January 1975

This was on a flash drive with a bunch of stuff I’d downloaded from YouTube but not got around to watching so thought it was about time I did. Excellent picture quality given the bout’s age, although it turns out this is heavily clipped. The US girls are the heels here and Obata’s hot tag in the first fall is something else, she’s swinging her arm like she’s Mick Channon in there. Green evens things up, pinning Chigusa to the sound of cricket’s chirping. It’s that quiet that I even wonder whether it was a fall or not. It was. In the decider Chigusa ends up on the outside in the heels corner where they start double teaming her. Obata is around to help her partner ou…

Awesome awesome match. Cooper is honestly up there with Breaks and McManus when it comes to heel antics. Myers is great as the sympathetic babyface. The rope induced injury spot and follow up are great. ****

Nick Bockwinkel is narrating this silent film footage with Larry Nelson, I think... We are JIP, but I have no idea on the match time. We get 14 minutes of good clipped footage. Gagne has Bockwinkel down in a head scissors, but Bock escapes and they get to their feet. Next we see Bockwinkel has Verne in a side headlock, Verne escapes and hits Bockwinkel with a knee to the gut, Bock comes off the ropes but Verne bodyslams him, Bock rolls outside. Back in the middle of the ring for a test of strength, Bock gets the advantage and brings Gagne to his knees twice. Verne starts to get some steam, but Nick slams his arm into the post and breaks the hold. Bockwink…