Oldest Pro Wrestling on Film: Caddock vs Stecher, 1920

Thank you.

Oh of course, I completely understand that this is a real match. I just think it's interesting to have found someone directly related to such a figure in the history of wrestling.

@bjw7171 Are you an Idiot? This is the real stuff.

I said it looks real ass-munch. Pro wrestling normally does not appear as HS/College/Olympic wrestling because of the theatrics. Maybe you should put the pipe down, read before you reply and act like an adult. Dickweed.

It was a phenomenon back then too. Even without all the media we have today, pro wrestling matches attracted HUGE gates, and sold out many of the venues of the era.

Didn't Earl get out of the game when it started falling into disrepute. He was pretty young when he left the mat

Im not sure what made him leave wrestling. It may have been the direction of the sport; I mentioned the show he turned down. But, it was probably more about the damage to his lungs during WWI. The stories I heard as a child were about life after wrestling. He was quite a guy. It was said of him, no finer man graced the ropes than Earl Caddock.
Im not sure when wrestling changed, but these guys werent faking. They knew how to wrestle. Earl was an amateur champion before turning pro.

They are wrestling that way BECAUSE it's real.

Wow, is this old. Thanks for sharing this history although it's extremely boring. Hard to believe that just 60 or so years later it exploded into a phenomenon!