I’ve been watching some very, very old school TV era 'rassling. This bout from 1950 really blew me away. 70 years ago, fucking hell. And yet it’s not all bearhugs, in fact I was surprised to how similar it was to some of today’s matches. There are longer hold spots, certainly, leg scissors and so on but yeah, the basics are all there. RIc Flair really did lift the Buddy Rogers shtick wholesale.