Posted June 28, 20223 yr comment_5984638 History of Pro Wrestling #7 (04:10:09) Matches from July 1951-January 1952 PAT MCGILL vs MONTE LADUE (07/09/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:11:46) There was another Pat McGill who wrestled in the 1930s, but this was a different guy (Cecil McGill). ANDRE DRAPP vs ACE FREEMAN (07/26/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:19:31) Hall of Fame promoter Dick Lane is on commentary. HANS SCHNABEL vs VIC CHRISTY (08/13/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:20:23) EMIL DUSEK & ERNIE DUSEK vs GREAT TOGO & TONY MORELLI (08/20/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:31:49) LOU THESZ vs WALTER PALMER (10/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:27:27) BARON MICHELE LEONE vs BILLY VARGA (10/01/1951; NWA Los Angeles; 00:36:19) Leone makes this a good match. 3 1/4*** MIGHTY ATLAS vs VERNE GAGNE (11/09/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:27:40) CARL MEYER vs ALO LEILANI (11/19/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:13:51) DON BEITELMAN vs DICK HATCHER (11/19/1951; NWA Chicago; 00:27:21) VERNE GAGNE vs RED BASTIEN (1951; NWA Chicago; 00:11:00) Bastien is only 20 years old here, and both he and Gagne are smaller than they would be when their careers peaked. ANTONINO ROCCA vs PRIMO CARNERA (01/14/1952; Manhattan Booking Agency; MSG; New York, NY; 00:02:08) CHEST BERNARD vs TARZAN WHITE (01/25/1952; NWA Chicago; 00:17:54) Chest Bernard was a pretty good heel.
