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Home › Wrestling › Hello Mr. Ross: Hope you are enjoying your slightly less hectic schedule and wish you a speedy recovery. My question is concerning Ken Mantell who was a heck of a wrestler and one time NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champ. He also had quite a feud with Paul Orndorff in the Mid South days. Do you ever hear from him or know what he is up to these days? Had the pleasure of speaking with him once, and he was a very nice guy. Probably a long shot for the HOF, but consider he was in the UWF when it was purchased by Crockett's NWA which was purchased by Turner's WCW, which was bought by WWE, so what the heck, he might qualify. Thank you for your time. JL, Minden, La.

Hello Mr. Ross: Hope you are enjoying your slightly less hectic schedule and wish you a speedy recovery. My question is concerning Ken Mantell who was a heck of a wrestler and one time NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champ. He also had quite a feud with Paul Orndorff in the Mid South days. Do you ever hear from him or know what he is up to these days? Had the pleasure of speaking with him once, and he was a very nice guy. Probably a long shot for the HOF, but consider he was in the UWF when it was purchased by Crockett's NWA which was purchased by Turner's WCW, which was bought by WWE, so what the heck, he might qualify. Thank you for your time. JL, Minden, La.

Posted: Thu, 11/05/2009 - 2:43pm in

J.R.'s Answer:

I have lost touch with Ken but I think that he still lives in north Texas. Ken was an underrated competitor and had a viable creative mind. As far as him going into the WWE HOF, I really don't know but I would say his chances were marginal.   

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