1969 ARMWRESTLING finals on ABC's Wide World of Sports (2 of 2)

The finals are HERE! This is the last clip of the 1969 World Wrist Wrestling Championships on ABC's Wide World of Sports. This was the 8th year of the championships in Petaluma California. Footage provided by David Devoto.
Rod Coates, Mike Dolcini, George Kaleon, Linda Iverson, Nickie Novas, Jim Pollack, Rich Kennedy, Larry Findley, and Tiny Benedix
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[@Fox8ball.]

King of Kontent giving us the kinda inside stuff that's reserved for special occasions

[@armtv]

lol

[@crucifixgym]

So cool you were there for this, Gary, great camera work for 1969!

[@armtv]

lol not bad for not being born yet... :P

[@Godshonestruth]

Duane Tiny Benedix looks 57 not 37. Crazy how people aged differently back then.

[@billf9526]

This was fantastic to watch on a Friday afternoon. Thanks for posting it! I enjoyed the setups... minimal if any jockeying for position and 3 minutes spent grandstanding. Set up, pull, done! That first match was something you'd expect to see in the Over the Top movie! Back and forth. Can't wait to see more like this!

[@armtv]

🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️🕺🕺🕺

[@thecardoski]

Great stuff,thank you.

[@yidy1]

Wow! This is some quality stuff right here! So happy I subscribed!

[@rubenitez7]

We need more of this 💪🏼… awesome content!!

[@tosmove]

Wild world of sports! Man that takes me back. Thanks Gary 💪

[@rrizo6846]

Duane Tiny Benedix was a bull no steroids dude is jacked , liked the way he cracked the opponents wrist to easy win. If this dude took steroids today would prob be fighting levan for title

[@SDSen]

The people back then for some reason looked better physically and had some great matches too, more sense of community too with the audience too, some names there I need to watch more of from all different weight categories

[@armtv]

very interesting huh... wow how things have changed.

[@jjpesty5802]

It's cause theyvwere all natural from hard work and better food. No chips Dips. Candy soda

[@johnstone7092]

cool hairdue. Then again, you dont like people using your material, but you post this? Did you film this? Just a thought...

[@andthebeatgoeson69]

I think 52 years is a pretty solid grace period.

[@armtv]

Read the description… the owner of this event provided us the footage. #DaveDevoto. How else do you think I would have original pre-aired material? 🤦‍♂️

[@armtv]

It’s literally off a TV reel.

[@johnstone7092]

@@armtv I just wanted to give you a comment dopamine hit

[@jax9574]

They need to bring wrist wrestling back on the side, just to experiment it'd be awesome.

[@EricRoussin]

Mickie Novas didn’t feel this coverage was particularly flattering. It’s one of the reasons why she never returned to defend her title.

[@armtv]

Wow!! Very interesting fact Eric… I wouldn’t disagree.

[@joshrowe634]

Nice content Gary. Next time get part 2 out a bit faster then a week.

[@armtv]

Been moving… life has to be balanced with updating! 😬

[@JukeboxAlley]

This is amazing

[@archdawg5688]

BIG like Gary!

[@Namesi]

Wish they would have interviewed Findley - he definitely had the look afterward like he had just been duped.

[@armtv]

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

[@GTIngold]

That bar for a pin line is ridiculous. Just a bit of padding. Imagine Lupkes with his flash pins to that thing

[@armtv]

The pin line is your arm.

[@EricRoussin]

The pin bar was just used in the 1969 contest.

[@GTIngold]

@@EricRoussin thank you. Any reason why. I mean it seems legitimately dangerous.

[@armtv]

@@EricRoussin uhhh how did I miss this. lol.

[@EricRoussin]

@@GTIngold I suspect the pin bar was added to make the pins easier to call and they wanted the contest to appear more organized. Because the objective in wristwrestling is to pin your opponent to your forearm, you can be tempted to lift your forearm off the table. Just speculating. In any event, they quickly ditched the pin bar. Whether it’s because there were injuries or people just didn’t like them, I’m not sure…

[@devoncyplenkov7746]

Nice

[@Gnathorn]

I want my ARM TV!

[@jax9574]

That 290 pounder guy looked strong asf at the end, how tall was he?

[@billf9526]

And I think they had his occupation as "Hog Carrier"? I believe it!

[@jax9574]

@@billf9526 Beast, proper unit, looks like them big burly characters from Italian gangster films.

[@billf9526]

@@jax9574 A real Goombah to be sure!

[@EricRoussin]

@@billf9526 Finley was actually a “hod carrier”. Hod carriers work alongside Brickmasons, Bricklayers, and Stonemasons where they carried bricks, stones, mortar, and other construction materials necessary for each project.

[@jax9574]

​@@EricRoussin What's the name of the winner? He is huge built like a toilet, such raw power looked like he wasn't even trying, he's impressed me more than many of the pullers of today. Hope we can find more footage of him.

[@AaronCastillo]

Whoa... that dude was 37 years old... dang I feel old. Ha.

[@armtv]

He would be 89 if he is still around. Would be cool to find family. Son would still be 69!! 🤯

[@EricRoussin]

@@armtv Unfortunately he passed away in 1985 at the age of 53.

[@tideivlife1]

Final was suspect

[@Fox8ball.]

👁️❤️💪📺

[@altair227]

No technique at all haha

[@johndave8017]

2nd