Lou Thesz vs. Ruffy Silverstein (Chicago - 3/17/1950)
Mar 15, 2019 17:26:15 GMT -5
Post by fxnj on Mar 15, 2019 17:26:15 GMT -5
Great and unique Thesz match. Highly recommend reading Yohe's review as well.
19500317 Thesz vs Silverstein
Seems to be a tad divisive based on the somewhat limited sampling of people who've reviewed it. I love it. Yohe wrote a fantastic review of the match breaking down how the match seems to veer off in a shooty direction at points.
wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=004421;p=1#000003
I wrote about the intense and gritty style of matwork used in Londos/Nagurski and Thesz/Anaya, but those are still matches that primarily focus on the technical ability of the competitors. Here, though both guys do display a great deal of talent, it's also a very dirty match just throwing out cheap shots willy nilly and throwing each other out of the ring several times. The backstory according to the review linked is that Silverstein had a rep as a shooter and didn't get along with Thesz. The catalyst for the match getting dirty seems to be when Silverstein puts on a stiff toehold and Thesz retaliates with a stiff slap on a rope break. It's kind of a proto-BattlArts match for how you get the stiff strikes mixed with rugged mat-work. The commentator notes at one point that Silverstein's face is puffed up and bleeding from all the shots Thesz has thrown, but you can't really tell due to a combination of it being black & white and the unclear quality. I loved all the work surrounding the headlocks between the brutal takedowns, the struggle mixed with hard shots, and how they had to tangle themselves up in the ropes to get out of it. Maybe the hardest strike of the match happens at the end of the first fall, when Thesz nails Silverstein with a dropkick that looks to be square in the jaw, and Silverstein seems like he may have hit his head on the mat on the way down though it's not shown on camera. Silverstein looks dazed in the break between falls from that shot. The 2nd and 3rd are pretty quick compared to the 1st, which seems to have irritated some but I thought it made sense considering how much they spent themselves in the first fall and they never strayed from that brutal proto-BattlArts style. Really cool pin by Silverstein to win the second fall. Well worth a watch, but probably would have loved this even more if it was shot with modern equipment. ****3/8
rutube.ru/video/97a212de9b91608316c8c781905efc8d/
19500317 Thesz vs Silverstein
Seems to be a tad divisive based on the somewhat limited sampling of people who've reviewed it. I love it. Yohe wrote a fantastic review of the match breaking down how the match seems to veer off in a shooty direction at points.
wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=004421;p=1#000003
I wrote about the intense and gritty style of matwork used in Londos/Nagurski and Thesz/Anaya, but those are still matches that primarily focus on the technical ability of the competitors. Here, though both guys do display a great deal of talent, it's also a very dirty match just throwing out cheap shots willy nilly and throwing each other out of the ring several times. The backstory according to the review linked is that Silverstein had a rep as a shooter and didn't get along with Thesz. The catalyst for the match getting dirty seems to be when Silverstein puts on a stiff toehold and Thesz retaliates with a stiff slap on a rope break. It's kind of a proto-BattlArts match for how you get the stiff strikes mixed with rugged mat-work. The commentator notes at one point that Silverstein's face is puffed up and bleeding from all the shots Thesz has thrown, but you can't really tell due to a combination of it being black & white and the unclear quality. I loved all the work surrounding the headlocks between the brutal takedowns, the struggle mixed with hard shots, and how they had to tangle themselves up in the ropes to get out of it. Maybe the hardest strike of the match happens at the end of the first fall, when Thesz nails Silverstein with a dropkick that looks to be square in the jaw, and Silverstein seems like he may have hit his head on the mat on the way down though it's not shown on camera. Silverstein looks dazed in the break between falls from that shot. The 2nd and 3rd are pretty quick compared to the 1st, which seems to have irritated some but I thought it made sense considering how much they spent themselves in the first fall and they never strayed from that brutal proto-BattlArts style. Really cool pin by Silverstein to win the second fall. Well worth a watch, but probably would have loved this even more if it was shot with modern equipment. ****3/8
rutube.ru/video/97a212de9b91608316c8c781905efc8d/
