Anton Tejero

[Grimmas]

From Microstatistics:

To me, the most impressive wrestler from all of the French footage. Great as the technically gifted stooging heel who could big bump AND violently rough up opponents.

w/Inca Peruano vs. Gilbert Cesca/Ben Chemoil, 3/12/1965

vs. Walter Borders, 8/29/1967

vs. Jon Guil Don, 4/18/1976

[Jetlag]

If this list was about dedicated bumpers, Anton Tejero would be a #1 contender. This guy would fling himself wildly out of the ring dozens of times per match all the way until his last days in 1980s. Really a special case of a guy who had absolutely no problem bumping his ass off endlessly. Also super impressive on offense, when he gets to show of that as often his matches were built around showing off the offense of the babyfaces. His tag work with Inca Peruano in the 1960s is totally radical even in the context of the high level of French wrestling at the time. Definitely a big part of what made the French scene so great considering for how long he keeps showing up and doing his thing. His work doesn't quite lend itself to the conventional understanding of a 'great worker' as in someone who colours matches with his offense and control segments, but as a rudo he's definitely an all time great. I don't recall  a single bad match that he was involved in.

[Jetlag]

I've no problem saying Anton Tejero is probably the greatest stooge/bumper of all time. He shows up 17 times in our goldmine of French stuff, from 1965 to 1984, mostly in matches going 20-30 minutes, pretty much all great and not a single bad performance from him. He's also a quite great aggressor. He also has about 4 singles matches which are also great with the Bordes, Mantopolous matches being something that would be considered an all time classic if any US territory guy had it. He was even still producing good stuff in 1984 when he was old as dirt and French wrestling was going to hell.

Anton Tejero matches:

RENE BEN CHEMOUL & GILBERT CESCA VS INCA PERUANO & ANTON TEJERO (03/12/1965; 32:15)

RENE BEN CHEMOUL & GILBERT CESCA VS ANTON TEJERO & PANCHO ZAPATA (07/18/1965; 33:20)

ANTON TEJERO VS WALTER BORDES (08/29/1967; 29:18)

VASILIO MANTOPOULOS VS ANTON TEJERO (10/21/1967; 34:35)

RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES VS INCA PERUANO & ANTON TEJERO (03/09/1968; 38:15)

INCA PERUANO & ANTON TEJERO VS RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES (04/21/1969; 33:27)

RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES VS ANTON TEJERO & INCA VIRACOCHA (12/13/1969; 33:24)

RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES VS ANTON TEJERO & ANTONIO MONTORO (09/20/1971; 27:15)

RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES VS ANTON TEJERO & INCA VIRACOCHA (01/18/1973; 33:38)

MAURICE DUMEZ & GEORGES COHEN VS ANTONIO MONTORO & ANTON TEJERO (04/30/1973; 28:58)

RENE BEN CHEMOUL & WALTER BORDES VS ANTON TEJERO & UNKNOWN WRESTLER (02/23/1974; 33:41)

DON GIL DON VS ANTON TEJERO (04/18/1976; 13:29)

KADER HASSOUNI & LE PETIT PRINCE VS ANTON TEJERO & BOB REMY (01/08/1977; 39:42)

LE PETIT PRINCE & GERARD BOUVET VS ANTON TEJERO & ALBERT SANNIEZ (01/01/1979; 31:38)

LE PETIT PRINCE & CLAUDE ROCCA VS BOB REMY & ANTON TEJERO (08/18/1980; 36:17)

GEORGES COHEN VS ANTON TEJERO (07/18/1984; 15:33)