Matt D - SC
@MattD_SC
French Catch gifs. Notepad essays. Minimalism. Treats this place like a message board. http://segundacaida.blogspot.com https://www.youtube.com/mattd2a
When we watched the French Catch uncovered in 2020, I tried to capture gifs of unique holds, sequences, and character bits. I began posting them too early into this account so some are flagged, but if you start with the one below you can scroll back and forward to see/share them.
Gilbert Leduc vs Michel Chasine next (JIP: 9/20/57). Electric finishing stretch. Power bombs somehow disappeared from the world in the 70s and only reappeared in the late 80s, as if the NWA brokered some sort of deproliferation accord that ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In which Randy Savage decides he's a super heavyweight for 30 seconds against SD Jones.
UP NOW: Villains of Their Own Story: How Pro Wrestling Instigators Created Joy, Intrigue, Fury, Sorrow, and Suffering in 1987 This is a LONG read that took a ton of research and reflection to get right but I hope you get something out of it. Subscribe: wrestlingplaylists.com
I was lucky enough to read this early and can’t say enough about how polished, insightful, and surprisingly relevant it is. Charles has been chronicling/curating almost all available wrestling footage and that effort was inevitably building to this piece on the pivotal year 1987.
UP NOW: Villains of Their Own Story: How Pro Wrestling Instigators Created Joy, Intrigue, Fury, Sorrow, and Suffering in 1987 This is a LONG read that took a ton of research and reflection to get right but I hope you get something out of it. Subscribe: wrestlingplaylists.com
Struggle is everything. Great effort here from Trish Adora and Aleah James. James had fought all match to hit her moves and finally did so only to get cut off with a boot and trapped in this position. She scrapped to get out. Adora refused to let go. And this led to the finish.
BEEF vs Lee/Blake sounds like a blast.
ROH Match 4: Beef & and someone's name I didn't catch but isn't a Workhorseman* against Lee Johnson and Blake Christian * - this is a reference to a dropped ROH plot, ok
I've criticized Swerve rolling, but this one worked. It was a transition from the very tricky Hechicero in control. Cutting the distance and hitting from an odd angle made sense here. It'd just be much more purposeful if he didn't do it every match (and mostly for its own sake).
this is so magical wow
ROH Match 4: Beef & and someone's name I didn't catch but isn't a Workhorseman* against Lee Johnson and Blake Christian * - this is a reference to a dropped ROH plot, ok
People are saying that this is the new bodyslam heard round the world, brother.
Bret put exactly the right amount of exertion into this spot. Truly a wrestling genius.
Nick Bockwinkel was such a great traveling champ. Not only could he come in and get heat by big timing the locals with how he carried himself but he was the best ever at meeting classic title match expectations while still perfectly adapting to his opponent’s unique strengths.
Favorite members of the York Foundation: Richard Morton, Thomas York, the computer. (Turbough Floyd not pictured).
