Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk Empty Arena Match 1981
Added 2025-07-20 16:00:12 +0000 UTCThis was the first...shall we say "less than recent" match I've watched? Saying "old" feels a little harsh. ;) This was such a treat and I welcome more suggestions from this era! Thank you, SL Bacio!
WATCH HERE: https://streamable.com/31rcq5
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You accidentally stumbling upon Joseph Monticello one of the top wrestling writers currently active in the wrestling space and upon Kawada and Misawa is genuinely hilarious I love that sm
Paul Watson
2025-08-06 09:16:04 +0000 UTCAdding to my list!!
Briesbe
2025-07-22 23:21:00 +0000 UTCTo my understanding the origins of Pro Wrestling were the traveling Carnivals of the late 1800’s early 1900’s. There would be these traveling tough men who would fight each other, and sometimes fight volunteers from the crowd. Eventually guys would start fixing the fights to add more drama. This then spun off into traveling wrestling shows, and local wrestling territories that had local TV slots. I don’t think he’s the first, but the person to popularize the modern wrestling character was Gorgeous George. I think this is a little later in his career but here’s an interesting George match. https://youtu.be/SMUcbiRbAa8?si=pvan1PzSk45wLGB5
Dylan
2025-07-20 21:26:53 +0000 UTC
