Wrestling formerly being a weekly attraction in most towns within the Unites States, often called on some more unusual gimmicks to get people through the gates. Often they would be things like "Death matches" or "Cage matches", or lady wrestlers and midgets wrestlers. One staple of the olden times however was the Wrestling BEAR.
I have to say that one of the worst matches I ever saw involved a bear, but it did draw the crowds, so what can I say.
Anyway, here are some matches of man and bear....
Gordon Solie: "550 pounds of supple muscle..."
The Destroyer commentates his own bout against Viktor the wrestling bear.
Terrible Ted, probably the most famous wrestling bear. Terry Funk once famously painted Ted white after the athletic commission said "you can't bring Terrible Ted to the building", so Frosty the Polar Bear turned up as a substitute.
Promo involving Ginger the Bear, sadly no, the bear does not talk.
Some old footage of the Bear taking on ALL COMERS.
The won't let me embed the worst one i've seen, but this might be it here. (No disrespect intended to the late Mr Hart)
BEAR IN A CAGE
I am disappointed I could not locate any footage of Gentleman Ben, perhaps the best named of all the bears.
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