The Original Sheik of Araby vs Mighty Jumbo 1950's professional wrestling

This is a clip of a match featuring two of the great gimmick wrestlers of the 50's. Here the most hated heel in wrestling over the 1950's and 1960's, The Sheik takes on the behemoth Mighty Jumbo. The Sheik would own the Detroit Territory but would headline across the country. Born as Ed Farhat, the University of Michigan football player would morph into one of the most hated wrestlers of all time. The mad man Sheik uses every weapon at his disposal here. This clip is from a great highlight film featuring the most popular wrestlers from the 50's. The film is a bit rough and jumps in spots but is great fun. This film was put out by the Schlitz Brewing Company and distributors would loan the films to local bars for an event.
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[@keepingupwithmatimba]

is it just me or has anyone else been watching/ wanting to learn more about the old days ? cuz- man oh man... i have- and not ashamed lol-

[@BanjoBillyBob]

Only wrestling I watch now

[@cesasilva8478]

I agree man

[@Baneslayer]

This old footage is 100x's better than the garbage they broadcast on wwe currently in 2022.

[@adjay1995]

Yeah it seems like not much is said before the 80s really wwe sometimes show likes of Bruno but nothing prior to that

[@ifgwelf]

It's really interesting to research the silver era

[@kaneconklin3037]

some of these matches are on the wwe network now so excited to watch them

[@sampson1959]

this is ed farhat circa 1958=59.the slave girl was his wife joyce.they were really fine,fine people.

[@Tobariellum]

They also had a tag team fight together in April 59. The lost to Red Bastien and Haystacks Calhoun on April 20th at the Uline Arena in Washington DC

[@damontsekos365]

+sampson1959...And in real life they were Roman Catholic not Muslim!

[@daveearles5472]

Sheik was the promoter of Big Time Wrestling in Detroit from 1964-1980

[@fixpacifica]

We were little kids and loved the shows when they came to the Fairgrounds Coliseum in Columbus. Blood everywhere. Cheering for Bobo Brazil to give the Sheik coco-butts.

[@EmperorMAR]

The background on where this came from is facinating.

[@liveclassictunes]

I'm a huge Sheik fan and have seen just about everything except this match... thanks for posting it.

[@WrestlingFilms1]

That's great, I'm glad you found a match you hadn't seen before. That's one of my favorite things about finding and transferring the old films.

[@Staszu13]

Best Sheik story ever, courtesy of Jim Cornette. Some guy Farhat went to college with showed up at Cobo Hall for a card, demanding Ed, whom we recognized, come out of the dressing room. Sheik RAN out of the dressing room, bear hugs the guy, whispers in his ear "I AM Ed Farhat, and I will kill you!" Guy runs off, never heard from again

[@Marcos_cap_cut_ofc]

Hi

[@bagett06x]

1:21 what a fucking quote 👏

[@blacklyrics1879]

Old is gold

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

This is great!

[@THECLARENCES]

So cool!The Sheik was an innovator!Thanks for posting!Xoxo The Clarences (Robert, Erin & Leslie)

[@WrestlingFilms1]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed the match.

[@THECLARENCES]

We most certainly did!

[@realworld2494]

Came across this video after just watching AEW tonight damn

[@bizzybezz]

Wrestling back then was really treated like a circus I mean just listen to the commentary

[@Haywire_HotRod]

mike carpio it used to be a circus act

[@josephforest7605]

Still is a circus .Jumbo could have crushed The Sheik in real life .Also there was no way ,The Sheik could have used the Camel Clutch on Jumbo .

[@bottledsoul]

1:30 Keenan Thompson is not impressed.

[@mikefelock4545]

Ha! Good one !

[@ogome2927]

it’s interesting to watch this, one black man in a white majority audience during segregation, man hopefully he was alright

[@tlo65]

@@ogome2927 could be a northern state. My grandfather played high school football in the 30s with black guys at a ohio high school.

[@trentaccid2177]

THANKS TO SABU I MET ED FARHAT IN THE BACK OF THE ECW ARENA IN PHILADELPHIA AND HE WAS SO IMPRESSED WHEN SABU TOLD HIM WHILE WORKING FOR THE SPECTRUM I CONSTANTLY WOULD ASK VINCE AND LINDA MCMAHON IF THEY WERE GOING TO BRING IN ED TO THE WWF WHEN WE WOULD HAVE WRESTLING IN OUR BUILDING EACH MONTH. I GO PICTURES WITH ED AND THEN ALMOST SAID THANKYOU TO HIM USING HIS NAME ED, CAUGHT MYSELF AND JUST RENEMBER HOW BIG HIS HANDS WERE.

[@AldershotDave]

1:05 "The Sheik is quick to retaliate as he grabs Jumbo by the ears and throws him out of the ring"! No he doesn't! He first grabs his t-shirt/leotard, then he puts his hand behind Jumbo's neck and eventually gets him out of the ring!

[@TV_chio_ofc]

Do you have any dot dotson matches please post this fight on your channel 😢😢

[@irene_gordon_]

So it is

[@marietucci2111]

Crazy matches.

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

Very good vintage wrestling

[@bumblebeemoi]

I hate the smart aleck remarks from the narrator.

[@davesmith6624]

The Sheik just isn't the game without the biting someone's forehead, foreign objacts or throwing fireballs.

[@AntoRetroGamer]

Dave Smith In fairness, this was in his younger days, where he didn't rely on shortcuts inside the ring. The Sheik was much more then biting, foreign objects and fireballs, despite what the nay-sayers claim.

[@nickmad887]

love it

[@brucemoose9792]

You have anything on Willie Two Bears? NWA 50's and 60's.

[@McDaniels.]

Better than Roman Reigns tho

[@Almighty4u]

🎉🎉woow

[@TV_chio_ofc]

Hey is everything good with you

[@mostofavai785]

Nice

[@michael-johnbrown1876]

Could have counted to six and he would have still won thats the slowest three count i have ever seen lol

[@valentinejules8672]

Thanks u jumbo

[@brucesturton8521]

I think the young lady, with the sheik, is Joyce farhat his wife.

[@animeOfDarkness405]

The future now playing wwe2k20 with anime characters

[@jokerswank6082]

Lol, his "slave girl" happens to be his wife. Also funny how the announcer doesn't know the difference between Arabs and Persians. Pretty sure the Sheik was billed from the Syrian desert.

[@josephforest7605]

The Sheik is also buried in a Catholic cemetery .

[@jokerswank6082]

Yeah and? I've met catholics from the middle east

[@josephforest7605]

@@jokerswank6082 He was doing a Muslim prayer to Allah .If he did that today , the crap would really hit the fan .

[@jokerswank6082]

That's nothing imho

[@tomconstance2391]

@@josephforest7605 And is a US veteran

[@callmeking1318]

Ppl didn’t no this was a work 🤯🤯🤯

[@anegg1369]

Well, no. It was treated as a genuine form of sport back then.

[@callmeking1318]

An Egg lmao but nothing about this looks real it looks more like a cartoon the it does an actual athletic contest

[@anegg1369]

CallMe King they were different times back then.

[@MochoStudiosYT]

It was the 1950's times were MUCH MUCH MUCH different back then. They did not have. Different camera cuts, big camera crew, or anything we have now.

[@Knowthyself-zf3fy]

Harem...

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

the original WWE

[@phillipchmiel4861]

Announcer is annoying.

[@tampabaybuccaneersfan7904]

Sheik was mean to his woman.

[@daveearles5472]

That's his wife, just a gimmick

[@josephforest7605]

@@daveearles5472 Wrestling a gimmick??? NO!!!

[@hebibovicsead7629]

2018

[@aromalbs7601]

Wwe

[@lendrury2771]

Fuckin jumbo was the man !!!!!!

[@YektaMetehan7]

Oğlum ne eski

[@jakeketter8764]

wwf?

[@morallygrayy]

WWWF was created in 1963

[@jakeketter8764]

@@morallygrayy bro this comment is so old I dont even remember why I commented that

[@morallygrayy]

@@jakeketter8764 Man it is old 😂 Well i am glad that, you are one of the rare guys that comment after an old comment.

[@lautheimpaler4686]

Meanwhile, Mexico had better characters as well as better wrestling.

[@bumblebeemoi]

Hate this announcer. He thinks he's funny.

[@steveswangler6373]

+Philip Bourdon you do realize that the announcer is reading a script and it is 50's style right?

[@aschraub9897]

Lol not as annoying as most modern wrestling announcers

[@Baneslayer]

Looks like Macho Man Randy Savage took some notes on treating women from The Shiek. 😂

[@master_roshi8849]

this is way better than john cenas new move