Marty Jones v Jean Pierre Auvert

Seconds away, round one!

[@AbdulRashid-ii9xz]

I have this match recorded on vhs so many memories.

[@rebeccajones9352]

Thanks to whoever posted. Good to see the family on there together

[@getstek]

Thanks for sharing Arthur

[@BREMENMURRAY]

Very impressive wrestlers

[@lesreed7943]

Ahh, the joys of a Betamax or VHS recording!

[@peterfenton2750]

Jones "powerlock" submission hold won him many a bout..lethal.

[@djgaryowens]

Did they also shorten the programme when they moved it to lunchtime i believe they did, but I still watched every week then American wrestling began on British TV even more fixed that was.

[@arthurpsycho4214]

It was all worked, British and American alike. Not fixed, that implied a fraudulent "knobbling" of what should have been a legitimate sporting contest. Wrestling, professional wrestling at least, ceased to be that in the 1920s. It was/is entertainment. That's not to say some of the wrestlers weren't tough. Some were very tough it's just that it had no bearing on the matches.

[@djgaryowens]

So how come you could never bet on wrestling matches then? The bookies knew that the winner had already been decided before they entered the ring. I don't say EVERY match was fixed but most were.

[@arthurpsycho4214]

@@djgaryowens you have misunderstood me Gary. ALL matches were predetermined you're right, but fixed is not the right term. The term used in the buisness is worked. You can't "fix" a pro wrestling match because there's really no such thing. Its entertainment. If a match is not worked you will hear it described as a shoot but In pro wrestling that is exceptionally rare.

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

@@arthurpsycho4214 Shoots happen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iquQgJeletdjibM Also there's nothing to stop two people having a legit Catch Wrestling match in a ring with pro-style rules: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZXVm5imapaohLs

[@frankthomas4253]

Marty Jones, with his contemporary Mark Rocco, one of those who if it started "for real" was more than capable of handling himself..

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Most wrestlers in Britain were shooters at least. Even Big Daddy knew a tiny bit about shooting.

[@markitg1972]

Is that a very West German looking Belgian flag at the start ?

[@gingerboy99]

Looks Belgian to me

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Depends which way round it is.

[@markitg1972]

@@kurtvanderbogarde8402 SIdeways !!!