History of Pro Wrestling #59 (January-August 1968)

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History of Pro Wrestling #59 (04:17:43)
Matches from January-August 1968

• LE PETIT PRINCE vs BOBBY GENELE (01/20/1968; French Catch; 00:07:06)
  Segunda Caida review of the match.

• BEAUREGARD vs SANDY BARR (02/1968; PNW; 00:01:49)
  Sandy Barr was a Portland-area wrestler, referee, trainer and promoter with a pretty unimpeachable reputation in wrestling, and the father of “Love Machine” Art Barr. Barr stayed semi-active in wrestling all the way to his death in 2007.

• TONY BORNE vs STAN STASIAK (02/1968; PNW; 00:01:45)

• SHOHEI BABA vs DICK THE BRUISER (02/28/1968; JWA; 00:18:01)
  Baba really had excellent brawls with the American wrestlers during this time, and this is no exception. 4*

• BATTLE ROYAL (03/1968; PNW; 00:03:56)

• BEAUREGARD vs LUIGI MACERA (03/1968; PNW; 00:04:46)

• BUD CODY vs TOM ANDREWS (03/1968; PNW; 00:02:39)

• TONY BORNE vs SHAG THOMAS (03/1968; PNW; 00:00:51)

• TONY BORNE vs SHAG THOMAS (03/1968; PNW; 00:01:21)
  Extremely rare black and white clips in February-March footage of 1960s Portland Wrestling! Tony Borne is of course the father of Matt Borne, and was a major star in the territory prior to the rise of Buddy Rose in the late 70s.

• RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES vs INCA PERUANO & ANTON TEJERO (03/09/1968; French Catch; 00:38:15)

• PAT PATTERSON vs ANTONIO PUGLIESE (03/16/1968; WCW Australia; 00:15:57)

• EDDIE WILLIAMS vs ROBERT DURANTON (03/23/1968; French Catch; 00:06:14)

• ROGER DELAPORTE vs VASILIOS MANTOPOULOS (03/23/1968; French Catch; 00:31:54)
  Segunda Caida reviews of the above two matches.

• SHOHEI BABA vs BOBO BRAZIL (06/25/1968; JWA Golden Series; 00:08:07)

• SHOHEI BABA vs BOBO BRAZIL (06/27/1968; JWA Golden Series; 00:24:01)
  Great to see fans throwing their seat cushions into the ring as a signal that they loved the match. 3 1/2*

• BOB PLANTIN vs FRANCIS LOUIS (07/06/1968; French Catch; 00:32:07)
  Segunda Caida review of the match.

• SHOHEI BABA vs BRUNO SAMMARTINO (08/07/1968; JWA Summer Series I; 00:27:09)
  Yet another great match between these two. 4*

• ANDRE BOLLET vs JACKY WIECZ (08/24/1968; French Catch; 00:31:45)
  Segunda Caida review of the match.