Two absolute legends in the ring. Jules Strongbow later came out of retirement teaming with his brother, Chief Jay Strongbow in the early 1980s. Bronco Lubich was supposed to officiate this important match but he got hold of some bad shellfish that day at lunch and was unable to answer the bell so to speak.

leo garibaldi was far and away my favorite wrestler at this time. i was nine years old.

Thank you very much for posting this match. It is great to be able to watch professional wrestling from the 1950s with such a good quality picture. And this is an enjoyable match, with a good contrast in wrestling styles between Blears and Garibaldi. Blears dishes out sustained punishment on Garibaldi's legs and arms to good effect, but Garibaldi fights back well.

Great Stuff Thanks very much

Thanks for another outstanding match

Why was it a shame for Garibaldi to lose because he supposedly had better technical abilities? Lord Blears was the older, craftier and by far the more intelligent wrestler. It was a 2 out of 3 fall match, and he set Garibaldi up by tiring him out and giving him a sense of overconfidence after Garibaldi got the first fall very late into the match. From there, it was all downhill for Garibaldi. Blears waited coolly and patiently before nabbing the overanxious and exhausted Garibaldi in that leg torture hold, easily forcing a submission. The third fall also went very quickly against poor Garibaldi whose leg was now probably numb and in sheer agony. BUT WHAT DOES HE DO? HE MAKES THE SAME MISTAKE THAT GOT HIM TRAPPED IN THE FIRST TORTURE HOLD, AND BAM, IT WAS ALL OVER. BLEARS JUST CALMLY APPLIED ANOTHER TORTURE HOLD, AND IT WAS CURTAINS FOR GARIBALDI. Blears knew that he did not have the youth and stamina to last out a conventional match, so it was imperative that he expend very little energy throughout the match by dancing around, calling time outs, and relaxing a bit while trapping Garibaldi in all those scissors holds. SHEER BRILLIANCE ON THE PART OF BLEARS, AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE HIM WIN. He was also not a particularly cruel heel in that he released the second leg torture hold much more quickly than the first, as he knew that he had won the match. He also did not keep pounding on the defeated Garibaldi once the match was over, and offered his hand in good wishes. Garibaldi knew enough, however, to stay down on the mat after the match so that Blears could stand over him for awhile in triumph. Had he attempted to stand up, Blears probably would have given him a brutal smack down! GOOD WIN FOR THE CALM, COOL AND METHODICAL ENGLISH LORD!

16:31 They call this spider guard now, easy to see the origins of other arts in this style of Wrestling.

amazing piece of history. this must have been in the waning years of the HLS before they converted into a bowling alley. look at all the empty seats. 1950s equivalent of social distancing

3:19 If pins didn't count, only submissions, Lord Blears could have kept that head scissors on Garibaldi for the rest of the match. 🙂

I'm related to the Garibaldis

Poor Leo.

both well matched but Garibaldi better techincal fighter... hate to see the better man forced to submit here tho