Awesome vintage footage, thanks for posting it! Kiniski uses some nice holds here (the aforementioned scissors) that wrestlers should incorporate more today.
Still, there's no way he was ever 7' or the 6'10.75" that Wikipedia has him listed as. That would mean he was nearly 7" taller than Kiniski. Looks more like 5" taller at best.
Still, there was something magical about the guy! I love Inoki too, but Baba was the man! That is until he and the Funks broke in the greatest Japanese wrestler of them all in my book: Jumbo Tsuruta!
Gene Kiniski was the NWA World's Heavyweight Champion on October 13, 1967. I wonder where he wrestled that night and against who.
mkl62 1 year ago
Rest In Peace, Gene...
ronaldinho969697 1 year ago
Awesome vintage footage, thanks for posting it! Kiniski uses some nice holds here (the aforementioned scissors) that wrestlers should incorporate more today.
topeconqueso 2 years ago
I'm a total Giant Baba mark!
Still, there's no way he was ever 7' or the 6'10.75" that Wikipedia has him listed as. That would mean he was nearly 7" taller than Kiniski. Looks more like 5" taller at best.
Still, there was something magical about the guy! I love Inoki too, but Baba was the man! That is until he and the Funks broke in the greatest Japanese wrestler of them all in my book: Jumbo Tsuruta!
BrickhouseB2 2 years ago
scissor lover will love 8:43
southernaussie 2 years ago
Old school East Vs Old school west. Epic! Keep them coming GA2008!
DocFarnoff 3 years ago