Frank Scarpa

Last updated by Sean Sweeny on April 28, 2014

BTW (Big Time Wrestling) United States Heavyweight title defeating Hans Schmidt (????, 1960);
BTW (Big Time Wrestling) United States Heavyweight title defeating Hans Schmidt (????, 1962);
BTW (Big Time Wrestling) United States Heavyweight title defeating Bull Curry (????, 1963);
BTW (Big Time Wrestling) United States Heavyweight title defeating Hans Schmidt (March ??, 1963);
BTW (Big Time Wrestling) United States Heavyweight title defeating Bull Curry (September ??, 1964);
BTW (Big Time Wrestling) World Heavyweight title won a tournament (April 27, 1967);

Frank Scarpa appeared from coast to coast as well as Canada and Mexico throuought the 1940’s and 1950’s..
Pepper Gomez claimed to have stomach hard enough to handle Scarpa’s punch, but he tricked him with punch to the jaw!
Frank Scarpa sold out the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles for eighteen straight weeks…
Frank Scarpa was the top babyface draw for Tony Santo’s Big Time Wrestling
Frank Scarpa was a box office sensation throughout New England in the 1960’s.
~~~His bloody feuds with Bull Curry often caused riots at the Boston Arena..
April 27, 1967: Frank Scarpa won the Tournement for the vacated Big Time Wrestling World title in Boston..
January 25, 1969: Frank Scarpa died from a heart attack in the ring at the age of 53 ..
Special thanks to Mark M for hunting down some of the content and photos for the Frank Scarpa profile…