Posted July 28, 20223 yr comment_5986805 History of Pro Wrestling #70 (03:41:14) Matches from March-May 1971 ANTONIO INOKI & SHOHEI BABA vs MIL MASCARAS & SPIROS ARION (03/02/1971; JWA; 00:24:48) Mascaras and Arion placed first and second in a fan poll to gauge interest in wrestlers who were not booked in Japan. This post goes into more detail. BILLY CATANZARO & GILBERT LEMAGOUROU vs ALBERT SANNIEZ & BOB REMY (03/12/1971; French Catch; 00:32:20) Segunda Caida review of the match. PEDRO MORALES vs BLACKJACK MULLIGAN (03/15/1971; WWWF MSG; New York, NY; 00:23:42) Incredible heat for Mulligan taking on the new WWWF champion. BILLY ROBINSON vs KARL GOTCH (04/02/1971; IWE; 00:04:12) We sadly only get a few minutes of this 30-minute draw, but this would qualify as a huge dream match. GILBERT LEDUC vs BERT MYCHEL (04/12/1971; French Catch; 00:27:05) ZOLTAN BOSCIK vs JON CORTEZ (04/14/1971; Joint Promotions; 00:23:54) DICK THE BRUISER vs SHOZO KOBAYASHI (04/24/1971; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:06:08) JIMMY DULA vs ANDRE DRAPP (04/26/1971; French Catch; 00:33:16) BOBBY JENERE & GUY RENAULT vs MICHEL SAULNIER & PEDRO CABRERA (05/03/1971; French Catch; 00:35:49) Segunda Caida reviews of the above two matches. Special thanks to Cameren Lee for helping with background information on the Japanese matches.
