Andre Bollet

[Grimmas]

Discuss here.

Jetlag said:

"outrageous heel character who could do both stiff heated brawling as well as really graceful wrestling, all while looking like a balding dumpy car salesman. If this list was about heat seeking heel shtick alone he would be a lock for the top 10. Still have a few matches of his to go through, but people should be aware of this French star."

[Childs]

I love this guy. He carried himself like a big star and he could go, either technically or as a brawler. As with many of the French catch standouts, it's going to be hard to decide how to rank him based on a relatively small sample (though we have more of him than a lot of others). But he was a blast. 

[ohtani's jacket]

I really liked his early appearances in the 50s, but I ended up getting so frustrated with him later on. I will probably be on the outlier on that as the Segunda Caida chaps are a lot nicer than me. Having said that, it's pretty late into the 60s when it starts to bother me, and Catch itself isn't the greatest by that stage. 

[Childs]

Haven't gotten to that later stuff yet. What turned for you?

[ohtani's jacket]

He has these super long singles matches that are brutal. A few of them are against Carpentier, who I don't really at all in France. I tend to think of Bollet as a tag guy. I think that's what suited him best. It's also an expectations thing. At first he seemed like an Arn Anderson type, or even a Mick McManus type, but he didn't maintain that level. That's kind of my fault though for anointing him too soon.