as follows:
John Brzenk Sr (John's Father)
Cleve Dean
(The biggest armwrestler of all time 593 lbs)
Johnny Walker
The true gentleman of the sport and the
easiest Armwrestler to set up for a match. Take what you need but he'll still flash you....but he'll be nice about it. A Very Humble Man
Johnny Walker is truly one of the greatest pullers the sport has ever known
David Patton
The Best lightweight of all time.
and probably the one John Brzenk owes his Style,Technique and possibly his Career in Armwrestling! John Brzenk moved from Chicago, to Fairfax Virginia to train with David Patton.
David Patton was the one who taught
John Brzenk how to Train. The rest is History!
Also in the Tournament:
Rick Zumwalt (Bull Hurly From The Film)
Rest in Peace Rick!!!!!!
Clay Rosencrans (The Creator of "The Over The Top
Technique" that forever changed our sport)
John Buononato World Champion
Ed Arnold World Champion
Bruce Wey (Who eats a Lit cigar)
Lori Cole World Champion (The only Lady to win the
Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight
Divisions in Peteluma's World Championships)
Dot Jones World Champion (The Greatest Heavyweight Lady of all time who was Discovered by Lori Cole at a Bill Collins Tournament in Newman, CA)
Pam Carter World Champion (Pam Dominated the ladies heavyweight division until Dot Arrived on the scene)
Earl Maughmer (A must see match on this Tape against David Patton) Earl also Holds The Sports longest match in a World Championship. (about 15 Minutes).
Steve Lusby World Champion
Steve was who Earl Armwrestled for that 15 minute Match in Peteluma,CA
Mike McGraw World Champion
Bill Collins World Champion and one of Armwrestling's Favorite Promoters and
Referee
Hugo Elizondo World Champion
Besides being one of the Truly Great Armwrestlers in the sport.
Hugo was the First Ever "Break Dancer" to appear on Television when he was a Kid. In a Roman Meal Commercial.
Rest in Peace Hugo!!!!!!
Ken Carlson World Champion
Ed Levitt World Champion
Todd Demassio World Champion
Vance Demassio
Terry King
David James World Champion
Jack Wynn World Champion
John Woolsey World Champion
Jim Woolsey
John Bergstrom World Champion
David Tagles World Champion
Mike Kagle World Champion
Gary Stain World Champion
Larry Siegfried (NAWA Armwrestling Promoter)
Rest in Peace Larry!
Ginney Siegfried (Larry's wife and Don's Mother and Our favorite scorekeeper)
Don Siegfried World Champion
Scott Wynn World Champion
Jack Wynn World Champion
Les Zolman World Champion
Dick Ingwaldson World Champion
(Dick use to train harder than anyone in the sport at this time. He would also do 2000 Push Ups a Day on top of his workout)
Terry Busk World Champion
Craig Greene World Champion
(See Craig and Hugo Elizondo's match)
Larry Peterson
See Larry's Match against Gary Stain proof you can win with a dead wrist!
Eric Drury "The Ladies Favorite for Sure"
Steve Warren "Tough as Nails"
Alan Frederichs "See match against Zumwalt"
Ken Tinney (Armwrestling's Greatest Inspiration after having several Cancerous Tumors removed he would be back pulling in Tournaments within a couple of weeks of each surgery)
Keith Gibson World Champion Always a tough competitor.
Willie Alexander
Richie Young
Elaine Stain
Tegan Cleve (Bodybuilder Trying Armwrestling)
Reggie Bennett (Body Builder who got pretty good at Armwrestling too! )
Jackie Allard World Champion
Carolyn Libel
Mimi Heitzman (Body Builder)
Kathy French
Lynn Brower (Lynn doesn't always win his matches but he has probably the longest matches in the History of our sport during Tournments, he still competes to this day. Probably the longest career of any competitor out there too. He also probably
has more table time during the Tournament's
Then anyone in the History of our sport.
Virgil Arcerio one of the Greatest
Super Heavyweights of all time and one of the only Men in History who had beaten Cleve Dean at that time! Virgil was in Attendance but did not compete until Our Denver, Colorado Tournament "
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