Ilio DiPaolo and Bruno Samarino vs Hans Schmidt and Dick "The Bulldog" Brower

[@catyear75]

DiPaolo was a true great in the ring ! He’s often overlooked today , but he should be counted with the greats !

[@robertcornelius3514]

Something we forget, and that's a working class crowd that just got off work from an American factory. A lot of home pride back in the day.

[@robertcornelius3514]

@Leland Jaxson SPAM

[@tomdecuca3627]

Yes indeed. You know I miss that simple life. Those were good days.

[@josephbiddle4567]

My mom and dad were there

[@robertcornelius3514]

@@josephbiddle4567 , that is so cool. Now we only have underwear models dancing in the ring who think they're wrestlers.

[@bramirez3330]

It was a true wrestling crowd.

[@joemink890]

Love this. Two of the all-time great faces against two of the all-time great heels. I imagine this was before Bruno became WWWF champion.

[@josephbiddle4567]

My mom once stood up and yelled at Hans Shcmidt to pick on someone your own size. He said come on down lady. She started down and security had to stop her. Lol

[@josephbiddle4567]

I get it honestly

[@richardmorris7063]

I can picture that happening.

[@mikebitting8616]

That’s pure entertainment sir

[@little-herc]

I can’t believe I used to watch this shit as a kid but I’m still watching it now! I’m ashame if myself . 😂

[@MyNameIsSTILLUnavailable]

U a gangsta wit it and I respect that tho

[@boopah4365]

This is so much clearer and easier to see than alot of those 70's & 80's matches on here.

[@HowardCShawIII]

Perhaps because this is from film, whereas the other matches are tape captures of broadcast television?

[@shymeeee]

Ilio is a little before my time but he was a good (real) wrestler,. I love this era. It needs to make comeback.

[@saswatamaitra2765]

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[@terryengland3212]

I think it's spelled Sammartino. Much respect to Bruno, Schmidt, Brower, and especially the hugely underrated star: Ilio DiPaolo!!!

[@bonnierouse8275]

I went to Maple Leaf Gardens to watch these guys wben i was 16 years old. Great stuff.

[@saswatamaitra2765]

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[@alwilson3204]

So much for watching an old match with Bruno!

[@jpozenel]

I remember watching Hans Schmidt doing TV studio matches in Cleveland in the 70s. Bulldog showed up often as well. Hans had these bumps all over his body, like ping pong balls under his skin. You can see it in this video as well, but it got worse over time. Always wondered what condition that was.

[@FranBushardt]

NWF & IWF

[@terrycg]

I remember watching matches from Buffalo on TV in the 60's. Will you be adding anymore matches?

[@charlesschaum5849]

Remember bruno in Pittsburgh alot of fun

[@shanebush2751]

When wrestling was great!

[@saswatamaitra2765]

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[@oldmoneyswag6504]

Dick "The Bulldog Brower" Wilmington Delaware's Finest

[@tomdecuca3627]

I used to see him in Flint and Detroit. I saw him wrestle Lou Thesz one night. Both those guy could wrestle. I learned a few yrs ago Bulldog Brower was a real good wrestler in the 1950s .

[@saswatamaitra2765]

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[@kevinbrown-ge6sz]

It looks like Bruno was able to reverse his hair loss from the time this match happened until he got his run as WWWF champ.

[@FranBushardt]

The Voice Of Wrestling WBEN-TV CHUCK HEALY. From The Memorial Auditorium Buffalo NY!

[@troyelich9307]

What year is this?

[@秀樹今井-e3t]

プロレスと、特にタッグマッチの基本が詰まってる。ファンも勉強になる。

[@GOKU_868]

What Year Was This Match?

[@warrenhoffman653]

Curious what year this was

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@josephbiddle4567]

The Blasedell pizza king

[@nickmad887]

RIP BRUNO CHAMP.

[@merccadoosis8847]

If Sanmartino hadn't cheated and stayed in the corner like the ref told him to do, we could have had a clear winner in this match. No bigger geek in pro wrestling than him. Because of that I'd give the win to Bulldog and Schmidtty.

[@peteparry9730]

Was this match in the old NWF that promoted matches in Upstate NY, in arenas like in Buffalo and Utica?

[@gibby100]

No that was early 70’s

[@FranBushardt]

Buffalo Promotor Pedro Martinez Before the NWF But Same Promotor as the NWF

[@JK-ld8cd]

wow , what a wreak

[@spectrumlocalb191]

What year?

[@jpwjr1199]

It's gotta be really, really early. 1960 or 61'

[@jrekdal]

January 1963

[@leemclaury6251]

Bull dog was a short , mountain of solid rock . Rock hard huge gut on him.

[@danielhackman9810]

Like Otis in wwe

[@leemclaury6251]

Like the size on Ottis . Big huge gut in him . Not as solid as bulldog but must weigh a lot more . His gut his HUGE

[@mda1218]

luv seein em exchange gut busters ! 👊🏼 solid ball bellies : barked / jolted but never bent over !

[@josephbiddle4567]

My mom and dad were definitely there if in Buffalo

[@joeblow7407]

Certainly an EZ payday for the guys!!!!!!

[@joeblow7407]

Bulldog wrestled Bruno many times for the WWWF title in the 60"s......As late as 1979 he wrestled Bob Backlund for the WWWF title. A long career indeed!.....the 'One Man Riot Squad.'.........Fine job!!!!!!!......Hans was a Canadian and a distinguished member of the RAF in WWII......he fought the Germans. Kudos!!!!!

[@MrHmg55]

I was going to say the fans who came for this match didn't get much for their money, but the announcement at the end told us that this was the final fall of a 2-out-of-3-falls match. I hope the first two falls were better than this. They barely touched each other, all the kicks and punches looked really weak, especially Brower's.

[@Danimal1177]

Most matches back then were 2 out of 3 falls i think.

[@kevinm6790]

Samarino??

[@satinwhip]

Isn't that Lance Russell calling the match?

[@ginnymagurno7796]

Maybe

[@FranBushardt]

@@ginnymagurno7796Buffalo’s Chuck Healy From Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo!

[@raypratt3611]

Wow,this really was ACTING,not much physicality at all!!BRUNO was punching the top rope instead of glancing shots or side of the fist!!but u can truly see the acting part of it,the artform of selling the story,just not realistic WHATSOEVER,but still pretty cool

[@tomdecuca3627]

You had to be there. It was pretty fun!!

[@jamie.777]

Hans was a big dude

[@DrJReefer]

Brower power

[@johnc4372]

I'm shocked how bad the "work" is in this. You can clearly see they aren't really hitting each other and basically play fighting. If this was today, it would be booed.

[@filmdyret]

Great burly men 🐻

[@larrybaker9924]

Those little powder puff punches, would not break an egg.

[@mda1218]

exchange of gut shots at 2:00...looked like they found the bulls eye : Bull Dog’s eyes bugged out !

[@josephbiddle4567]

And today's WWE is real? Common Man!

[@kevinm6790]

@@josephbiddle4567How do you know if Larry is a common man? 😂

[@gothard5]

I thought it was Bulldog Bob Brower

[@nytexproduction1982]

This wasn't in the wwwf was it Bruno save the www and the wwf

[@rickrick5041]

Bruno wasn’t much involved in this match

[@chevytom55]

title wrong bruno samar T ino and for the record, i loved your dad jr. nicest man i ever met when at dinner there during italian feast

[@alwilson3204]

It is stupidly wrong, but try Sammartino, it's one word and show a tad of respect to the greatest wrestling champ in history.

[@lancethiele]

That’s the oldest hard core match I’ve ever seen. Weapons from under the ring in the 60s? Wow.

[@MyNameIsSTILLUnavailable]

Samarino

[@wallybeery4058]

Samartino and The Bulldog were great - they sure weren't gym-rats. Today's wrestling would benefit from having some guys like them involved. They're more fun to watch - more primal and brutal and genuinely so, not hamming it up (ok, well sometimes! But sometimes not!).

[@josephbiddle4567]

ILLIO FOR WWE HALL OF FAME

[@ronsharer2986]

Kinda looks like the ref lost control of this one before it started.

[@HowardCShawIII]

Right at the beginning, he does a little jump and simultaneous shift back and forth of the feet - seems like the same thing I've seen from Lou Costello and Jerome Horwitz (Curly Howard) as an expression of anger. Interesting.

[@richardcoreno]

"The Teuton Terror"

[@katharinahiebel1488]

Regen

[@jimclark6256]

If that's hitting, I could beat all 4. Sad

[@hexkwondo]

Yeah ok buddy

[@MrMferg240]

lol, BRUNO SAMMARTINO WOULD HAVE KICKED YOUR ASS WHEN HE WAS 70 YEARS OLD.

[@photonicus]

Not as sad as your low comprehension. If you really hurt the other guy, you're not doing your job right. You need him to work long term programs/feuds. You need him so both of you keep getting PAID

[@MrDrokkul]

Not one single tope to the outside or moonsault! What were these guys thinking? Everybody knows that if you want to get over you HAVE to all do the same moves and have all your promos scripted!

[@katharinahiebel1488]

91207

[@mda1218]

Llio : 100% male ...

[@richardmorris7063]

My god this is bad.

[@tommyrregina1227]

NO TAKING THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN .😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😇

[@migaudiblenofourdigitbullshit]

@@tommyrregina1227 MY god you are to pray my son.

[@tommyrregina1227]

​@@migaudiblenofourdigitbullshitGOD

[@katharinahiebel1488]

Lauf

[@raymondf1000]

Soooooooo fake.

[@josephbiddle4567]

Entertainment, Common Man!

[@nytexproduction1982]

Silly match

[@fuqui035]

Wrestling was boring

[@vintage_85]

this sucked