Anyone else like 50's/60's wrestling?

[Lady Redfield]

Started to watch it on youtube in my early to mid 20's, got in to exploring it because of Gorgeous George, I think I had just seen a picture of him online on a classic wrestling article or something, and, I thought he looked interesting, so, I started to look up his work and became a fan, and also to get deeper in to the history of wrestling. It's really cool stuff to watch and see how wrestling was back in that time, the crowds, the shows they put on, the way wrestling in general was.

 

[Chris]

Definitely, the era I've seen the least of obviously, but the Hidden Gems on the Network had some random stuff from the 50s and 60s and I ended up watching most of them including a few longer Lou Thesz matches which were really entertaining. I can't say I just love it or anything, but just watching it to see how wrestling started out was fun. For history's sake more than anything I guess lol

 

[Time]

Yeah, from what I've seen. It's definitely different from modern sensibilities but I like all wrestling lel.


This match is awesome. Granted Bull Curry is an outlier because he pioneered the brawling and hardcore style of wrestling.

 

[Buttermaker]

I find wrestling of all time periods interesting, but the 50’s and 60’s are especially interesting because it seems hard to hard down all the info.

Im a territory nerd, and got arenas, towns, territory lines, television shows for most territories figured out, but the 50’s and 60’s is a mystery. The late 60’s aligns closer sit by the standard territory system we’re familiar with, but the 50’s is quite the time.

wrestling was massive, and had national and tv and radio coverage.

 

[Chris]

I find wrestling of all time periods interesting, but the 50’s and 60’s are especially interesting because it seems hard to hard down all the info.

Im a territory nerd, and got arenas, towns, territory lines, television shows for most territories figured out, but the 50’s and 60’s is a mystery. The late 60’s aligns closer sit by the standard territory system we’re familiar with, but the 50’s is quite the time.

wrestling was massive, and had national and tv and radio coverage.

Yeah its always felt like more of a gray area for me too. Even older history i feel is more documented lol but the first golden age of TV I feel like I know so little about

 

[Death By Looch]

I mean... it's not like you can't find any moving pictures from that era.

Here or here for example. The first channel has loads of videos from that era and on the second channel you can also find some matches if you scroll a bit through their uploads.

 

[Buttermaker]

Tons of videos sure. I’m looking for information in cards, bookers, stories, how territories functioned etc.