Films and Documentaries

Ringkampfer 1895 Directed by Max Skladanowsky Filmed on a Bioskop projector by director Max Skladanowsky, Ringkampfer is a short film from 1895 that contains nearly 40 seconds of Eugene Sandow and John Greiner grappling. This is the oldest known pro wrestling footage. Eugene Sandow vs John Grenier (1895) (Discuss)

Roeber Wrestling Match 1901 This film contains footage of a 1901 match between Ernest Roeber and August Faust, whom Edison Catalog called "knights of the mat" and was most famously used by WWE as the very first clip in their programming intro during the mid-2000s. Ernest Roeber vs August Faust (1901) (Discuss)

Ringkampfrekord 1906 Ringkampfrekord is a short film with two exhibition matches from Paris, France, from December 28, 1906. This is the oldest pro wrestling footage from France that exists. Exhibition Match: Giovanni Carpini vs Raoul Le Bordelais (Discuss) Exhibition Match: Raoul Le Boucher vs Simon Antonitsch (Discuss)

The World's Championship Wrestling Match between Joe Stetcher and Earl Caddock 1920 Pioneer Film Corporation Presenting the match like the body of a silent film with intermittent on-screen text narration, Pioneer Film Company produced The World's Championship Wrestling Match between Joe Stetcher and Earl Caddock, an accurate and descriptive title that included twenty minutes of clipped match footage between the two from January 30, 1920. Caddock-Stetcher drew 22,000 fans to New York's Madison Square Garden and is widely considered the most famous match of its era. Pioneer's film of the match is the only recording of it that exists. World Heavywe…

La Bestia Magnifica ("The Magnificent Beast") 1953 Películas Nacionales Directed by Chano Urueta, a pioneer of both Mexican horror and lucha cinema, La Bestia magnifica started the wrestling feature film in Mexico. Starring actor-luchadores Crox Alvarado and Wolf Ruvinskis (the future Neutrón) alongside actress Miroslava Stern, the movie contained three full matches. These involved lucha legends such as Enrique Llanes and Rito Romero. A print of the film found its way to South Korea as early as 1957. Half a decade later, its wrestling scenes were studied by Korean wrestling pioneers Jang Yeong-chol and Chun Kyu-deok. A 1957 issue of Ko…

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