French catch

[Phil Lions]

2 hours ago, David Mantell said:

Thanks for that. Did Marty actually beat  Walter Bordes on May 2, 1982? 

No, he was the reigning champion on that date. I saw this on the poster for the Elysee Montmartre card for that night. He was wrestling Jean Corne in the main event that night and I think it was a title defense, IIRC. Although my memory is hazy on that last part so don't quote me on it. I don't know when/if he won the title or it was just a case where Delaporte randomly gave him the recognition.

2 hours ago, David Mantell said:

Some other title ponderings:

What was the backstory for the European Tag Team Championship Bordes and Gordon claimed in 1983? Or Flesh's later European Heavyweight title. Or Eric Lacroix's  French Welterweight title on New Catch Season 2 in 1991? 

And did the Championnat Du Monde Des Poids Mi Lourds have a back story before Prince Zéfy in 2002 or is it unproblematic to treat Zéfy as heir to the title Jones finally  lost to "Legend of Doom" Johnny South in Bristol, April '99.?

I've completely ignored the New Catch titles in my article. I figured there's no point. Especially the singles titles were pretty much vanity titles for Flesh and Zefy to hold (for years and years on end).

Championnat Du Monde Des Poids Mi-lourds was actually Flesh's title originally. He had it from at least 1994 until 1999 or 2000, and then Zefy got the title.

P.S. The French Titles article is about to get a few small updates whenever I manage to get it. For example: I've narrowed down when and where Modesto Aledo beat George Kidd for the World Lightweight Title (either February or March 1955 in Amiens).