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Looking for something to do the weekend of Aug. 5-8?

Look no further than the NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest coming up in Charlotte in less than two weeks.

The event has become an annual tradition for thousands of wrestling fans around the country. For fans here in the Carolinas, the event has become a rite of summer, taking them back to the days when wrestling shows were held on a weekly basis in arenas and auditoriums throughout the territory.

Promoter Greg Price does a yeoman’s job handling the many aspects of putting on an event of such magnitude, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a time when something — be it autograph signings, photo-ops, wrestling shows, Q and A’s, or just plain mingling in the lobby — isn’t going on during convention hours at the Hilton University Place Hotel in Charlotte.

Even “after hours” you can find fans swapping stories and wrestling memorabilia, your favorite superstar of yesteryear indulging in an adult libation or two at the bar and, if you’re really lucky, Ole Anderson holding court in the hotel lobby, more than willing to insult you into oblivion.

The event is well worth the price of admission, and offers fans the rare opportunity of rekindling some special memories and interacting with some of the very same stars they cheered — and jeered — many years ago.

Get there early and sample some of Good Ol’ J.R.’s famous barbecue during an informal get-together Thursday evening. This generation’s greatest wrestling announcer will be back the following night to formally induct his childhood hero and arguably the greatest wrestler in this country’s history — Danny Hodge — into the Hall of Heroes in what will undoubtedly be an impassioned presentation.

And, speaking of Hodge, ask the man to shake your hand. He may be 78 years old, but he can still crush apples.

Get an autograph or have your picture taken with wrestling royalty such as former NWA world champs Harley Race, Terry Funk or Dory Funk Jr. The Fabulous Funks and King Harley, by the way, also will be featured in the event’s first-ever “Breakfast with Champions” presentation on Saturday morning.

Don’t pass up the chance to say hello to Bob Caudle, whose familiar voice welcomed us to another edition of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, each and every Saturday. Or Les Thatcher, truly one of wrestling’s “good guys,” who has done just about everything in the wrestling business over his five decades in the sport.

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