Fred Blassie vs. Wild Red Berry

[TheGuitardan100]

This is 1955. October 22nd

[TheVirajster]

Definitely during the 50's;TV match most likely. Before Blassie bleached his hair....

[ravenmccloud]

Fantastic!!! Feel free to post more of these!! Thanks!

[JIMMYLINE]

I would peg this in the mid 50s, no later....

[Jiltedin2007]

Was that "Mean" Gene Okerlund behind the Mic?

[shinobie91]

nooo why is not full show...i wanna see this vid until end

[Lordani66]

So this must have been before CWC?

[taco398]

from cwc to wwe how the times hav changed even tho wrestlin died in 2002

[kevinhardy]

good match

[whothehellgivesadamn]

WOW THAT'S SOME WILD STUFF, MY GUESS 54, THIS IS LIKE THE BEGINNING OF TV AS WELL.......WOW

[AUSROTTENY2K]

was blassie taping out in the arm hold. shit did look pretty painful.

[cem1950]

Very early 50"s at the old Hollywood Legion Stadium. KTTV channel 11. Your ring announcer is Bill Welsh, a mainstay at channel 11 for years. "Chief" Jules Strongbow later would be the matchmaker at the Olympic Auditorium when wrestling went to channel 5 KTLA. He did the locker room interviews with Dick Lane. Great stuff! Thanks!

[BigMDS67]

Fred Blassie was Southern Heavyweight Champion in Georgia several times in the late 1950s.

[sportsoracle]

This is probably from the early 1950s?

Freddie still has black hair.

[sportsoracle]

Was the ref related to Count Billy Varga?

[DotDotkins]

Wow! Fred Blassie before he became "The Hollywood Fashion Plate" "Classy" Freddie Blassie

[beatlejim64]

May 18,1953...

[smerdley]

Fred Blassie guest starred on THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW in 1961. Rosemarie looks a lot younger in this clip, and so does Blassie. Rosemarie's hairstyle looks like the late 1940s, I would guess.

[woodyt56]

The woman yelling at Red Berry was Rose Marie? From the Dick Van Dyke Show?

[embalmermike]

I'd rather watch "the 3 Stooges", More entertaining

[TheCommentsGuys]

Wild Redberry is my great great great uncle.I'm not kidding its true.Someday I hope to work somehow with pro wrestling without being a wrestler because I'm scrawny.

[airjor1]

Try eating Wheaties.

[TheCommentsGuys]

No. I have an addiction to Cheerios.

[airjor1]

Not a bad addiction.

[atsandman]

Howd that work out?

[TheCommentsGuys]

I don't necessarily know too much. I know he was on my grandfather's side of the family.

[zenraver]

no matter you weight or size you can still become a wrestler i know heaps of wrestlers that are scrawny

[jelatov]

wild red berry....gorilla monsoon's future manager.

[threecarjam]

Blassie was the "King of Men"

look up his profile on myspace

[thanhbites]

Looks like Red is having a bad hair day.

[hetal1975]

Blassie has brown hair. So it must be around mid 1950s. Hr bleached is hair blonde after this and became the most hated heels in wrestling.

[szandowchan]

that is real wrestling,not like today

[shftmar]

What a classic. Thank you, some of the great wrestling matches from Hollywood Legion Stadium.

[Crimefighter]

Google search says it may be May 18, 1953.

[Crimefighter]

Where's the ending?

[bluffer09]

This is wrestling before I was born. Really great to see how it was in back then when life was simpler.

[ciencaras]

freddie blassie in his prime, really cool clip, thanks for posting it

[DiAnno13]

This is from 1952.

[boo888]

5 stars! This is the type of match that justifies the term "classic", and its one of the best. Thanks to you for posting!

[KenViewer]

Two legends who have rarely been seen -- in their primes -- on line. Thank you for finding and posting it.

[jlandd]

My head is exploding. I haven't even watched it but 5 stars. More!! More!!!