bonus features: Cage Match-Heidi Lee Morgan vs. Wendi Richter. Killer Kowalski vs. Ed Carpentier -- Buddy Rogers vs. Pat O'Conner -- Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Savage -- Detroit Battle Royal -- Princess Little Dove vs.Diamond Lil -- Haystacks Calhoun vs. Killer Brooks -- six man tag team match bonus features: Antonio Rocca vs. Primo Carnera -- Antonio Rocca vs. Don Johnathon -- Antonio Rocca vs. Johnny Valentine -- six man tag team match -- Killer Kowalski vs. Verne Gagne -- Killer Kowalski vs. Gene Stanley -- wrestling (its a laugh) -- Tony Galato vs Natie Brown -- the Great Togo vs. Bobby Mannagoff -- Gloria Baratini vs. Nell Stewart -- Masked Marvel vs. Gorgeous George -- Football Game wrestlers vs. pro team. Disc 2: the Bavarian Boys vs. Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard -- the Fabulous Kangaroos vs. Mighty Atlas and Moose Cholak -- Bruno Sammartino vs. Hans Schmidt -- Bulldog Brower vs. Bearcat Wright -- Six man tag team -- the Tolos Brothers vs. Bob Nandor and Chet Wallick -- Yukon Eric vs. Fritz Von Erich bonus features: Argentina Rocca and Miguel Perez vs. the Graham Brothers -- Bobo Brazil vs. Sky Hi Lee -- Ed Carpentier vs. Skull Murphy -- Cage Match-Heidi Lee Morgan vs. Wendi Richter.
Summary:
Professional wrestling was bread and butter programming in the early days of television during the 1950's. Long before Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Rand Savage and Andre the Giant became household names, a generation of strongmen, lad by the likes of dick the bruiser, gorgeous George and haystacks calhoun, reached levels of popularity that few who followed in their footsteps could ever match. These legends of the mat became wrestling's first super villains, and though their outlandish and often outrageous escapades, both incensed and captivated audiences around the world. Classic wrestling battles revisits the glory days of professional wrestling, with more than a dozen classic matches involving many of the stars who started it all.
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