[1947-03-20-Boston, MA] Mildred Burke vs Mae Weston

[Loss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mpEHziEVjQ

[cactus]

This is from a newsreel, so it's heavily clipped and we have to deal with an irritating sexist narrator, but at least we get a rare glimpse of early women's wrestling. There's a certain amount of intensity in every little thing they do and there's no wasted movement. This makes minute things like attempting a lock up or applying a headlock fun to watch. This certainly makes me curious to check out more women's wrestling from this era.

[BruiserBrody]

With JBL doing questionable commentary during this week's SD! women's match I guess we can see how far we've come.

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[ethantyler]

This was on 1947-3-13, not 3-20 as the thread title states. Full card: https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=245971

Date: Thursday, 1947/03/13
Venue: Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts
Audience: 7.200
1) Brother Jonathan defeated Jack Kelly
2) 2 out of 3 Falls Match Bull Curry vs. Roland Meeker ended without a winner at 1 fall each
3) 2 out of 3 Falls Match Don Lee defeated Wilbur Nead
4) 2 out of 3 Falls NWA World Women's Title Match Mildred Burke (c) defeated Mae Weston by 2 falls to 0

[WingedEagle]

This was by far the highlight of the early footage we have available. Both worked with tremendous physicality and aggression and while its not something one can rate given the clipping, its easy to say that this looked like an absolutely tremendous match rather than good for its time.