French catch

[Phil Lions]

3 hours ago, David Mantell said:

I'll take your word for it that this is Modesto Aledo - what is the evidence other than that Aledo played the original Kamikaze a decade earlier?

It's Aledo. He was tubbier in his later years. Plus, and more importantly, Aledo being Dozan is also referenced in the archives of the French catch historian Michel Bezy (who was working for the same promotion as Dozan back then).

[ohtani's jacket]

Guy Mercier vs. Kamikaze (Mitsui Dozan - Modesto Aledo) 10/4/71

This was okay. It was only disappointing if you were expecting it to be Mercier vs. Aledo, which it was never intended to be. You've got to admire Aledo's dedication to the gimmick even if it was borderline racist. I spent most of the match trying to figure out how he got his face to look like that. This wasn't the first time we'd seen Kamikaze unmask. The other time was just as creepy. 

[ohtani's jacket]

Aledo was crazy good in his prime.

 

[Phil Lions]

1 hour ago, ohtani's jacket said:

Guy Mercier vs. Kamikaze (Mitsui Dozan - Modesto Aledo) 10/4/71. I spent most of the match trying to figure out how he got his face to look like that.

Same! Could be some sort of a mask. Or some super elaborate face prosthetic. Hard to say.

[David Mantell]

34 minutes ago, Phil Lions said:

Same! Could be some sort of a mask. Or some super elaborate face prosthetic. Hard to say.

Is that him? There were a couple of Old Man Masks in Memphis, one in 1982 who tagged with Kaufman and another in about 1990 in the USWA - called the Bruiser IIRC.

To be fair the Exorcist on World of Sport 1974/1975 is hard to reconcile with the nice Clayton Thompson who fought Tony StClair in 1967.