Title History
- 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);
Career History
- 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…