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[Classic Match] Antonino Rocca & Miguel Pérez vs Jerry & Eddie Graham (www.youtube.com)

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I'm an avid history and tv archivist and I live for this sort of stuff, anyone else the same? I believe this is from the Capital Wrestling era of the 50s and most likely Madison Square Garden, at least from my bit of research.

It's actually a surprisingly great and fast paced match and pretty decent quality, too. I love finding pre 70s matches on Youtube, so this was a pretty great find.

There's also a version here that's not as clear but it's got some really good pre match promos, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnYXwFO73ms

Anyone else love finding these types of matches?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was great! It's cool to see the evolution of moves– like how the monkey flips, dropkicks, and Irish whips used here are done just a bit differently than they are today. Love it.

Do you happen to have a clip of that ballet wrestler? I don't know his name but I think he was from the same era.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Are you thinking of Ricky Starr?

There's a really good match between him and Karl Von Hess on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUAtQXnRtUE (p1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af-FhNcp8B4 (p2)

(Btw, yt-dlp is a really good Youtube downloader for archival purposes :))

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's him! I only had time to watch the first video (for now) and holy crap, talk about a gimmick that would be super over in this era.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can see the inspiration to Ricky in early Goldust or Johnny B. Badd, too!

Or even a slightly more camp Jack Gallagher. You're right though, definitely would have success today.

There's a good write-up here but sadly I can't find too much written about him: https://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/ricky-starr