The Wrestling Game (1962) part 1 of 2

The Wrestling Game (1962)
British Professional Wrestling. The venue is The ABC Cinema, Harrow Road/Edgeware Road, St. Johns Wood near Paddington. The show took place on Saturday 6th October 1962.
Tag Match: Rebel Ray Hunter & Dave Larsen vs Dennis Dean & Docker Don Stedman. Judo Al Hayes vs Gori Ed Mangotich. Peter Cortez vs Zoltan Boscik. Jon Cortez vs Johnny Williams.
Referee Max Ward.
Narrated by John Slater.
Written by Peter Marcus.
Black & White.
Sound.

[@tornmask1]

this is the kind of pro-wrestling that will always be remembered forever, cheers!

[@BREMENMURRAY]

Golden Age of British Professional Wrestling

[@Hispavox1000]

hot!!!!

[@rteubler]

@swfcocs1 The "protecting the business" era has long gone. Kendo Nagasaki IMHO was the best wrestler of the ITV era. Other heels who were not in the same league but nonetheless entertaining were Johnny Kincaid, Roger Wells, Rollerball Rocco, Mick McManus, Crybaby Sid Cooper, Bobby Barnes. They all had their own unique style. Thanks to reruns of World of Sport we can at last relive classic wrestling bouts.

[@rteubler]

@swfcocs1 It is the same Max Ward from the "glory days" on ITV. Whether the public regarded the wrestling as kayfabe or as a shoot, it doesn't really matter. The fact that milions regularly watched the wrestling at 4pm on Saturday afternoons on ITV's World of Sport is testament to the draw that wrestling had, especially in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's.

[@TheMaxx111]

That film looks like it is from 1907.

[@paladin313]

Nice power bomb at 1:10

[@rteubler]

@swfcocs1 The wrestlers certainly did maintain the illusion of kayfabe in their encounters with fans.

[@Ironbulluk]

Was this made by the BBC?

[@rteubler]

@Ironbulluk No

[@auxbel]

good wrestling but better if they jump over the ropes