Donn Lewin vs Leo Garibaldi (California, 04/30/51)
Apr 13, 2022 5:39:42 GMT -5
Post by club on Apr 13, 2022 5:39:42 GMT -5
Donn Lewin vs Leo Garibaldi (California, 04/30/51)
This was a tremendous technical hold/counter hold type of match. It was comparable to stuff like Jon Cortez v Keith Haward or even Billy Robinson v Nick Bockwinkel in that it's a rough, believable match with a palpable sense of competition. Both guys are really working, you see them struggling, straining for counters that fail as often as they come off.
Watching old matches like this it's always fun to see things that no one does anymore. Here the grappling built to many cool moments that look so fresh 70 years later: a diving body press countered by a body scissors, the same body scissors countered by a giant swing, a rolling short arm scissors, a short head scissors into a piledriver, etc.
Props to the excellent commentary as well. The monologue about being glad to see guys who wrestle instead of what he refers to as "hippodrome artists" might be the earliest version of wrestling vs sports entertainment I can think of.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzvsDTbVo0Y
This was a tremendous technical hold/counter hold type of match. It was comparable to stuff like Jon Cortez v Keith Haward or even Billy Robinson v Nick Bockwinkel in that it's a rough, believable match with a palpable sense of competition. Both guys are really working, you see them struggling, straining for counters that fail as often as they come off.
Watching old matches like this it's always fun to see things that no one does anymore. Here the grappling built to many cool moments that look so fresh 70 years later: a diving body press countered by a body scissors, the same body scissors countered by a giant swing, a rolling short arm scissors, a short head scissors into a piledriver, etc.
Props to the excellent commentary as well. The monologue about being glad to see guys who wrestle instead of what he refers to as "hippodrome artists" might be the earliest version of wrestling vs sports entertainment I can think of.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzvsDTbVo0Y
