Posted July 3, 20223 yr comment_5985238 History of Pro Wrestling #48 (04:14:33) Matches from February-April 1965 THE DESTROYER vs TOYONOBORI (02/26/1965; JWA New Year International Competitions; 01:07:10) This one-hour draw did an unbelievable 50.1 television rating. (Yes, that means half of all Japanese households were watching the match.) RENE BEN CHEMOUL & GILBERT CESCA vs ABE GINSBURG & JOHN FOLEY (02/28/1965; French Catch; 00:39:49) Segunda Caida review of the match. RENE BEN CHEMOUL & GILBERT CESCA vs ANTON TEJERO & INCA PERUANO (03/12/1965; French Catch; 00:32:16) This was Segunda Caida’s pick for 1965 Match of the Year! PAT O’CONNOR vs ROGER DELAPORTE (03/14/1965; French Catch; 00:26:07) his Pat O’Connor is NOT the New Zealander who was an NWA World Champion. YASU YOGUCHI vs MATHIAS SANCHEZ (03/14/1965; French Catch; 00:06:49) Segunda Caida reviews of the above three matches. DOMINIC DENUCCI vs GEORGE LACKEY (03/19/1965; WCW Australia; 00:08:46) DeNucci is mostly known in the U.S. for being a mid-level WWWF guy and training Mick Foley and Shane Douglas, but he was also the biggest drawing card in the history of the Jim Barnett-promoted World Championship Wrestling out of Australia. During this time period, DeNucci was one of the highest-paid wrestlers in the world, as WCW was averaging 9,000 in attendance at Sydney Stadium on a weekly basis. YVES AMOR & GEORGES GUERET vs EDDIE WILLIAMS & GOLDEN APOLLON (03/28/1965; French Catch; 00:34:39) CHERI BIBI vs MARCEL MONTREAL (04/09/1965; French Catch; 00:11:08) ROGER DELAPORTE vs WARNIA DE ZARZECKI (04/09/1965; French Catch; 00:27:49) Segunda Caida reviews of the above three matches.
