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Crowd shot from Jim Londos vs. Kola Kwariani

Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 02:54:47 No.11210229 View View Reply Original Report

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110,000 fans in attendance. the all time pro wrestling record. Londos is the #1 box office draw in wrestling history.
this is the most popular that wrestling has ever been in it's history.
October 22, 1933 in Athens, Greece at the Panathenaic Stadium. the referee of the match was the great George Tragos who is also known for training Lou Thesz.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 03:03:53 No.11210325 Report

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If anti-smarks had any integrity in their beliefs they would worship Londos the top draw and therefore the greatest wrestler of all time. But they don’t

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 03:05:04 No.11210341 Report

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>>11210325
Nah, that's Spartacus

Guy was such a draw that he broke kayfabe and led a shoot revolt and nearly fucking won

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 03:06:37 No.11210353 Report

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It's better over all to just ignore people suck
>Rest holds

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 03:22:57 No.11210493 Report

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>>11210325
I do.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 03:26:56 No.11210523 Report

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Why is the picture so shitty?

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 03:29:23 No.11210543 Report

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>>11210523
this is supposedly a clip of the match but the video description is in some gobbledygook language. it's all greek to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KBS0KurR74

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 04:38:26 No.11211063 Report

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I like these old matches with commentary. Cool time capsule
https://youtu.be/cqIHV0m29FU

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 04:42:42 No.11211087 Report

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>>11211063
There's so much downtime and lock ups in this that its pretty boring, but the chain wrestling is great when they're just trying to take control of the other guy and pin them with the occasional slam. It's sad how fucking lame technical shit looks today with guys like ZSJ where it just looked like they're two fags spinning around on the mat together with no force

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 05:21:45 No.11211302 Report

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>>11210543
Kek

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 05:26:46 No.11211327 Report

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>>11210229
Unfortunately, 35k of those people were there to take tickets and sell popcorn

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 05:27:41 No.11211334 Report

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>>11211063
Holy shit how can a match from 70 years ago be this good. Holy fuck they did everything in that classic 2 out of 3 falls match.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 05:31:21 No.11211358 Report

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>>11211334
Its hard for me to watch the whole thing, but I dont really like any non-live wrestling matches. What I notice instantly is how much better the fundamentals are. Hitting the ropes especially. Its basically just they'll throw their opponent against the ropes and use that momentum instantly. Its a parody now how they'll run the entire way across the ring after hitting the ropes. The way they used to do it is just pure momentum from the ropes.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 05:32:42 No.11211368 Report

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>>11210229
they were forced to be there

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 05:54:27 No.11211472 Report

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>>11210325
dave meltzer unironically does

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 06:30:11 No.11211673 Report

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>>11210229
that's the worked number announced for the forced marks so they didnt get cute and try anything. the actual attendance number was much closer to 40,000 and that IS COUNTING everyone, including soldiers, personnel, media and production; which also doubled as stage hands back then.

this event would also see the first use of the pedigree, but it was called 'the wayward horse.'

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 06:38:35 No.11211709 Report

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>>11211087
ZSJ is one of the few guys trying to keep catch wrestling alive, don't knock on the guy cause he isn't as good as the very best to ever do it

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