Some of my uncles moved to New York in the 60s. About 10 years ago, one of them was home and somehow during a chat with the whole family the subject veered towards wrestling. I was promptly pushed forward as the wrestling fan and he told me about watching Sammartino in the Garden in the 70s, but didn't like it after that when it became 'phony'.
I wasn't a conversation I expected in that setting....