A battle royal at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Story below.

Victory Sports Series Wrestling Annual 1973:

If there would have been a prize awarded to the most active wrestler, Dutch Savage would have won in a walk. Dutch belted everyone in sight as soon as the bell rang, and was personally responsible for the elimination of 6 wrestlers.
Savage began ..well savagely...going after Peace Brother #1 and giving him the ignominious honor of being first to go. It figured, Savage just cant stomach anything that has to do with peace. while he was busy with him, Gordman and Goliath, as everyone figured, headed right for the Japanese duo and recreated one of the many wars these villains have fought with each other. Salvator Lothario and La Pantera Negra double teamed Wildman Armstrong, but were only half successful, Armstrong was through, but he took Negra with him, with a hidden bit of help from his friend Raul Mata, who later said it had been a "kick" helping Armstrong dump his buddy.
The most humorous incident centered around 620-pound Haystack Calhoun. Haystack didn't have to chase anybody. He just stood there in mid-ring watching wrestlers bounce off him in all directions. Nobody could budge him. It was Savage who came up with the idea of how to get rid of Calhoun. He and Ripper Collins ducked down behind Calhoun's knees while Gordman, Goliath Tolos and King Crow all charged. It worked. Haystack tumbled over backwards and 12 wrestlers piled on him in the corner while the referee counted to three.
Wrestlers were flying around left and right. Mil Mascaras trapped King Crow in a corner and got rid of him, but then Mil joined one of the strangest alliances ever seen in a Battle Royal. He got together with Shibuya of all people, but it was understandable. Shibuya, Dory Dixon, Raul Mata, Francisco Flores and Mil all ganged up on Goliath and Black Gordman. Goliath and Gordman stood back to back for mutual protection, an old street fighting gimmick, but it did no good. Mascaras, Shibuya and Flores dumped Gordman over the top rope, and when Goliath turned around to pull his partner back he was uplifted by Dixon and Mata.
Cowboy Frankie Laine, who had started the whole thing by dragging Gordamn into the ropes, didn't even get in on the fun of seeing Gordman topple out. He was lying in a corner, dazed by a savage karate chop from Shibuya , who pays his respects to Laine before joining in the melee that eliminated Gordman and Goliath. Throughout these shenanigans a man who'd play a very important part in the Battle Royal before it would end, Ripper Collins, successfully avoided elimination by hiding whenever he could , avoiding contact with other wrestlers. At one time he even sneaked out of the ring -- but was not seen leaving or returning.
John Tolos thought he's found a friend when Dutch Savage helped John dump Mil Mascaras then Francisco Flores, but Tolos was in turn belted silly by Savage, who really seemed to be enjoying himself. After Savage had taken care of the Golden Greek, he went after Shibuya, stomping on his bare feet with his heavy boots. When Kenji couldn't take anymore-- a right to the jaw flattened him and Savage pinned him. Dutch then took care of both Tony Rocco and Raul Mata while Bruno Sammartino and Salvator Lothario dumped the remaining Japanese contender-- Saito. Savage went after Bruno, and while Bruno's back was turned ,up popped Ripper Collins, who almost tore Salvator Lothario's head off.
With the field substantially reduced, Collins made up for lost time and took out both Earl Maynard and Dory Dixon, with a little help, of course, from Dutch Savage, who was everywhere. Meanwhile Laine, who had never been counted out, revived and headed right for Dutch. It was a mistake. Dutch ravaged the Cowboy and Laine looked like he'd reached the end of the trail. He was saved, momentarily, by Rocky Johnson. But Johnson , Laine and Savage all got tangled up in a heap and rolled out of the ring and out of contention. That left the two men who had been staging their own private war off in a corner-- Sammartino and Ripper Collins. These two had been going at it like cavemen for about five minutes, not particularly interested in what was going on around them. Suddenly they noticed that they were the only ones left. Bruno softened up Collins with a few bodyslams. It was the beginning of the end. Sammartino picked up Collins in his crushing bear hug, shaking him around like a pencil. Collins had no choice. He had to concede-- and Bruno dropped him like a sack of wheat.
It was all over. Bruno Sammartino was the champion-- and $11,000 winner-- of the third annual Olympic Battle Royal.