Posted July 1, 20223 yr comment_5984910 History of Pro Wrestling #32 (04:11:41) Matches from May-July 1959 ROGER DELAPORTE vs ROGER GUETTIER (05/30/1959; French Catch; 00:36:57) ISHA ISRAEL vs JEAN RABUT (06/04/1959; French Catch; 00:34:43) Segunda Caida reviews of the above two matches. RIKIDOZAN vs MR. ATOMIC (06/15/1959; JWA 1st Annual World League; 00:03:03) Mr. Atomic wrestled in various American territories in the 1960s and early 70s under a variety of names. RIKIDOZAN vs JESSE ORTEGA (06/15/1959; JWA 1st Annual World League; 00:05:21) Rikidozan wins the first World League, possibly wrestling’s first-ever tournament presented as a global event, and the precursor to both the Championship Carnival in All Japan and the G-1 Climax in New Japan. NICK BOCKWINKEL vs MATT MURPHY (06/17/1959; NAWA TV Taping; 00:04:37) The footage debut of the legendary Nick Bockwinkel, who is only 24 years old and this point and about five years into a stellar career. NICK BOCKWINKEL vs GREAT JOHN L (06/18/1959; NAWA Bakersfield, CA; 00:08:56) JAMES MCTIFFIN vs ROGER GUETTIER (06/19/1959; French Catch; 00:26:35) MARCEL PARMENTIER vs BOB PLANTAIN (06/19/1959; French Catch; 00:02:58) CLAUDE MONTOURCY vs ROBERT GASTEL (06/26/1959; French Catch; 00:13:56) VASILIOS MANTOPOULOS vs ROBERTO RICETTI (06/26/1959; French Catch; 00:32:08) Segunda Caida reviews of the above four matches. JACKY CORN vs GEORGES GUERET (07/09/1959; French Catch; 00:34:58) ROGER DELAPORTE & PAUL VILLARS vs ARABET SAID & LEON MINISSINI (07/16/1959; French Catch; 00:34:53) SERGE FRANCILLE vs PIERRE BERNAERT (07/16/1959; French Catch; 00:15:15) Segunda Caida reviews of the above four matches. RICKI STARR vs HANS HERMANN (07/17/1959; NWA Chicago; 00:17:21) Kind of an odd match with Starr copying Gorgeous George mannerisms and the two doing a far more theatrical and over-the-top style than we usually saw in wrestling during this time period.
