Axel Dieter

[Grimmas]

Discuss here.

Microstatistics said:

"One of the legends of European wrestling. From what I've seen, a classic fiery babyface with strong technique and great selling. Not a lot of footage is available but his veteran stuff from 1980s Hannover is more than solid and includes the Morowski epic."

[Jetlag]

Legendary German wrestler with some dingy handheld footage surviving from very late in his career. Apparently he horded some films of 70s German wrestling in his archives that couldn't be converted by the limited means of his family. Someone had the faint hope that his son signing with WWE would make it possible to have the footage restored, but that never materialized. Alas, all we have of him is the epic Morowski match in 1980 and a few good to great houseshow performances in 1981 and some very clipped stuff in 1986 where he faces the likes of Vader. I imagine if the French had filmed some of his appearances in Paris in the 60s we'd  be raving about him similiar to his arch rival, Lasartesse. Notably he was very famous for not just being a good technician but also renowned for his toughness and bleeding, as well as acting as a literal shooter for the promoters by carrying a gun on him.

[ohtani's jacket]

Is that 70s footage 8mm footage? He's listed as being on ITV three times in 1965 against Ian Campbell, Ezzard Hart and Peter Maivia. Not sure if the footage exists in the archives but it feels like something that would be obtainable. 

[Rah]

There's also this tag match:
 

Here's hoping the channel uploads some more. They've already got some interesting stuff.