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S1 E1: Angelo Poffo vs Jerry Christy

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Here's a match featuring Angelo Poffo taking on the popular Jerry Christy from The International Amphitheater in Chicago. From Fred Kohler's territory this match was probably from the 1950's. The Great Togo was one of the top Japanese heel wrestlers of the 50's and 60's. He would also form a team with brother Tosh Togo. Poffo would go on to promote his ICW in a promotional war in Memphis. His sons Randy Macho Man Savage and Leaping Lanny Poffo would follow him into wrestling.

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2012

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S1 E9: Sky High Lee & Rudy Kay vs Lisowski & Sheik of Araby

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Here is a match featuring The Sheik and The Crusher taking on Ski Hi Lee and Rudy Kay. Here the most hated heel in wrestling over the 1950's and 1960's, The Sheik teams with Reggie The Crusher Lisowski. The Sheik would go on to 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. The Crusher would soon go

36 Min

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S1 E8: Gomez vs McShane

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In this rarely seen wrestling match, Danny McShane faces off against Pepper Gomez for the 1958 NWA Texas Heavyweight title.

33 Min

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S1 E7: Larry Shane vs Bobby Nelson

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Here's a rare seen wrestling match featuring the legendary Larry Shane facing off against fellow legend, Bobby Nelson.

28 Min

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S1 E6: Pat O’Connor vs Legs Langevin

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Here veteran Bob Legs Langevin takes on all-time great and future NWA Champion Pat O'connor. Langevin was taught his airplane leg scissors by all-time great Jim Browning. Pat O'Connor, the popular wrestler from New Zealand, would go on to win the NWA Heavyweight Championship from Dick Hutton. He would hold the belt until losing to Buddy Rogers in 1963.

16 Min

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S1 E5: Billy “Red” Lyons vs Hans Schmidt

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We are thrilled to present this legendary wrestling match, in which the iconic Bill Red Lyons faces off against Hans Schmidt

15 Min

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S1 E4: Ilio DiPaolo vs Hans Schmidt

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Here the Teuton Terror Hans Schmidt takes on the incredibly popular Ilio Dipaolo. This is an exciting match between two of the greats from the Golden Age of televised wrestling.

12 Min

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S1 E2: Killer Kowalski vs Yukon Eric

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Killer Kowalski (Edward Wladyslaw Spulnik) faces Yukon Eric (Eric Holmback) in a Best 2 of 3 falls match with a 60 time limit. Friday, January 15th, 1954 at the Chicago International Amphitheatre.

35 Min

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S1 E1: Angelo Poffo vs Jerry Christy

On Demand

Here's a match featuring Angelo Poffo taking on the popular Jerry Christy from The International Amphitheater in Chicago. From Fred Kohler's territory this match was probably from the 1950's. The Great Togo was one of the top Japanese heel wrestlers of the 50's and 60's. He would also form a team with brother Tosh Togo. Poffo would go on to promote his ICW in a promotional war in Memphis. His sons Randy Macho Man Savage and Leaping Lanny Poffo would follow him into wrestling.

7 Min

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Available with Freestream