Wilbur Snyder
Kohler saw a decline in business by 1963. The DuMont program had left the air in 1955, WGN had stopped its broadcasts from the Marigold in 1957, indeed the Marigold itself had been sold to a non-denominational church. Kohler cut a deal with Vincent J. McMahon, whose Capitol Wrestling had seceded from the NWA, for talent and TV tapes. As a result, Kohler left the NWA that year. In 1964, he sold part of the promotion to Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder, who were running wrestling in Indianapolis. The next year, Bruiser, Snyder and Verne Gagne bought out Kohler entirely.