Rene Lasartesse

[Grimmas]

Discuss here.

[Jetlag]

This is probably more a question of how much more footage will show up. This dude is one of the definite heels on the euro scene who was extremely effective working in germany throughout the 80s and able to have super heated, fairly gritty matches while looking like your granddad. Pretty fun run but wouldn't consider him for a Top 100 all time on that alone, but with more of his early work from france showing up thanks to youtube, I could see him being worth consideration with a few more lost gems showing up.

 

Recommended matches:

- like half a dozen vs. Franz van Buyten

- vs. Michael Allary

- vs. Billy Samson

[ohtani's jacket]

One of the greatest heels in European wrestling history. The recent catch stuff was a revelation. Kind of a hard sell to folks around here, but if you're watching that Chicago archives stuff I don't see why you wouldn't check out Lasartesse.

[Jetlag]

2020 blessed us with another small trove of prime Lasartesse footage. We can now see that he was a very unique, both violent and charismatic heel. Literally everything he did in his matches was to generate heat. It's no wonder he ended up being such a star. Has there ever been a truer heel than Jack de Lasartesse?