Horst Hoffman vs. The Destroyer, Part 1

From All-Japan's 1975 Open Championship. Hoffman was the biggest wrestling star in continental Europe in the 1960's and '70s, facing arguably the most famous gaijin talent in the history of Japan. Part 1 of 2.

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• horst
• hoffman
• destroyer
• puroresu

[nosnik37]

Agree with so many of the comments - scientific wrestling is almost non-existent now and the sport is worse off for it.

[frj1976]

The lost art of wrestling. Boring and The Destroyer don't belong in the same sentence. Today's fans need headdrops and big moves from the get go to be entertained.

[evilmidget]

@nosnik37 at least some wrestlers in ROH are trying to keep the art of storytelling alive. its too bad, though, that one of the wrestlers that was is now in WWE (American Dragon).

[ebeneezzer]

Hoffman was Misawa's favourite, he took the green tights look from him

[yourheroxyz]

Horst Hoffmann was the man!

[MrEddymunster]

I agree! I think wrestling tights are the best type of gear.Too bad so much wrestling today is just Rubbish.I know pro wrestling is fake....but the newer wrestling promotions could at least make more effort. But there are always some exceptions. especially with the Indy federations. They try harder!

[STARofGALILEE]

I love the green tights.Too bad more wrestlers don't wear them!

[sapphyreseraph]

Urgh, more people saying stuff like, "It used to be so much better way back when..."

Well when you watched I'm sure other people said it was better before, and so on...

Things change, change does not mean worse, just maybe to you...

[Warchief01]

i have one of those masks from years ago.Man is that thing ugly.

[beatlejim64]

It's all gymnastics now..there's no wrestling

anymore...no Thesz...no Billy Robinson...no Funk Jr....no Brisco...it's like the Cartoon Network now more then ever!