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History of Pro Wrestling #62 (04:03:09) Matches from March-April 1969 ROBERT GASTEL & FRED MAGNIER vs DON BARRETO & EDDIE WILLIAMS (03/08/1969; French Catch; 00:39:04) Segunda Caida review of the match. VASILIOS MANTOPOULOS & AMOR ZAFAR vs PIERRE BERNAERT & EMBABA LE CONGOLAIS (04/05/1969; French Catch; 00:41:10) Segunda Caida review of the match. ANTONIO INOKI vs BOBO BRAZIL (04/05/1969; JWA World League; 00:10:32) SEIJI SAKAGUCHI & MICHIAKI YOSHIMURA vs MEDICOS (04/05/1969; JWA World League; 00:08:15) SHOHEI BABA vs GORILLA MONSOON (04/05/1969; JWA World League; 00:07:26) KINTARO OKI vs TOM ANDREWS (04/06/1969; JWA World League; 00:03:28) ANTONIO INOKI vs GORILLA MONSOON (04/16/1969; JWA World League; 00:08:51) SEIJI SAKAGUCHI vs MEDICO II (04/16/1969; JWA World League; 00:07:59) SHOHEI BABA & KINTARO OKI vs BOBO BRAZIL & CHRIS MARKOFF (04/16/1969; JWA World League; 00:15:15) ROBERT GASTEL & ROGER DELAPORTE vs WARNIA DE ZARZECKI & GIACOMO GUGULIEMETTI (04/19/1969; French Catch; 00:33:01) Segunda Caida review of the match. INCA PERUANO & ANTON TEJERO vs RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES (04/21/1969; French Catch; 00:33:27) Segunda Caida review of the match. ROBERT GASTEL & FRED MAGNIER vs EDDIE WILLIAMS & DON BARETHU (04/26/1969; French Catch; 00:34:41)

History of Pro Wrestling #61 (04:17:16) Matches from January-March 1969 ANDRE BOLLET vs FRANZ VAN BUYTEN (01/01/1969; French Catch; 00:38:42) Segunda Caida review of the match. ANDRE BOLLET vs JEAN FERRE (01/01/1969; French Catch; 00:41:53) Segunda Caida review of the match. ANDRE BOLLET & ROGER DELAPORTE vs MARCEL MONTREAL & WARNIA DE ZARZECKI (01/25/1969; French Catch; 00:33:21) Segunda Caida review of the match. ABDEL KADER BOUSSADA vs JEAN LUC (02/01/1969; French Catch; 00:10:18) GUY CAVILLIER vs ALBERT SANNIEZ (02/01/1969; French Catch; 00:19:11) Segunda Caida reviews of the above two matches. GENE KINISKI vs DORY FUNK JR. (02/11/1969; CWF Gasparilla Spectacular; 00:08:25) Dory wins the NWA World Title, kicking off a legendary run that would last more than four years. ANTONIO INOKI & SHOHEI BABA vs DANNY HODGE & WILBUR SNYDER (02/11/1969; JWA; 00:05:21) Danny Hodge on film! An extremely rare thing, unfortunate for a wrestler generally regarded as an all-time great. ANTONIO INOKI & SHOHEI BABA vs THE DESTROYER & BULL RAMOS (02/26/1969; JWA Dynamic Series; 00:06:19) I love the surreal viewing experience of seeing Inoki and Baba team! HARLEY RACE vs TOMMY MARTIN (03/01/1969; St. Louis Wrestling at the Chase; 00:04:49) ANTONIO INOKI & KINTARO OKI vs NELSON ROYAL & PAUL JONES (03/05/1969; JWA Dynamic Series; 00:25:21) This match only surfaced on the most recent G+ run of Classics in the last few years. Cool to see Nelson Royal in his heyday since most footage we have of him is many years after his prime, but this match was a bit all over the place. SHOHEI BABA vs THE DESTROYER (03/05/1969; JWA Dynamic Series; 01:03:56) We’ve uncovered a lot of French Catch in recent years that I still haven’t watched, but prior to that, I was confident that this was the best match of the 1960s, and it still might be. Baba is capable and holds up his end, but this is a masterful performance from the Sensational, Intelligent Destroyer, mixing comedy, brawling, and great wrestling in one nearly one-hour masterpiece. 5*

WON HOF Series: Bobo Brazil #1 (02:03:03) Matches from 1957-1960 BOBO BRAZIL vs RIKIDOZAN (08/14/1957; JWA International Competitions of the Fall; 00:11:03) BOBO BRAZIL & LORD ATHOL LAYTON vs RIKIDOZAN & TOYONOBORI (08/15/1957; JWA International Competitions of the Fall; 00:17:36) BOBO BRAZIL vs JIM BERNARD (01/17/1958; NWA Upstate; 00:03:06) BOBO BRAZIL & WHIPPER WATSON vs ED MILLER & DAN MILLER (03/21/1958; NWA Upstate; Buffalo Memorial Auditorium; 00:24:51) BOBO BRAZIL & YUKON ERIC vs CRUSHER LISOWSKI & STAN LISOWSKI (05/23/1958; NWA Upstate; Buffalo Memorial Auditorium; 00:24:48) BOBO BRAZIL vs HANS SCHMIDT (09/19/1958; NWA Upstate; Buffalo Memorial Auditorium; 00:07:11) BOBO BRAZIL & BILLY RED LYONS vs DOC GALLAGHER & MIKE GALLAGHER (12/11/1959; NWA Upstate; Buffalo Memorial Auditorium; 00:17:22) BOBO BRAZIL vs FRITZ VON ERICH (03/29/1960; NWA Upstate; 00:17:16)

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History of Pro Wrestling Country and Region American Classics European Classics Japanese Classics SoCal Classics Style-Specific French Catch Promotion-Specific AJPW History AWA History JWA History WCCW History WWE History Championships NWA World Title Wrestlers WON Hall of Fame Wrestler Spotlight MOTYCs MOTYCs

Match of the Year Candidates 1950s 1950 MOTYCs 1951 MOTYCs 1952 MOTYCs 1953 MOTYCs 1954 MOTYCs 1955 MOTYCs 1956 MOTYCs 1957 MOTYCs 1958 MOTYCs 1959 MOTYCs 1960s 1960 MOTYCs 1961 MOTYCs 1962 MOTYCs 1963 MOTYCs 1964 MOTYCs 1965 MOTYCs 1966 MOTYCs 1967 MOTYCs 1968 MOTYCs 1969 MOTYCs

Wrestler Spotlight Series A Andre Bollet B C D E F Franz van Buyten G Gilbert LeDuc H I J Jacky Corn K L Le Petit Prince Les Blousons Noirs Lord Alfred Hayes M N O P Pierre Bernaert Q R Rene Ben Chemoul & Walter Bordes Rene Lasartesse S Strong Kobayashi T U V Vasilios Mantopoulos The Von Erichs W X Y Z 1-2-3

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame A Andre the Giant Antonino Rocca Antonio Inoki B Bobo Brazil Bruno Sammartino Buddy Rogers C The Crusher D Danny McShain The Destroyer Dick the Bruiser Don Leo Jonathan Dory Funk Jr. E Ed Don George Ed Strangler Lewis Edouard Carpentier F Fred Blassie Fritz Von Erich G Gene Kiniski Gorgeous George Gus Sonnenberg H Hans Schmidt I J Jim Londos Johnny Valentine K Killer Kowalski L Lou Thesz M N O P Pat O'Connor Q R Rikidozan S Sandor Szabo The Sheik Shohei "Giant" Baba T U V Verne Gagne W Whipper Watson Wild Red Berry X Y Z

NWA World Title 1950s & 1960s #01 (1950-1951) #02 (1951-1952) #03 (1953-1956) #04 (August-October 1957) #05 (1957-1967) #06 (1967-1969) #07 (1969-1971)

World Wrestling Entertainment Prequels (Early MSG footage and Capitol Wrestling) #01 (1920-1958) #02 (1958-1966) The Bruno years #03 (January 1966) #04 (1967-1970)

World Class Championship Wrestling Prequels #01 (April-August 1952) #02 (1952-1957) #03 (1957-1965)

Japan Pro Wrestling Association #01 (1953-1957) #02 (1957-1958) #03 (1959-1963) #04 (1963-1964) #05 (1965-1967) #06 (March-December 1967) #07 (1967-1968) #08 (February-April 1969) #09 (April-August 1969) #10 (December 1969-March 1970) #11 (March-August 1970) #12 (December 1970) #13 (March-December 1971) #14 (December 1971-May 1972)

American Wrestling Association Prequels #01 (1950-1952) #02 (April-October 1952) #03 (1952-1955) #04 (1955-1956) #05 (1956-1957) #06 (1958-1959) 1960s & 1970s #07 (1960-1967)

All Japan Pro Wrestling Prequels #01 (1963-1966) #02 (March-December 1967) #03 (1968-1969) #04 (April-December 1969) #05 (1969-1970) #06 (December 1970-March 1971)

French Catch 1957 and Before #01 (1948-1957) #02 (February 1957) #03 (March-April 1957) #04 (May 1957) #05 (May-June 1957) #06 (June-July 1957) #07 (July-September 1957) #08 (October-December 1957) #09 (December 1957-February 1958) 1958 #10 (February-May 1958) #11 (July-August 1958) #12 (August-September 1958) #13 (October-December 1958) #14 (December 1958-January 1959) 1959 #15 (January-March 1959) #16 (March-May 1959) #17 (May-June 1959) #18 (June-July 1959) #19 (July-September 1959) #20 (September-October 1959) #21 (October-November 1959) #22 (December 1959-January 1960) 1960 #23 (January-February 1960) #24 (February-May 1960) #25 (June-July 1960) #26 (July-September 1960) #27 (October-December 1960) #28 (December 1960-January 1961) 1961 #29 (April-September 1961) #30 (September-December 1961) 1962-1964 #31 (January-May 1962) #32 (September-November 1962) #33 (December 1962-May 1964) 1965 #34 (January-February 1965) #35 (March-April 1965) #36 (April-May 1965) #37 (May-July 1965) #38 (July 1965) #39 (July-September 1965) #40 (September-November 1965) #41 (November-December 1965) 1966 #42 (January-February 1966) #43 (March-April 1966) #44 (April-June 1966) #45 (August-September 1966) #46 (September-October 1966) 1967 #47 (January-June 1967) #48 (July-September 1967) #49 (October-December 1967) #50 (December 1967-March 1968) 1968 #51 (March-August 1968) #52 (September-December 1968) #53 (December 1968-February 1969) 1969 #54 (January-April 1969) #55 (April-October 1969) #56 (October-December 1969) #57 (December 1969-February 1970) 1970 #58 (April-August 1970) #59 (October 1970-January 1971) 1971 #60 (January-April 1971) #61 (April-June 1971) #62 (June-July 1971) #63 (August-September 1971) #64 (October-November 1971) 1972 #65 (January-February 1972) #66 (March-May 1972)

SoCal Classics 1930s #01 (1931-1939) 1950s & 1960s #02 (1950-1951) #03 (April-August 1951) #04 (April-August 1951) #05 (1951-1953) #06 (March-April 1953) #07 (May-June 1953) #08 (June-August 1953) #09 (1953) #10 (1950s) #11 (1950s-1966)

Japanese Classics 1950s & 1960s #01 (1953-1957) #02 (1957-1958) #03 (1959-1963) #04 (1963-1964) #05 (1965-1967) #06 (March-December 1967) #07 (1967-1968) #08 (February-April 1969) #09 (April-August 1969) #10 (October-December 1969) #11 (December 1969-May 1970) 1970s 1970 #12 (July-December 1970) #13 (December 1970-March 1971) 1971 #14 (May-December 1971) #15 (December 1971-May 1972) 1972 #16 (May 1972)

European Classics Pre-1950s #01 (1899-1953) 1950s 1956 #02 (1956-1957) 1957 #03 (February-March 1957) #04 (March-May 1957) #05 (May 1957) #06 (May-June 1957) #07 (June-July 1957) #08 (July-September 1957) #09 (October-December 1957) #10 (December 1957-February 1958) 1958 #11 (February-May 1958) #12 (July-August 1958) #13 (August-September 1958) #14 (October-December 1958) #15 (December 1958-January 1959) 1959 #16 (January-March 1959) #17 (March-May 1959) #18 (May-June 1959) #19 (June-July 1959) #20 (July-September 1959) #21 (September-October 1959) #22 (October-November 1959) #23 (December 1959-January 1960) 1960s 1960 #24 (February-April 1960) #25 (May-June 1960) #26 (July 1960) #27 (September-October 1960) #28 (October-December 1960) 1961 #29 (April 1961) #30 (April-October 1961) #31 (October 1961-January 1962) 1962 #32 (February-October 1962) #33 (October-December 1962) 1963 #34 (1963-1964) 1964 #35 (October 1964-February 1965) 1965 #36 (March-April 1965) #37 (April-May 1965) #38 (May-July 1965) #39 (July 1965) #40 (July-September 1965) #41 (September-November 1965) #42 (November-December 1965) 1966 #43 (January-February 1966) #44 (March-April 1966) #45 (April-June 1966) #46 (August-September 1966) #47 (September-October 1966) 1967 #48 (January-June 1967) #49 (July-September 1967) #50 (October-December 1967) #51 (December 1967-March 1968) 1968 #52 (March-August 1968) #53 (September-December 1968) #54 (December 1968-January 1969) 1969 #55 (January-April 1969) #56 (April-October 1969) #57 (October-December 1969) #58 (December 1969-January 1970) 1970s 1970 #59 (February-June 1970) #60 (June-July 1970) #61 (August-December 1970) 1971 #62 (January-March 1971) #63 (April-May 1971) #64 (May-July 1971) #65 (July-August 1971) #66 (August-September 1971) #67 (October-November 1971) #68 (November 1971-January 1972) 1972 #69 (January-February 1972) #70 (February 1972) #71 (March-April 1972) #72 (April-May 1972)

American Classics Pre-1950 #01 (1920-1930) #02 (1930-1932) #03 (1932-1936) #04 (1936-1940) #05 (1940-1950) 1950s 1950 #06 (March-April 1950) #07 (April-June 1950) #08 (September-November 1950) #09 (December 1950-January 1951) 1951 #10 (January-February 1951) #11 (March-April 1951) #12 (May-October 1951) #13 (October 1951-January 1952) 1952 #14 (January-April 1952) #15 (April-May 1952) #16 (May-June 1952) #17 (June-September 1952) #18 (September-December 1952) #19 (1952-February 1953) 1953 #20 (February-April 1953) #21 (April-May 1953) #22 (May-June 1953) #23 (June-August 1953) #24 (August 1953) #25 (August-December 1953) #26 (1953-January 1954) 1954 #27 (March-April 1954) #28 (May 1954) #29 (August 1954-January 1955) 1955 #30 (January-April 1955) #31 (June-August 1955) #32 (October 1955-January 1956) 1956 #33 (January-May 1956) #34 (June-September 1956) #35 (December 1956-April 1957) 1957 #36 (April-September 1957) #37 (November 1957-May 1958) 1958 #38 (May 1958) #39 (May-October 1958) #40 (November 1958-January 1959) 1959 #41 (January-July 1959) #42A (1950s) #42B (1950s) #42C (1950s) #42D (1950s-May 1960) 1960s 1960-1964 #43 (May-December 1960) #44 (1960-April 1961) #45 (April-June 1961) #46 (July-December 1961) #47 (1961-1962) #48 (1962-March 1963) #49 (April-July 1963) #50 (1963-1965) 1965-1969 #51 (May 1965-January 1966 #52 (January-April 1966) #53 (1966-1967) #54 (1967-1969) #55 (1969-1970) 1970s 1970-1971 #56 (June-December 1970) #57 (1970-August 1971) #58 (October 1971-February 1972)

History of Pro Wrestling Part 1: "Prehistoric wrestling" (1899-early 1950) #01 (1899-1932) #02 (1932-1938) #03 (1938-1950) Part 2: The 1950s and the television boom 1950 #04 (March-June 1950) #05 (September 1950-January 1951) 1951 #06 (January-May 1951) #07 (July 1951-January 1952) 1952 #08 (January-May 1952) #09 (May-September 1952) #10 (September 1952-January 1953) 1953 #11 (January-May 1953) #12 (May-June 1953) #13 (July-August 1953) #14 (August 1953-March 1954) 1954 #15 (March-May 1954) #16 (May 1954-February 1955) 1955 #17 (April-October 1955) #18 (October 1955-April 1956) 1956 #19 (April 1956-January 1957) 1957 #20 (January-March 1957) #21 (March-May 1957) #22 (May-July 1957) #23 (July-August 1957) #24 (August-October 1957) #25 (October 1957-February 1958) 1958 #26 (February-May 1958) #27 (May-July 1958) #28 (July-October 1958) #29 (October-December 1958) 1959 #30 (January-February 1959) #31 (February-May 1959) #32 (May-July 1959) #33 (July-October 1959) #34 (October-December 1959) #35A (1950s) #35B (1950s-January 1960) Part 3: The 1960s and a fractured landscape 1960 #36 (January-May 1960) #37 (May-July 1960) #38 (August-November 1960) #39 (1960) #40 (1960-1961) 1961 #41 (April-October 1961) #42 (October 1961-February 1962) 1962 #43 (March-October 1962) #44 (October 1962-January 1963) 1963 #45 (February-April 1963) #46 (April 1963-February 1964) 1964 #47 (1964-1965) 1965 #48 (February-April 1965) #49 (April-June 1965) #50 (July-August 1965) #51 (September-November 1965) #52 (November 1965-January 1966) 1966 #53 (January-April 1966) #54 (April-August 1966) #55 (August-December 1966) #56 (December 1966-May 1967) 1967 #57 (June-October 1967) #58 (December 1967-January 1968) 1968 #59 (January-August 1968) #60 (August-December 1968) 1969 #61 (January-March 1969) #62 (March-April 1969) #63 (May-October 1969) #64 (October-December 1969) Part 4: The 1970s and uneven prosperity 1970 #65 (December 1969-January 1970) #66 (February-June 1970) #67 (June-August 1970) #68 (August-December 1970) #69 (December 1970-February 1971) 1971 #70 (March-May 1971) #71 (May-July 1971) #72 (July-September 1971) #73 (September-December 1971) #74 (December 1971-January 1972) 1972 #75 (January-February 1972) #76 (February-April 1972) #77 (April-May 1972) #78 (May-June 1972)

Promotional Consideration Paid For By The Following: Career of Lord Alfred Hayes #1 (02:11:12) Matches from 1957-1959 AL HAYES vs GUY ROBIN (03/22/1957; French Catch; 00:27:55) AL HAYES & RAY HUNTER vs ROGER DELAPORTE & ROGER GUETTIER (05/24/1957; French Catch; 00:39:15) AL HAYES vs JEAN CASI (12/07/1957; French Catch; 00:27:31) AL HAYES vs JULIO GASPARRINI (12/12/1957; French Catch; 00:18:02) AL HAYES & RAY HUNTER vs KARL VON KRAMER & DR. ADOLF KAISER (03/06/1959; French Catch; 00:21:29)

Pierre Bernaert #1 (02:08:22) Matches from 1957-1959 PIERRE BERNAERT vs LAURENT DAUTHILLE (06/26/1957; French Catch; 00:22:07) PIERRE BERNAERT vs MICHEL CHAISNE (07/11/1957; French Catch; 00:23:06) PIERRE BERNAERT vs MOISE BESCH (08/08/1957; French Catch; 00:08:34) PIERRE BERNAERT vs JOSE ARROYO (02/11/1958; French Catch; 00:06:22) PIERRE BERNAERT vs SERGE FRANCILLE (07/16/1959; French Catch; 00:15:15) PIERRE BERNAERT & CHERI BIBI vs AMI SOLA & JO LABAT (08/06/1959; French Catch; 00:40:39) PIERRE BERNAERT & CHERI BIBI vs WARNIA DE ZARZECKI & AMI SOLA (12/11/1959; French Catch; 00:12:19)

Jacky Corn #1 (02:09:40) Matches from 1957-1959 JACKY CORN vs LUIS EL GAYO (01/11/1957; French Catch; 00:25:02) JACKY CORN vs ROBERTO BLASCO (11/29/1957; French Catch; 00:10:29) JACKY CORN vs INCA PERUANO (02/21/1958; French Catch; 00:20:45) JACKY CORN vs TED LAMARRE (08/23/1958; French Catch; 00:38:26) JACKY CORN vs GEORGES GUERET (07/09/1959; French Catch; 00:34:58)

Andre Bollet #1 (02:03:37) Matches from 1956-1959 ANDRE BOLLET & GEORGES GUERET vs EDDY WIECZ & EDDY KOPARANIAN (02/23/1956; French Catch; 00:48:56) ANDRE BOLLET vs HENRI BURY (04/26/1957; French Catch; 00:30:59) ANDRE BOLLET vs ISHA KHAN (10/02/1959; French Catch; 00:43:42)