Posted July 1, 20223 yr comment_5984901 History of Pro Wrestling #28 (04:26:29) Matches from July-October 1958 ROBERT DURANTON vs MICHEL CHAISNE (07/31/1958; French Catch; 00:24:01) CHERI BIBI vs PAUL DEBUSNE (08/16/1958; French Catch; 00:26:57) RAY ASSELIN vs MOISE BESCH (08/16/1958; French Catch; 00:19:22) JACKY CORN vs TED LAMARRE (08/23/1958; French Catch; 00:38:26) Segunda Caida review of the match. SERGIO REGGIORI vs GUY MERCIER (08/23/1958; French Catch; 00:06:24) INCA PERUANO vs JO LABAT (09/05/1958; French Catch; 00:20:03) LUC STRAUB vs TOMMY MANN (09/05/1958; French Catch; 00:26:16) Segunda Caida reviews of the above two matches. GUY ROBIN & EDMOND LIEHN vs BERT ROYAL & VIC HESSLE (09/11/1958; French Catch; 00:25:51) Segunda Caida review of the match. User ohtani’s jacket comments at Pro Wrestling Only: “Vic Hessle was the father of Bert Royal and Vic Faulkner. Unlike his boys, Hessle was a heavyweight. He was a big star during the 1930s wrestling boom then served as a paratrooper in the Second World War. After the war, he was one of the few wrestlers to successfully re-enter the business and became one of the big names of the post-war era.” ROY MCCLARITY vs TONY MARINO (09/19/1958; NWA Upstate; Buffalo Memorial Auditorium; 00:11:30) An interesting piece about McClarity (actually McClarty, but often misspelled by promoters, as the article points out) written by Roy’s son. BOBO BRAZIL vs HANS SCHMIDT (09/19/1958; NWA Upstate; Buffalo Memorial Auditorium; 00:07:11) The Revenge of Hatpin Mary, a book I’ve cited in previous issues, points to this match as a big example of the gender imbalance in crowd reaction that was common at the time. RIKIDOZAN vs DON LEO JONATHAN (10/02/1958; JWA International Competitions of the Fall; 00:29:20) Don Leo Jonathan headlines Sumo Hall in his first main event in Japan. The match goes to a 60-minute draw and we have about half of it. JOSE TARRES vs JACK VAN DOOREN (10/10/1958; French Catch; 00:31:08)
