1949 Wild Red Barry (Berry) vs Angelo Martinelli

[TheKestevon]

original wwe debut.

[tyler4610]

wwe :O

[theboogeiman713]

this match most of bin about 20 to 40 min

[theboogeiman713]

love this can of wrestling

[baroh2413]

@theboogeiman713 I also love me a can of wrestling once in a while

[japanpro1]

matches later moved to the capitol arena on kalorama rd and the washington colisseum.

[punymoron]

"Wild" Red Berry once managed the late, great Hall of Famer, Gorilla Monsoon, back in the day.

[lildwayne21]

@punymoron Indeed he did.

[eslubin]

& the commentator is the drizzling s---s

[eslubin]

Martinelli became a ref later in Georgia. Ole Anderson wrote that Martinelli filled in 1 night in a tag match & he was amazing. looks something like a middleweight Pat O'Connor here but hard to tell from the editing

1:07, 5:47 cameraman must dig this chick, he keeps going back to her for long stretches

6:27 check out the black guy come right up to the ring. so much for the theory that blacks were brutally oppressed for being assertive. this was 1940s & this guy is obviously unmolested.

[videopros26]

Although the announcer does seem to be saying "Barry" , the wrestler was always known as Wild Red BERRY.

[WinZiggy]

Wrastlin'

[WinZiggy]

apparently sports commentary was in it's infancy!

[umajunkcollector]

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