Every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, I'd turn on the grainy Washington, D.C., UHF channel and see a diminutive, studious-looking young man standing in a wrestling ring speaking into a microphone that dangled from the ceiling.
"Greetings wrestling fans, and welcome to another action-packed card of All-Star Wrestling promoted by Phil Zacko," the ring announcer with the distinct, nasally voice would say. "These matches are sanctioned and supervised by the state athletic commission."
He would go on to recite the names of the state athletic commissioners, referees, timekeeper and ringside physician before concluding with: "And I'm your ring announcer for All-Star Wrestling, Gary Michael Cappetta." I still remember the entire spiel by heart.
