French catch

[Phil Lions]

2 hours ago, David Mantell said:

Thanks for this lot. Good to see there was an organised fandom in France.  Maybe we can find some from the mid 80s with VCRs.

I wouldn't call it an organised fandom. It was just one French superfan, who eventually got into the business as a promoter/announcer, briefly published his own catch magazine and was also a correspondent for a couple of U.S. wrestling magazines. Most importantly though, he was in contact with a few other wrestling historians from other countries and they would regularly send each other stuff (this was back in the 1960s-80s). Some of that correspondence has been preserved and it's a great source of info.

[David Mantell]

1 minute ago, Phil Lions said:

I wouldn't call it an organised fandom. It was just one French superfan, who eventually got into the business as a promoter/announcer, briefly published his own catch magazine and was also a correspondent for a couple of U.S. wrestling magazines. Most importantly though, he was in contact with a few other wrestling historians from other countries and they would regularly send each other stuff (this was back in the 1960s-80s). Some of that correspondence has been preserved and it's a great source of info.

We should have him on here.

[Phil Lions]

Just now, David Mantell said:

We should have him on here.

That'd be difficult to do, on the account of him no longer being alive.

[David Mantell]

4 hours ago, Phil Lions said:

That'd be difficult to do, on the account of him no longer being alive.

Oh dear., still there were others, from the fans from the Trente Glorieuses through to kids who grew up watching Flesh Gordon and Prince Zefy against everyone from Jessy Texas and Marquis/Travesti Man/Monsieur Jacky Richard to Scott Ryder and Cybernic Machine.

[HeadCheese]

Does anybody know if this match is on uploaded or any if the more color French Catch on water matches are available. I know that there is greyscale pool matches, theres more even going to this year. Its a really interesting tradition.