[1935-07-24-Los Angeles, CA] Vincent Lopez vs Man Mountain Dean

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

EDIT: Video now deleted from YouTube

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Video is in a weird resolution, silent, and overall very poor quality, but this is still some amazing footage. You can see still see traces of shoot elements, specifically how hard they are laying everything in and the struggle behind it all, but overall this is pretty firmly entrenched into the modern working style. It makes me wish there was more footage of Man Mountain Dean as he looks like a great big man here, pretty much working like the best version of a horror movie monster in a wrestling ring. He just does such a great job of perfecting the way he slowly lumbars around the ring, and, though he doesn't always hit what he attempts, the first few minutes establish that the opponent is in some deep shit when he does. Lopez does fine as the underdog, but it's really a sight to behold the vicious beating he lays on in the 2nd fall. Loved the finish run as well, especially the whole section with Dean wrenching in the hammerlock and the ref having to pop Lopez's shoulder back into place after the rope break.