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Terry Funk vows revenge on Invader #1 in only the way Terry Funk can do. Absolutely phenomenal. He made you believe. San Juan, Puerto Rico November 1982.

Fritz Von Erich

The last interaction between Terry Funk and Lance Russell. This is just wonderful. God bless both men.

Jim Londos vs Oki Shikina, Los Angeles, February 22, 1933. A mixed-rules match with jacket grappling, catch wrestling, throws, collar control and striking.

NWA Worlds Women's Title Match 2 out of 3 Falls Mildred Burke (c) defeated Mae Weston by 2 falls to 0 Boston Arena, Boston, Massachusetts March 13, 1947

Dwayne Johnson’s Owen stories often carry the same rhythm: rib first, reassurance after. Owen could make a younger wrestler look foolish for a laugh, then quietly give him enough confidence to walk back through the curtain taller.

#OnThisDay in 1992: FMW: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. The Sheik & Sabu in a Barbed Wire Fire Match. Sheik almost died in this match, he was hospitalised for weeks. In this match, there was a lack of oxygen in the ring and the heat was crazy. They could bear only a few minutes.

#OnThisDay in 1989: All Japan Women: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa: Chigusa Nagayo retired on her 26th birthday. It was not her call. AJW’s mandatory retirement rule forced it. She returned in 1995 and later founded GAEA Japan.

Tatsumi Fujinami being sick of Antonio Inoki being so vulnerable near Vader, and made it clear that he has no business being in his corner, so he cut his hair by proving the end of a linking between them. This was after their disqualification win over Vader and Masa Saito.

Dynamite Kid talking about retirement and passing his boots to "the superstar of the 1990's" Chris Benoit.

Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid in the WWF in 1982 was state of the art and the fans had never seen anything like it before.

When you wake up late for your first spirited rib of the day.

Professional Wrestling.

Randy Savage hits his patented Double Axe Handle from the top to the outside in 1979.

Terry Funk lays them in to Cactus Jack in All Japan in 1991.

Al Perez takes Mike Awesome for a helicopter ride in 1989.

#OnThisDay in 1993: Hulk Hogan disgraced the WWF Heavyweight Title.

#OnThisDay in 1993: NJPW Wrestling Dontaku: "The WWF belt is just a stepping stone. I want the IWGP belt." Hogan says this whilst WWF champion. Hogan claimed the interview was mistranslated when word of the interview got to WWF officials. Hogan gave that interview in English.

Nick Bockwinkel is absolutely phenomenal here. He thinks he is facing Terry Allen (the future Magnum TA) until he turns around and realises that Manny Fernandez has taken his place. From Southwestern in October 1981.

Troy T. Tyler aka The Dream Machine here in 1980, in Southeastern, talking about being Dusty Rhodes' protégé and what he will do to Dutch Mantel. I have no idea about half the words that are coming out of Tyler's mouth here but it's amazing nevertheless. Fantastic stuff.

Little Beaver and Tiny Tim vs. Fuzzy Cupid and Ivan the Terrible Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy May, 1957

Pro Wrestling Paris, France. October 1957

André Bollet vs. Robert Villemain Milan, Italy Aired on January 3rd, 1957

Pro Wrestling in Madrid, Spain. February 1965.

Look at the crowds for Danno O’Mahoney in 1936. He was the Worlds Heavyweight Champion and a huge star returning home. This Pathé clip shows the mania in Cork, Ireland when his ship docked.

FRENCH WRESTLING DELUXE! March 1953.

Ed Don George defeats Gus Sonnenberg for the AWA Boston Worlds Heavyweight Title Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California in front of 10,000 fans. December 10, 1930

Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Ed Don George to regain the Bowser-recognised AWA Worlds Heavyweight Title Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, CA, 12,000 fans. April 13, 1931 Lewis won in two straight falls, in a result widely regarded as a double cross. This clip is the first fall.

Jim Londos vs. Abe Coleman St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, 6,000 sell-out. January 11, 1933. Londos' first appearance in New York in nine months. The demand for tickets was so high that people reportedly tried to force their way in and police had to clear the scene.

George Zaharias vs. Shun'ichi Shikuma Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California April 13, 1938

Newsreel on the debut of former boxing legend/worlds champion, Joe Louis as a pro wrestler. Better quality footage than what was previously available. vs. Cowboy Rocky Lee at the Uline Arena in Washington DC drawing 4000 fans. Jersey Joe Walcott is the referee. March 16, 1956.

Gloria Barattini, Wrestling Queen. February 1951.

Henri Dufresne, Emile Dufresne and George Dufresne defeated Marshall Lewis, Marcel Ouimet and Jacques LaRose St. Jacques Market, Montréal, Quebec November 25, 1948

Short clip of Theresa Theis defeating Mae Young Boston Arena, Boston, MA November 11, 1948 Theresa Theis was married to Ray Stevens and was trained by Bronko Nagurski. I wrote a short piece on her last year on my substack page: allancheapshot.substack.com/p/theresa-th...

Maybe the best pro wrestling match you'll see this week.