The fact that this footage exists is absolutely incredible! It's 1967, in color, on video not film, and not only that the sound quality is incredible as well! Pretty damn fascinating to hear the crowd applaud at everything, and to hear every little nuance of whats happening in the ring is simply amazing…. Thank you so much for the upload!
I've noticed here on youtube that most of the vintage matches from the 50s and 60s are either footage of Japanese wrestling, or American wrestling subtitled and voiced over by Japanese commentators. I think it says something about how much respect the _puroresu_ world has for wrestling as a whole, where they do an even better job at preserving vintage American wrestling than actual American wrestling promotions (except WWE with their massive video archive) do.
As a 6 year old kid I wrote a letter to Bruno. He took the time to actually write me back a handwritten note along with an autographed picture. Still have both. My favorite athlete of all time.
Bruno is so heartfull man as he wrote you back that he shiped a Lincohn continental to Baba when he had noticed in Japan tour that Baba hadn't big car to fully pack him.
From Japan, This is Baba's words on this match. "I watched Bruno's match many times and I never seen he wrestled more than 20 minutes in New York. So I thought I should bring it to more than 20 minutes match, and Bruno will get out of breath but after 20 minutes he was still full of speed and strength, 30 minutes, 40 minutes, 50 minutes and to the end, never changed. Whole through the match, I was surprised and even impressed with him " This is a real athlete and professional wrestler "
You have to admire Giant Baba.. Despite those skinny as bone arms, the man has enormous strength and he is incredibly agile for a giant. Never seen any other giant do the kind of moves that he does. Finally, he has the stamina to last a full hour in an intense physical match. Looks are indeed deceptive. Giant Baba will always remain a legend.
Gosh, I think it was '69 that Baba visited my kindergarten class in Hilo, Hawaii, wearing a kimono and having to duck under the door frame. Fun memory.
@@jadoc3767 Don't know if you're from Hawaii, but we had quite the pro-wrestling scene back in the day on Friday nights. And, yes, international talent like Baba and Andre the Giant would regular square off, and locals like Don Muraco, Mr. Fuji, Professor Tanaka, and Ricky Steamboat were well established in the islands before I started seeing them on mainland TV. Unfortunately, as a Big Island boy I never got to see the matches live in Honolulu, but still, those were good times.
What a match, & what great quality! This was 1967, Bruno in the midst of the longest World title reign in history, & Baba the NWA International Champion, which was the top title in Japan at the time. Both in their prime, Champion vs Champion. Man, what a gem!
This was wrestling as I remember it growing up. No circus acts, no gigs, no fancy entrances. These were the men who wrestled for a living and they were good at it without all of the fancy entertainment. I would love to see matches like this today that really gave wrestling and the wrestlers dignity. Thanks for this magnificent upload.
Anyone who says Bruno was only into stomping and pummeling should watch this match. He was also selling like h*ll in this match and the Japanese fans ate it up. May both legendary wrestlers RIP.
Wow, after watching this you’ll have a greater appreciation for what professional wrestling was and how the in ring style has evolved to what it is today. Legendary match, it’s amazing how much work rate has changed since the late 60’s.
Damn, that big dude moved really good for his size. Arms like s twig, legs like we're huge, but he moved pretty quick. Such a different technical style in the 60's.
This match is a refreshing throwback to when there was honor in the ring. No hair pulling, low blows, complaining, etc. notice the businessmen in the front row. It was admirable to be a wrestler back in the day. Thanks to the uploader!
This is old school pro wrestling, back when it was still considered a legit sport. Much more deliberate, realistic style. I actually like it a lot. Baba had amazing grace for a man his size, & Bruno was as powerful as it gets. He bench pressed 565 lbs in 1959...WITHOUT STEROIDS! Haters can hate...but Bruno is Uno.
There is just a different feeling you get seeing two immortals clash like this, there is almost something spiritual about it. This is the closest we can get to the grandeur of the circus Maximus in Roman antiquity. And now their legends will forever live on in wrestling history.
thank you Cactus for this wonderful classic professional wrestling jewel! i really hope someday soon that when the WWE decides to create the ultimate dvd of Bruno Sammartino's wrestling career that this incredible footage will be one of them. cheers!
***** great match to have. Bruno with the second (or was it 3d?) W(W)W(F)E belt ever! and in color! Only wish the commentary was in English. I doubt WWE will ever put this match on the Bruno dvd.
well they should..only because the stuff they have been putting out in these few years & even in this day & age are over played. what i mean is that the wwe has always been repeating their video/dvd/films constantly without putting new archives that are hidden away in the deeps of their treasures. so i feel that we as consumers are being robbed continuously!
I don't believe that they have too many archives from the 60s. Even the tv shows that have been saved from D.C. (capital wrest. corp.) was due to the fact that Bill Watts asked Vince Sr for copies because he was on those shows. and there is a big blank up to 1972. Even up to 1976 there aren't too many tv shows saved (from what I know) even the msg shows weren't saved until 1973. Before that there is only filmed footage here and there. There has been quite a lot of 70s shows put on demand this last decade. We should be happy because prior to that many of these haven't seen the light of day for decades!
+Arion ApolloSometimes, WWE Home video will include a match of a WWE Superstar from a Japanese promotion. Especially if it took place early in the star's career. When they do, they will have an alternate commentary track available, which usually features either the WWE Superstar talking about the match with a WWE announcer, or they will have Jim Ross or Michael Cole talk about the match as it takes place.
R.I.P. Baba and Bruno Sammartino ... Two of the best. Thank's for uploadind This excellent 52 years old vídeo. I have no wards to described it is the best one i have seeing..... :)
baba always took care of those people who worked for them even those who betrayed him. he understood them and thought that was just business evolving. some even came back to his fold and he still accepted them and pushed them according to their status. he's the reverse of antonio inoki and misawa don't get me wrong i still respect those two but in terms of personal respect and being a true gentleman giant baba had them beat by leagues only samartino is the closest guy who i can think of in terms of doing business but still staying classy and keeping their word. you could add terry funk and hansen to the list. those guys are men of their word and always keep their promises even if they need to sacrifice a big pay check.
For Bruno Sammartino, The WWWF Champion at that time to go to Japan and wrestle during that time, had to be amazing in and of itself! This really had to be a rare appearance. Thank you for posting this Match.
The WWF World Champion VS The NWA International Champion! I miss the days when WWE would work with other promotions. Made for some awesome Dream matches!
The fact that Giant Baba has the most matches in pro wrestling history and also the most wins (4360 wins out of 5854 matches) shocks me every time I see him. Statistically speaking, he's the most successful pro wrestler of all time. Stats don't actually matter all that much in pro wrestling, but still. Damn.
Good lord! I think Bruno is, like, 93% neck and traps! Just watched his Timeline vid with KC which brought me here. What an absolute classic match this was and an even more absolute classic human being Bruno is! Thanks so much for the upload, Cactus!
Wow... So much different from what I grew with. I grew up durin the Hulkamainia era of WWF... It wasNEVER as straight forward as this! haha! I like it! A handshake at the start. Good sportsmanship. No real shit talking... Good show
The Japanese were the first to develop Videotape which is why the quality of these 1967 sports shows are so beautiful, I have many Japanese video's of professional boxing from this era, equally beautiful.
that went out the window by the 70's, sneakers were never worn even to go to a wrestling match it was a pair of slacks and shoes with a collar shirt. my old man never wore sneakers in his life i kid you not, slippers in the house and shoes in the streets.
Mark Espinola, in those days, people cared about their reputations. Whether it was for shopping, visiting friends and family, going to the ball game and even a wrestling card, people made an effort to look their best in public.
Yeah, in Japan they had switched to using film cameras like they use in movies for wrestling events at this point. It makes their old footage much better looking than ours.
lee brabham They used better cameras because they took wrestling more seriously and they've taken care of the films better while in America they're just tossed in someone's basement to rot.
lee brabham This is 1967 and looks as good as the film that the WWFE used in the early 80's, judging by their Coliseum Video matches from 1980-1985. Japanese wrestling was way ahead of it's time in the production department. Of the few scant WWWF matches from the 60's I have seen, they look like they were shot with old 8MM cameras. This footage is like another planet when compared to some of that US stuff that looks like choppy home movies from the 60's.
one thing about baba he wrestled everyone that had a name in japan or the states for over 30 years and the guy was never hurt bad enough that he missed a match. he wrestled the greatest and they all liked the man. not a bad word about baba. inoki different story but baba was well liked
+Purplerambler69 Bruno Sammartino was in the middle of his first WWWF (now WWE) Title reign. I guess that, in Japan, when a wrestling opponent shakes the other's hand, it is showing a great deal of respect to him. Perhaps, in the eyes of some Japanese pro wrestling fans, they believed that Sammartino was a heartless, relentless monster, especially if all they knew of him, was the legendary photos of him putting "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers into an "over-the shoulder" backbreaker, and ending his career. in 1963 (in an interview many years later, Rogers stated that the match was done that way, because he was forced to retire from professional wrestling after suffering a heart attack). JWA was still an NWA territory in 1967, when this match took place. When the NWA Championship came in dispute in late-1962, some of the NWA affiliate promotions broke away when their favorite wrestler was not recognized as the NWA World Heavyweight Champion (Capitol Wrestling, lead by Vince McMahon, Sr., was the largest NWA affiliate to break away, and formed the WWWF in 1963). JWA fans most likely supported the continuation of "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers as NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and hated Bruno Sammartino for ending Rogers' professional wrestling career. When Sammartino shook "Giant" Baba's hand, the JWA fans were genuinely shocked, that he would actually do this, in respect for one of their favorite pro wrestling superstars. Bruno Sammartino most likely did this, in order to try to win over the Japanese pro wrestling fans, in order to help promote the WWWF, in order to convert them into WWWF fans.
Great video! I'm a Bruno fan and liked Bubba. Different from todays wrestling but cool arm lock techniques that you don't see nowadays.on the ground at some point it when Bruno took his back it looked like he was doing brazilian jujitsu and got hooks on
Ty so much for this great match. Back when wrestlers were able to go the full hour and you really got your money’s worth just like Jack Briscoe and Dory Funk Jr
yea he was a pitcher on a pro baseball team before he started wrestling and he had a career ending injury that caused the atrophy you see in his upper body. similar atrophy happened to paul orndorff.
I’m admittedly not familiar with The Giant Baba but if I’m not mistaken Bruno Sammartino had great respect for him - which to me is a real tribute to him.
When the Japanese were not permitted to purchase American cars, Bruno sent over his Cadillac as a gift to his friend Baba. Bruno observed Baba arrive at the arena a struggle trying to get out of a small Japanese vehicle. True respect for each other's talents.
and another thing see how well dressed and respectful is the people they respect the wrestlers no matter what country they are you don't hear they screaming Japan Japan Japan like if this was USA you just would listen USA USA USA I hate that from USA
I am Japanese and I think we just simply take it for granted paying a respect to anyone respectable. Mr. Bruno Sammartino is a very person of character with real class and toughness.
My Father's favorite match. Back when a giant dropping his knee across your throat would win a pinfall (like in real life). And I LOVED that awesome backdrop by Baba right before the 1st Fall.
Just looking at this match is really good! And as a Wrestling fan who loves to see the communication taking place, you can tell at some parts of the match (looking back at it now) you can easily tell there are times where they'll say like "Backdrop" or "Chop" (This isn't me trying to take away from the match, I just love moments like that) Classic match!
While I know you're right about calling out moves takes away from kayfabe, think of it like anime characters yelling out their best moves while they do them 😂
Oh, what a match! It was both! This is what pro wrestling was like in the olden days❗Baba was dozens of times better when he started All Japan Pro Wrestling❗
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The fact that this footage exists is absolutely incredible! It's 1967, in color, on video not film, and not only that the sound quality is incredible as well! Pretty damn fascinating to hear the crowd applaud at everything, and to hear every little nuance of whats happening in the ring is simply amazing…. Thank you so much for the upload!
I've noticed here on youtube that most of the vintage matches from the 50s and 60s are either footage of Japanese wrestling, or American wrestling subtitled and voiced over by Japanese commentators. I think it says something about how much respect the _puroresu_ world has for wrestling as a whole, where they do an even better job at preserving vintage American wrestling than actual American wrestling promotions (except WWE with their massive video archive) do.
John Putzier the far east are always advanced in technology lol
Not in the summer of 1945.
This can almost pass as a late 70's match. The quality is very impressive.
Ivan
As a 6 year old kid I wrote a letter to Bruno. He took the time to actually write me back a handwritten note along with an autographed picture. Still have both. My favorite athlete of all time.
Very cool, growing up in an Italian home he was a huge hero to us all.
MASTERPIECE ! WE ARE ALL HUMANS WE ARE ALL LEGENDS !! ITS INSANE TO SEE HOW TUFF THESE GUY WAS AT THAT YEAR
Bruno is so heartfull man as he wrote you back that he shiped a Lincohn continental to Baba when he had noticed in Japan tour that Baba hadn't big car to fully pack him.
Sammartino was in greatest sports legend, the interviewer was the late great Tom terrific
That is incredible
RIP
Giant baba 1938-1999
Bruno samartinno 1935-2018
R.I.P. Baba & Sammartino
From Japan, This is Baba's words on this match. "I watched Bruno's match many times and I never seen he wrestled more than 20 minutes in New York. So I thought I should bring it to more than 20 minutes match, and Bruno will get out of breath but after 20 minutes he was still full of speed and strength, 30 minutes, 40 minutes, 50 minutes and to the end, never changed. Whole through the match, I was surprised and even impressed with him " This is a real athlete and professional wrestler "
Thanks for your comment, of course I know Kayfabe, but I just like to live in a world of fantasy and still, they are great athletes.
@@fr8466 Kayfabe or not, they ARE great athletes.
When you move in slow motion doing rest moves its a lot easier to last an hour.
@@thegoughandbordenfamily8234rest holds oh you mean actual wrestling holds
@@SlaytonRiderIt was both tbf
You have to admire Giant Baba.. Despite those skinny as bone arms, the man has enormous strength and he is incredibly agile for a giant. Never seen any other giant do the kind of moves that he does. Finally, he has the stamina to last a full hour in an intense physical match. Looks are indeed deceptive. Giant Baba will always remain a legend.
Also the most trustworthy promoter of all time.
Gosh, I think it was '69 that Baba visited my kindergarten class in Hilo, Hawaii, wearing a kimono and having to duck under the door frame. Fun memory.
Lucky
Bro you're really lucky!
Baba used to go a lot to hawaii
@@jadoc3767 Don't know if you're from Hawaii, but we had quite the pro-wrestling scene back in the day on Friday nights. And, yes, international talent like Baba and Andre the Giant would regular square off, and locals like Don Muraco, Mr. Fuji, Professor Tanaka, and Ricky Steamboat were well established in the islands before I started seeing them on mainland TV. Unfortunately, as a Big Island boy I never got to see the matches live in Honolulu, but still, those were good times.
That is incredible
What a match, & what great quality! This was 1967, Bruno in the midst of the longest World title reign in history, & Baba the NWA International Champion, which was the top title in Japan at the time. Both in their prime, Champion vs Champion. Man, what a gem!
This was wrestling as I remember it growing up. No circus acts, no gigs, no fancy entrances. These were the men who wrestled for a living and they were good at it without all of the fancy entertainment. I would love to see matches like this today that really gave wrestling and the wrestlers dignity. Thanks for this magnificent upload.
The days are gone when both wrestlers respected each other. This is a great video
The quality of this video, This is incredible .. I'm speechless
Anyone who says Bruno was only into stomping and pummeling should watch this match. He was also selling like h*ll in this match and the Japanese fans ate it up.
May both legendary wrestlers RIP.
Because he was paid too WTF if not be the same ole Punch Kick Stomp . kick Punch Kick ....
@@CP-kb1du so you think he was paid extra to rndure he didnt just "punch and stomp"? That is hardly likely..
Wow, after watching this you’ll have a greater appreciation for what professional wrestling was and how the in ring style has evolved to what it is today. Legendary match, it’s amazing how much work rate has changed since the late 60’s.
Bruno had such quiet, non-flashy charisma, even in Japan away from his usual Northeastern USA domain, it was really remarkable.
the taste of classic old style where there wasn't fake moves and attacks and where the wrestlers were also good models in real life, thanks with heart
Damn, that big dude moved really good for his size. Arms like s twig, legs like we're huge, but he moved pretty quick. Such a different technical style in the 60's.
馬場さんの、若かりし頃の映像とサンマルチノとの激闘は、感動ものです。
Great sportsmanship !! Hand shake and all with no Drama. One of the best matches ever.
you must watch too many wwe match. sometimes watch your own local promotion.
子供の頃に祖父と一緒にテレビの前でかじりついてみていた試合が、こんなにクリアな映像でまた見られるとは感激です。
大技はないけれど、死力をつくしている様が伝わって来る古き良き昭和のﾌﾟﾛﾚｽ。
馬場対サンマルチノ、Ｆ・Ｖ・エリック、デストロイヤーの試合は子供心にも興奮したものです。
アップありがとうございました！
昔は一挙手一投足いちいちのろいよね
This match is a refreshing throwback to when there was honor in the ring. No hair pulling, low blows, complaining, etc. notice the businessmen in the front row. It was admirable to be a wrestler back in the day. Thanks to the uploader!
良き友人であり、良きライバルでしたね。天国で再会ですね。合掌。
This is old school pro wrestling, back when it was still considered a legit sport. Much more deliberate, realistic style. I actually like it a lot. Baba had amazing grace for a man his size, & Bruno was as powerful as it gets. He bench pressed 565 lbs in 1959...WITHOUT STEROIDS! Haters can hate...but Bruno is Uno.
There is just a different feeling you get seeing two immortals clash like this, there is almost something spiritual about it. This is the closest we can get to the grandeur of the circus Maximus in Roman antiquity.
And now their legends will forever live on in wrestling history.
Love wrestling. Wwe raw. Smackdown live. Nxt. All the fighters. Miss Andre the giant and crew from 70es 80es and 90es. Rip Harley race.
hit pause at 3:01. Bruno was a monster!. to be that huge without steroids was amazing.
He was a classic mesomorph
MrMferg240 IT SHOWS IT CAN BE DONE.
But short for a wrestler. Baba was real skinny, but held his own.
But his muscles didn't carry the day.
well he weight trained from 14-23 so that was at least 9 years for him to get that big
今年64歳です。こんな映像が残っていたとは感激です。
アップ有り難う御座います。
This match was legit good! This WAS wrestling back in the day peeps! Two Legends!
thank you Cactus for this wonderful classic professional wrestling jewel! i really hope someday soon that when the WWE decides to create the ultimate dvd of Bruno Sammartino's wrestling career that this incredible footage will be one of them. cheers!
No problem man :) I'm glad there still are people who appreciate this kind of wrestling.
***** great match to have. Bruno with the second (or was it 3d?) W(W)W(F)E belt ever! and in color! Only wish the commentary was in English. I doubt WWE will ever put this match on the Bruno dvd.
well they should..only because the stuff they have been putting out in these few years & even in this day & age are over played. what i mean is that the wwe has always been repeating their video/dvd/films constantly without putting new archives that are hidden away in the deeps of their treasures. so i feel that we as consumers are being robbed continuously!
I don't believe that they have too many archives from the 60s. Even the tv shows that have been saved from D.C. (capital wrest. corp.) was due to the fact that Bill Watts asked Vince Sr for copies because he was on those shows. and there is a big blank up to 1972. Even up to 1976 there aren't too many tv shows saved (from what I know) even the msg shows weren't saved until 1973. Before that there is only filmed footage here and there. There has been quite a lot of 70s shows put on demand this last decade. We should be happy because prior to that many of these haven't seen the light of day for decades!
+Arion ApolloSometimes, WWE Home video will include a match of a WWE Superstar from a Japanese promotion. Especially if it took place early in the star's career. When they do, they will have an alternate commentary track available, which usually features either the WWE Superstar talking about the match with a WWE announcer, or they will have Jim Ross or Michael Cole talk about the match as it takes place.
R.I.P. Baba and Bruno Sammartino ...
Two of the best.
Thank's for uploadind This excellent 52 years old vídeo. I have no wards to described it is the best one i have seeing..... :)
これが正統派プロレス。 子供時代、外国のプロレスにも夢中で見てました。
五年生の時の試合でした。よく覚えている、力が入ってたな
Bruno was Baba's close friend. He visited Japan to attend Baba's funeral.
/watch?v=sdPE6W-HRnA
baba always took care of those people who worked for them even those who betrayed him. he understood them and thought that was just business evolving. some even came back to his fold and he still accepted them and pushed them according to their status.
he's the reverse of antonio inoki and misawa don't get me wrong i still respect those two but in terms of personal respect and being a true gentleman giant baba had them beat by leagues only samartino is the closest guy who i can think of in terms of doing business but still staying classy and keeping their word. you could add terry funk and hansen to the list. those guys are men of their word and always keep their promises even if they need to sacrifice a big pay check.
For Bruno Sammartino, The WWWF Champion at that time to go to Japan and wrestle during that time, had to be amazing in and of itself! This really had to be a rare appearance. Thank you for posting this Match.
The WWF World Champion VS The NWA International Champion! I miss the days when WWE would work with other promotions. Made for some awesome Dream matches!
The fact that Giant Baba has the most matches in pro wrestling history and also the most wins (4360 wins out of 5854 matches) shocks me every time I see him. Statistically speaking, he's the most successful pro wrestler of all time. Stats don't actually matter all that much in pro wrestling, but still. Damn.
I think that record belongs to Strangler Lewis.
プロレスはアングルだから通算勝利数の記録をカウントしてもねえ(苦笑)
They are in prime time. Bruno's friendship to Baba glows on the bout.
Good lord! I think Bruno is, like, 93% neck and traps! Just watched his Timeline vid with KC which brought me here. What an absolute classic match this was and an even more absolute classic human being Bruno is! Thanks so much for the upload, Cactus!
懐かしい映像、しかもフルタイム見れてうれしい。。
Wow... So much different from what I grew with. I grew up durin the Hulkamainia era of WWF... It wasNEVER as straight forward as this! haha! I like it! A handshake at the start. Good sportsmanship. No real shit talking... Good show
The Japanese were the first to develop Videotape which is why the quality of these 1967 sports shows are so beautiful, I have many Japanese video's of professional boxing from this era, equally beautiful.
Baba vs Sanmartino,great!Thanks for that treasure.
やっぱり昔のプロレスラーは体が分厚いなぁー
今の時代には流行らない体つきだけどいかにもプロレスラーって感じでいいなぁー
Beautiful! Thank you for having shared with us!!!
昭和の娯楽！
本当良い時代でした。
これ見たら爺ちゃんを思い出した。
のわーっ！ちょうど観たかったんだ
10年前の動画なのにおすすめしてくれてありがとう！
全盛期の馬場選手、サンマルチノ選手のファイトが観られる貴重な動画ですね！
Wow, these Japanese people really knows how to support this kind of sport. They really showed respect to the two wrestlers. Great interaction too!!!
RIP Bruno great match with Big Baba well done.
二人ともタフでプロレスの原点を魅せてますね。わかりやすく馬場さんの躍動感とサンマルチノの頑丈さがスイングしてます。スケールの大きい当時のプロレスですね。
Look at the audience, the majority of the men who are watching Bruno & Giant Baba wrestle, are properly dressed. This is real wrestling.
That is a very good point.
that went out the window by the 70's, sneakers were never worn even to go to a wrestling match it was a pair of slacks and shoes with a collar shirt. my old man never wore sneakers in his life i kid you not, slippers in the house and shoes in the streets.
Mark Espinola, in those days, people cared about their reputations. Whether it was for shopping, visiting friends and family, going to the ball game and even a wrestling card, people made an effort to look their best in public.
man you could not get footage this old that looks this good from American wrestling. guess the Japanese had better cameras
Yeah, in Japan they had switched to using film cameras like they use in movies for wrestling events at this point. It makes their old footage much better looking than ours.
Dylan Benedict What were the Americans using during that time?
zedhead In the 60s I'm not sure. Most American promotions filmed with video in the 70s and 80s though.
lee brabham They used better cameras because they took wrestling more seriously and they've taken care of the films better while in America they're just tossed in someone's basement to rot.
lee brabham
This is 1967 and looks as good as the film that the WWFE used in the early 80's, judging by their Coliseum Video matches from 1980-1985. Japanese wrestling was way ahead of it's time in the production department. Of the few scant WWWF matches from the 60's I have seen, they look like they were shot with old 8MM cameras.
This footage is like another planet when compared to some of that US stuff that looks like choppy home movies from the 60's.
これぞ、プロレス❗
馬場さん、サンマルチさん、凄い‼️
ありがとう❗
フルタイム、鶴田長州、匹敵‼️
今、誰がプロレスを、見せてくれますか？
No gimmick,no acting...this is a a Real Fight..
If you say so.
Bellissimo match!!! Sono stato sorpreso quando ho scoperto che Sammartino, come Rocky Marciano, aveva origini dell'Abruzzo!!!
Oh, MAN! This is a great find! Absolutely amazing! :D
one thing about baba he wrestled everyone that had a name in japan or the states for over 30 years and the guy was never hurt bad enough that he missed a match. he wrestled the greatest and they all liked the man. not a bad word about baba. inoki different story but baba was well liked
Folk just hated his wife yell
プロテインとか今ほど発達してない時代でしょ？
サンマルチノのガタイがすごすぎる
馬場さんのチョップもヤバい音してるし💧
this is really wrestling,more 50min of match! no steroads and foolish stories,honor to Bruno!
those cloth trunks are even more dubious then the modern ones. I swore i saw Giant Baba's little babas'
Wow, super classic. You never see American footage of this era in color, which give it an interesting aspect.
やっぱり馬場の好敵手としてはドリー、ブリスコ、ハンセン、ブロディ、ルーイン等のせせこましいタイプよりキニスキー、ブラジル、サンマルチノ、エリック、ブルーザー、コワルスキー、レイス等のドッシリ伝統芸職人タイプがマッチしてますよね!
Dolly?
Back in the days when wresting was truly a sport, not scripted entertainment.
miolim I wish it was still like this, like we would've seen all of the superstars legit abilities.
miolim You are not kidding. Watching "a match" today is no more then watching a choreographed dance routine.
+miolim But it wasn't without drama though. That's always been a part of pro wrestling. Real sports are like that too.
newspapers would report the night's card in the next days edition-sports section
プロレスは真剣勝負では無いが肩書きは一応スポーツ！
...And they applaud a handshake....what's happened to wrestling nowadays?
+Purplerambler69 Bruno Sammartino was in the middle of his first WWWF (now WWE) Title reign. I guess that, in Japan, when a wrestling opponent shakes the other's hand, it is showing a great deal of respect to him. Perhaps, in the eyes of some Japanese pro wrestling fans, they believed that Sammartino was a heartless, relentless monster, especially if all they knew of him, was the legendary photos of him putting "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers into an "over-the shoulder" backbreaker, and ending his career. in 1963 (in an interview many years later, Rogers stated that the match was done that way, because he was forced to retire from professional wrestling after suffering a heart attack). JWA was still an NWA territory in 1967, when this match took place. When the NWA Championship came in dispute in late-1962, some of the NWA affiliate promotions broke away when their favorite wrestler was not recognized as the NWA World Heavyweight Champion (Capitol Wrestling, lead by Vince McMahon, Sr., was the largest NWA affiliate to break away, and formed the WWWF in 1963). JWA fans most likely supported the continuation of "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers as NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and hated Bruno Sammartino for ending Rogers' professional wrestling career. When Sammartino shook "Giant" Baba's hand, the JWA fans were genuinely shocked, that he would actually do this, in respect for one of their favorite pro wrestling superstars. Bruno Sammartino most likely did this, in order to try to win over the Japanese pro wrestling fans, in order to help promote the WWWF, in order to convert them into WWWF fans.
+Purplerambler69 WWE happened, my friend...WWE happened.
inordinate use of "in order".
If your speculation was a speculum you'd be awash in gyno money.
Purplerambler69 VINCE MCMAHON JR. HAPPENED THE ASSHOLE OF ALL ASSHOLES
They still do in Japan
今のプロレスほど 派手さはありませんが、それだけに 静かな凄みを感じます。
11:55...wow...what a slam. That is the true definition of a bump
凄い動画ですね、馬場の黄色のトランクスとか超貴重ですよ( ..)この頃はディズニーの番組と交互にあってましたね。エリック、サンマルチノ、キニスキー、ブラジルあたりが日本プロレス時代の強力なライバルでしたよ
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Great video! I'm a Bruno fan and liked Bubba. Different from todays wrestling but cool arm lock techniques that you don't see nowadays.on the ground at some point it when Bruno took his back it looked like he was doing brazilian jujitsu and got hooks on
Trying to find old footage is fucking tough. (Yes, had to swear because it's that tough). thanks for posting this.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO THE ITALIAN LEGEND
ブルーノ•サンマルチノは1番大好きなレスラーだった！😄
永遠のWWWF世界ヘビー級チャンピオン！
Ty so much for this great match. Back when wrestlers were able to go the full hour and you really got your money’s worth just like Jack Briscoe and Dory Funk Jr
56年前の映像かあ。貴重だなあ。
それにしても馬場さんの動きが速い！びっくりした。
This is very good quality for 1967 in fact its in colour even better can't wait for more to come out :)
この二人 下積みの時代 苦労を分かち合った 友達なんですよ 知ってましたか 二人には友情がありました いい勝負ですね
おまえ、こんな小さな車に乗ってるのか？といって、サンマルチのは馬場にキャデラックを送った。
馬場は愛用し、新車に乗り換えるときもキャデラックをえらんだ。
馬場さんの生涯のライバルは日本人レスラーは当然猪木さん！外国レスラーは初期の頃ならブルーノさん！
馬場さんみるとジャイアントコーン食べたくなる🎵買ってこよう✨
それを聞くとラッシャー木村👉😏👉のマイクパフォーマンスのセンス👉😏👉の良さを褒めたくなる。😅笑笑😅
美味しかった⁇
わいは猪木を見たらガブリフランクを食べたくなった
昔当時アイドルだった堀ちえみや本田美奈子さんとCM共演してましたね！馬場さんと本田さんは故人ですね！(悲)
馬場さんはこの頃が全盛期。
海外武者修行時代、サンマルチノと将来の成功を誓い合った話を思い出す。
Japanese are always ahead of the time when it comes to technology
Long live the memories of Baba & Bruno. xoxo The Clarences
この頃の馬場さんキレキレに動きますね、ヤジが面白い
生きているご雄視を見られて良かった。ありがとう～
yea he was a pitcher on a pro baseball team before he started wrestling and he had a career ending injury that caused the atrophy you see in his upper body. similar atrophy happened to paul orndorff.
Man, more than 40 minutes match!! How many Goldberg matches could fit in here?
A) 20
B) 40
C) His entire career
(C)🤣🤣
this is just brilliant - thank you for posting
I’m admittedly not familiar with The Giant Baba but if I’m not mistaken Bruno Sammartino had great respect for him - which to me is a real tribute to him.
When the Japanese were not permitted to purchase American cars, Bruno sent over his Cadillac as a gift to his friend Baba. Bruno observed Baba arrive at the arena a struggle trying to get out of a small Japanese vehicle. True respect for each other's talents.
Gerald Wilson
Awesome story. Thank you.
and another thing see how well dressed and respectful is the people they respect the wrestlers no matter what country they are you don't hear they screaming Japan Japan Japan like if this was USA you just would listen USA USA USA I hate that from USA
periods, pal.
I am Japanese and I think we just simply take it for granted paying a respect to anyone respectable. Mr. Bruno Sammartino is a very person of character with real class and toughness.
It was in the 60's, so things in Japan may have changed.
It was glad that see that young Giant Baba's match before I was born.
My Father's favorite match. Back when a giant dropping his knee across your throat would win a pinfall (like in real life). And I LOVED that awesome backdrop by Baba right before the 1st Fall.
bruno was a real champ
当時わたくしは、サンマルチノが日本に来るなんて、信じられませんでした、マジソンスケァガーデンの大スターでしたからね、力強い試合を魅せてもらいました、馬場さんは強い、世界の馬場ですね。
造りものの全日スターを本気にしているファンが全日をダメにした。
新日も猪木を造りものの主役にしたけれど、猪木一本槍で行かず、下にスターを育てたのが新日の成功の理由。
全日はいつまでも、馬場だけスター、試合は、日本対悪い外国人と言う日プロのやり方を踏襲したから、新日に負けた。
I can't get over how weird Baba's arms look.
まだ20代の馬場さん、動きが素早い、小技も利く！
29歳の頃ですね。
The Japanese fans liked a clean match as they would clap after each break.
Bruno couldn't earn so enthusiasm in Japan as he had in Newyork. Fan's liking of both city shows very different.
Wao. The date of m first birthday! I loved Bruno as a kid in NYC.
Just looking at this match is really good!
And as a Wrestling fan who loves to see the communication taking place, you can tell at some parts of the match (looking back at it now) you can easily tell there are times where they'll say like "Backdrop" or "Chop" (This isn't me trying to take away from the match, I just love moments like that) Classic match!
While I know you're right about calling out moves takes away from kayfabe, think of it like anime characters yelling out their best moves while they do them 😂
Oh, what a match! It was both! This is what pro wrestling was like in the olden days❗Baba was dozens of times better when he started All Japan Pro Wrestling❗
Now this is a match! Wow!
馬場強い これが本来のプロレスってわけか。70年頃までがＧ馬場最強時代。
幹部の接待に付き合わされたせいで練習ができなくなってしまったらしいですね。
@@maruhiroya417
それが本当ならプロ失格ですね。
@@カタヤマハジメ-f6t
当時の幹部からすれば｢おもてなしに付き合うのもプロの仕事｣と勘違いしていたんでしょうね。
@@maruhiroya417
付き合いは悪い事ではないと思います。
それを理由にするべきではないということです。
トレーニングの時間は作れるはずです。
@@カタヤマハジメ-f6t
だからそれを強制する幹部も問題だし断れない馬場さんもダメ。
小学生の時に月刊ゴングか何かで見たサンマルチノは凄くデカく思えたものだ。昔のレスラーって、やはり威厳がありますね🙂あの当時はサンマルチノがベアハッグでドラム缶潰したとか、夢のような逸話が記事に載っていて楽しかった😆
ドラム缶=某列伝ではブルーノをメルトダウンさせて｢不沈艦｣の称号も奪った｢あの人｣がwww
サンマルチノが馬場をロープに振る様、実にカッコいいですよね。「こんな怪力にロープに振られりゃ、そりゃ返ってきますわ」って説得力がありました。
@@fr8466 ご返信ありがとうございます😐昔のレスラーって単純な動きにも重みがありますよね。ウォリアーズなんか出てきたときには肉体は凄いけど動きの一つ一つが軽く感じました！まぁ、それだけ動けるのは運動神経がいいからでしょうけど、やはりサンマルチノやエリックを改めて見直すと、どう攻めても勝てるとは思えない佇まいがあって近寄りがたい雰囲気とか、総てカッコいい😆TH-camがあって昔の試合が観れるのって幸せですよね👍
Two of the best wrestlers in the world.