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Meet septuagenarian pro wrestler and former art gallerist Rob Elowitch.

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Jan 17, 2021
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Rob Elowitch wished he had a camera, though he wouldn’t have dared use it.

En route to visiting his girlfriend Annette, a Boston University freshman, he passed an arena with a sign, “Learn to be a professional wrestler.” Like many boys, he dreamt of wrestling professionally. “Guys wake up to reality by age 11,” Elowitch says. “Not I.”

He went inside, foun…

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