[1951-01-05-Kohler Chicago] Mighty Atlas vs Chief Lone Eagle

[Loss]

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[Moonsault Marvin]

Mighty Atlas fights Lone Eagle in a two out of three falls match. Mighty Atlas has turned heel since the 1950's match. Lone Eagle is supposedly the face, but he cheats throughout the match. Lone Eagle moves strangely in an indescribable way. I'm not sure if he is just awkward working barefoot or this is part of his gimmick. His wife Bonita sits ringside and beats a drum.

 

This match is quite boring with no real interesting work. The first fall ends in a disqualification after Mighty Atlas doesn't break his full nelson when Eagle gets to the ropes. Commentator Russ Davis claims Atlas's fingers swell together, so he can't get his hands apart in time. When he wins the second fall with the full nelson, he has no problem releasing his hands when the referee signals him to. Eagle gets counted out in the third and loses the match.