Verne Gagne & Bobby Bruns vs Al Williams & Rudy Kay (5/1950); Lou Thesz vs Bronko Nagurski (10/1951)

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Chicago Film Archives presents "Wrestling from Chicago"

4 жыл бұрын

00:05 Verne Gagne & Bobby Bruns vs Al Williams & Rudy Kay "Australian Tag Team Match." 12 May 1950 at the Chicago International Amphitheatre.
30:00 Lou Thesz vs Bronko Nagurski "World Championship Match." With an appearance by Ed "Strangler" Lewis. 5 October 1951 at the Chicago International Amphitheatre.
Russ & Sylvia Davis Collection, 16mm, B&W, Sound. F.2008-04-0270.
The digitization of this film was sponsored by Matthew Gromala.
Please e-mail info@chicagofilmarchives.org if you are interested in sponsoring the digitization and preservation of other matches from this collection.
For more information on CFA's wrestling films, visit the Russ & Sylvia Davis Collection page on our website: chicagofilmarchives.org/collec...

Пікірлер: 40

@grawakendream8980 3 жыл бұрын

Pappy Davis maybe the greatest wrestling commentator of all time. He made a good mix of belief and disbelief to give it a timeless feel, rather than over-committing or under-committing. Classic stuff

@MrChristopherHaas 3 жыл бұрын

GR AWAKENDREAM AGREED!

@jonathanturbide2232 4 жыл бұрын

Another terrific gem being shared by this awesome channel, it's always great to see rare vintage matches of Verne and Thesz! 👍✌

@lesleychastain3376 2 жыл бұрын

Love boxing and wrestling. Love the fights and fighters. Love the action. Can't get enough of the competition. Long live sports and athletes and the gagne family.

@shikat2371 2 жыл бұрын

It was Nagurski who sidelined Thesz for over a year after delivering a flying tackle that sent Thesz over the top rope and landed outside the ring where Thesz accidentally crushed his left patella during their championship match 12 years prior. Antibiotics were not available yet to the masses. So, if a wrestler got injured, it would've taken a heck of a long time for him to recover.

@billalexander9181 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you are adding more matches. This is the best find for wrestling in years!! Hope more are on the way?

@chicagofilmarchivespresent1774 4 жыл бұрын

Email us if you're interested in sponsoring the digitization of more matches!

@grawakendream8980 3 жыл бұрын

@@chicagofilmarchivespresent1774 Do you have a match list of the more matches? Thanks!

@transitseeker9455 3 жыл бұрын

GR AWAKENDREAM They certainly do, if you get them your email, they can send it your way!

@jasoncrozier2575 2 жыл бұрын

@@chicagofilmarchivespresent1774 As a wrestling scholar I’d be extremely interested to see more matches from the late 1960s and early 1970s

@georgejohnson1064 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely classic. That's such a treat to see these guys. Absolute legends

@bradnimbus4836 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to upload!

@davidjones6470 4 жыл бұрын

Nice upload 👍

@thaboyshawn5911 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see Strangler Lewis ringside beside Lou Thesz two tremendous champions that represented what wrestling was and grappled at the highest degree

@skinhead-ej8ff 4 жыл бұрын

Verne is so young

@grawakendream8980 3 жыл бұрын

30:00 Not sure if this is the first time I've seen thesz vs nagurski. I think so! this was early enough to connect thesz with the previous era. since you can find nagurski vs sonnenberg elsewhere. and sonnenberg met strangler lewis. thanks for uploading. stylistically it looks closer to the work of lewis, londos etc. by the end of the 50s things seemed established to the modern style that went through the 80s

@bluemarbel1242 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Verne has a full head of hair and I didn't recognize him. LOL

@transitseeker9455 4 жыл бұрын

3 former world champs, the then-current champ and a future world champ (AWA) all in the same upload, once again thank you CFA for preserving this amazing footage!

@chicagofilmarchivespresent1774 4 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU Matt for sponsoring the digitization of this match!

@transitseeker9455 4 жыл бұрын

Chicago Film Archives presents "Wrestling from Chicago" It was my pleasure! Next time I have some extra cash I’ll email Matt again, there were a few more reels on that list I’m intrigued by the matches!

@seanwilson4885 3 жыл бұрын

My god Thesz was a savage in the ring. You can see he was still there to wrestle even though it was a performance.

@risboturbide9396 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! A rare 2 for 1 on this channel; love it! Thank you 🍻🍻

@seangoodwin3046 9 ай бұрын

Three cheers for Rudy and Al. Another good match from them. I cannot remember an Al and Rudy match that was not at least entertaining, usually much more. They were a fun team that worked really well together. You can tell Russ loved them.

@carlosr6462 2 жыл бұрын

Al Williams looks bad ass with those tattoos.

@frankfrank9437 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful headscissors!

@rickyusa1000 4 жыл бұрын

Never seen Verne with so much hair!

@mda1218 8 ай бұрын

high testosterone count took care of that !

@RobinoviHudovi 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing channel! Keep uploading these classics! You are preserving the history!

@mda1218 2 жыл бұрын

love seein inked dude take it back then, when tatts were intimidating

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 3 жыл бұрын

Nagurski was built like a Draught Horse .

@mda1218 8 ай бұрын

100% 🐂

@richardwakefield5569 3 жыл бұрын

Verne Gagne and Bobby Burns vs. Al Williams and Rudy Kay May 12, 1950. Bronko Nagurski vs. Lou Thesz October 5, 1951.

@TheKatsumin1024 2 жыл бұрын

ガニアのパートナーのボビーブランズ(8:24で出てくる)はこの試合の翌年に日本で駐留軍慰問のために日本で最初のプロレスを公開。そのすぐ後に見学していた力道山や遠藤幸吉を教えて、力道山の日本デビューの相手(10分1本勝負引き分け)をしてます。力道山は米国へ修行、帰国して大スターになります。ボビーブランズは日本のプロレス史において大事な人物です。