Chicago, circa 1957. Verne Gagne, two-time NWA United States champion for the Chicago Region, meets Dick The Bruiser in a Two Out Of Three Falls Match. This is before the AWA was founded, and Gagne was wrestling in NWA territories. Two Out Of Three Falls was actually a common format in the mid-century.
The match took place in the now demolished Chicago International Amphitheatre. An Aramark plant now occupies the space where the building stood.
Awesome film footage.
R.I.P. Verne Gagne.
This is from the Chicago collection Corgan just bought, as a side note…