Posted July 28, 20223 yr comment_5986806 History of Pro Wrestling #71 (04:04:49) Matches from May-July 1971 BARON VON RASCHKE & HANS SCHMIDT vs HAYSTACKS CALHOUN & MOOSE CHOLAK (05/15/1971; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:09:54) Most of the AWA matches during this time are clipped, but a decent amount is shown, with commentary from Bob Luce. They provide a good glimpse of wrestlers we wouldn’t see much or anything from otherwise. BATMAN & PACO RAMIREZ vs INCA VIRACOCHA & DON GONZALEZ (05/17/1971; French Catch; 00:28:32) Segunda Caida review of the match. ANTONIO INOKI vs THE DESTROYER (05/19/1971; JWA World League; 00:29:41) SHOHEI BABA vs ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER (05/19/1971; JWA World League; 00:18:04) Much like 1969, the finals of the World League ended up as a four-way tie: this time between Inoki, Destroyer, Baba and Abdullah. Once again, they teased the possibility of Inoki vs Baba for drama, but they did not deliver on the match. Baba wins the league in a good brawl! 3* DER HENKER & KAMIKAZE vs JACKY CORN & GILBERT LEDUC (06/14/1971; French Catch; 00:35:59) Segunda Caida review of the match. MOTA DOS SANTOS & ANTONIO PEREIRA vs FRANCIS LOUIS & PIERRE PAYEN (06/19/1971; French Catch; 00:26:04) Segunda Caida review of the match. JACKY RICHARD vs ANGELITO (06/29/1971; French Catch; 00:21:31) ROBERT DURANTON vs L’ANGE BLANC (07/05/1971; French Catch; 00:08:14) Segunda Caida reviews of the above two matches. BILLY ROBINSON vs BIG K (07/17/1971; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:01:11) RED BASTIEN & JON CORTEZ vs BARON VON RASCHKE & HANS SCHMIDT (07/17/1971; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:06:09) WILBUR SNYDER vs MAD DOG VACHON (07/17/1971; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:01:23) BATMAN & PACO RAMIREZ vs JO GONZALEZ & INCA VIRACOCHA (07/17/1971; French Catch; 00:30:46) Segunda Caida review of the match. MAURICE DUMEZ vs INCA PERUANO (07/24/1971; French Catch; 00:27:21) Segunda Caida review of the match. Special thanks to Cameren Lee for helping with background information on the Japanese matches.
