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Post by fxnj on Mar 13, 2019 3:48:59 GMT -5
Excellent Golden Age that I've seen scant pimping for. Worked face/face with 40 minutes of these guys just tearing it up on the mat with minimal shenanigans, and it's glorious. Carpentier has a rep for being really athletic given the size and time period he wrestled in, and this match is a hell of a showcase for his a talents. Gagne is his usual awesome self. Need to rewatch, but I'm pretty confident it's making my list.
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Post by jetlag on Apr 26, 2019 13:49:18 GMT -5
Second.
A 1950s match with great technique. Carpentier had a stream of cool shit up his sleeve to keep you entertained and due to the usual 1950s level of caution and uncooperativeness this always felt like a contest. Gagne lived up to his wrestlers wrestler reputation with some gritty old wristlock work/finger bending that looked nasty as hell. Both guys stopping the niceties and throwing punches and Carpentier selling the effects of the sleeper hold made for quite the epic 3rd fall. Bodyslams and rope running looked just brutal then.
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Post by Cap on Jun 19, 2019 18:14:22 GMT -5
Third
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Post by yojianjodefence on Jul 19, 2022 3:33:44 GMT -5
I'm not a big Verne guy but I am more of a Carpentier guy. I was really into this. Good stuff on the mat, really solid sense of struggle for the most part and escalates nicely.
Added curio that the commentator appears to prefigure the worst aspects of modern insufferable, checked out, indieriffic patter - at one point he apologises for having just sparked up a fag, at another he spends a minute slagging off a ringside photographer.
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Post by elliott on Aug 27, 2023 0:25:42 GMT -5
Tremendous. Carpentier looks amazing. Verne of course is Verne. One of the all time greats. One of those matches you have huge expectations because of the names on paper & then it lives up to the hype
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