History of Pro Wrestling #77 (April-May 1972)

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History of Pro Wrestling #77 (04:28:34)
Matches from April-May 1972

• TUG WILSON vs JOHN CASANOVA (04/19/1972; Joint Promotions; 00:22:04)

• FRANCIS LOUIS & JEAN CLAUDE BOURDEAUX vs ANTONION PEREIRA & MOTA DOS SANTOS (04/24/1972; French Catch; 00:31:03)
  Segunda Caida review of the match.

• STRONG KOBAYASHI vs DON LEO JONATHAN (05/02/1972; IWE World Series; 00:28:05)
  Good match! Don Leo Jonathan is such a blast to watch. You can find a bio of Kobayashi here.

• RUSHER KIMURA & ISAMU TERANISHI & THUNDER SUGIYAMA vs MONSTER ROUSIMOFF & ALI BEY & FRANZ VAN BUYTEN (05/02/1972; IWE World Series; 00:28:55)
  So much comedy mixed in with good action. Here is a profile of Thunder Sugiyama, along with one for Isamu Teranishi.

• JACK BRISCO & RAUL MATA vs BOBBY SHANE & BEARCAT WRIGHT (05/03/1972; CWF House Miami, FL; 00:09:48)

• STRONG KOBAYASHI vs MONSTER ROUSIMOFF (05/06/1972; IWE World Series; 00:42:04)
  Great match, and surreal in some ways to see a super mobile Andre working a long match with lots of wrestling, showing how much mobility he had before his body started breaking down. 4 1/4*

• JACK BRISCO & JERRY BRISCO vs PAUL JONES & DORY FUNK SR. (05/09/1972; CWF House Tampa, FL; 00:07:13)
  Fun clip, with the Briscos squaring off against a newly turned Paul Jones. Rare clip of Dory Sr. in action.

• PAT PATTERSON vs RAY STEVENS (05/13/1972; Big Time San Francisco; 00:02:07)

• RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES vs GOLDEN FALCONS (05/13/1972; French Catch; 00:36:42)
  Segunda Caida review of the match.

• SHOHEI BABA & SEIJI SAKAGUCHI vs DORY FUNK JR. & TERRY FUNK (05/19/1972; NWA Hollywood; Wrestling at the Olympic Auditorium; 00:50:33)
  This has Japanese commentary. Baba and Sakaguchi win the NWA International tag titles in a complete 4* match. While there are probably others, this is the only Baba match to ever be broadcast on TV-Asahi that is still in circulation. The JWA forced Baba to wrestle on NET TV, which violated their deal with NTV. Baba left the JWA and formed All Japan Pro Wrestling over this (with a Nippon deal out of the gate), and the rest is history!
  Special thanks to Cameren Lee for helping with background information on the Japanese matches.