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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 8, 2020 14:30:40 GMT -5
Click through to the tweet, there are many gifs posted. This is so far ahead of its time it is amazing. Some good 60s French lucha things I think this is my favorite - monkey flip countered with a flip, ref catches a wrestlers after a dodged flying crossbody (can't embed due to uncensored f bomb in the tweet above it) twitter.com/secretwrestlin1/status/1214693748346687493 |
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Post by Heinz Doofenschmirtz on Jan 8, 2020 15:40:07 GMT -5
Went and watched all the gifs the account posted. I wanna see the whole match.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jan 8, 2020 15:42:56 GMT -5
Those spot monkeys are going to kill the business!
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Post by ANuclearError on Jan 8, 2020 15:44:02 GMT -5
Someone linked to a Youtube channel which looks to have archived a bunch of this as well.
The one thing that stood out to me is how much people would be accused of "killing the business" etc. if they repeated these spots verbatim. Time really is a flat circle.
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Post by autisticgeordie on Jan 8, 2020 16:45:31 GMT -5
So modern wrestlers who get shit on by old timers can just say that they're doing moves from the 1960s French scene? So, basically, they're super old school?
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 8, 2020 16:52:15 GMT -5
I'm always stoked to see different styles of wrestling from around the world. It makes me wonder if France has any modern scene or not.
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Post by toodarkmark on Jan 8, 2020 17:08:59 GMT -5
Who are the two guys? One is Le Petite Prince (according to Ryuma Go Memorial), but who is the other?
I mean, Antonio Rocca was doing a ton of highspots in the 50s, 60s. The whole "highspots is killing the business because it's not old school" is BS. Ive watched plenty of matches from the 50s where the head scissors are flying free and often.
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Post by CMPunkyBrewster on Jan 8, 2020 19:33:42 GMT -5
Nobody show this to Jim Cornette.
His f***ing head will explode from the voices screaming "OLD SCHOOL!" "KILLING THE BUSINESS" back and forth as he realizes his entire life is a lie.
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Jan 8, 2020 19:51:11 GMT -5
Nobody show this to Jim Cornette. His f***ing head will explode from the voices screaming "OLD SCHOOL!" "KILLING THE BUSINESS" back and forth as he realizes his entire life is a lie. ...somebody absolutely needs to show this to Cornette. And record the resulting head explosion. |
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Post by XIII on Jan 8, 2020 19:57:56 GMT -5
Nobody show this to Jim Cornette. His f***ing head will explode from the voices screaming "OLD SCHOOL!" "KILLING THE BUSINESS" back and forth as he realizes his entire life is a lie. ...somebody absolutely needs to show this to Cornette. And record the resulting head explosion. If someone shows this to Cornette he’ll just go on a rant against French people would be my guess, complete with beret, baguette, and mime stereotypes. |
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Post by thirteen3 on Jan 8, 2020 20:19:19 GMT -5
There's a hardly a wrestling scene today in France.
Just sayin'...
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jan 8, 2020 20:32:43 GMT -5
Nobody show this to Jim Cornette. His f***ing head will explode from the voices screaming "OLD SCHOOL!" "KILLING THE BUSINESS" back and forth as he realizes his entire life is a lie. See, I would prefer he actually gives some compliment towards it, and then Jordan Oliver does the exact sequence in his next GCW match and Cornette then does the Killing the Business rant. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 8, 2020 23:47:31 GMT -5
Nobody show this to Jim Cornette. His f***ing head will explode from the voices screaming "OLD SCHOOL!" "KILLING THE BUSINESS" back and forth as he realizes his entire life is a lie. Or his French equivalent Jaques Quoinette *In the absolute worst Inspector Clousseau impression* "Zis is an outrage! Putain hors la loi merdesheaux!" |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 9, 2020 1:46:21 GMT -5
Nobody show this to Jim Cornette. His f***ing head will explode from the voices screaming "OLD SCHOOL!" "KILLING THE BUSINESS" back and forth as he realizes his entire life is a lie. Or his French equivalent Jaques Quoinette *In the absolute worst Inspector Clousseau impression* "Zis is an outrage! Putain hors la loi merdesheaux!" Le outlaw Mudshow. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 9, 2020 2:17:45 GMT -5
I don't feel like Cornette would have anything meaningful to say here. He'd probably just ramble about European standards being different, which as usual is him coming so close to understanding "shit I like isn't universal", and yet so far. That, or just compare it to someone like Billy Robinson from the UK scene.
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