Wrestlers Stage Underwater Battles (Jul, 1939)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1939
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1939
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Wrestlers Stage Underwater Battles
Submarine matmen are staging underwater wrestling matches in a swimming pool, as a novel attraction for vacationing visitors at an Atlantic seaside resort. Viewed through glass windows in the walls of the swimming tank, the wrestlers seem to be staging a slow-motion bout as they make and break holds beneath the surface of the water.
I don’t know… but that strikes me as a rather bad idea
Comment by emailacar — December 1, 2008 @ 6:17 am
Sammy the Sharks underwater sleeper hold should not be missed!
Comment by Mike — December 1, 2008 @ 8:40 am
Later they added a few rules and rechristened it “water polo.”
Comment by Chris Radcliff — December 1, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
If Buzbie Burkley was gay all films would have looked like this.
Comment by Hirudinea — December 2, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
Is there perhaps a typo in the headline? Should it be “Wrestlers stage underwater ballets”?
Comment by Sherman — December 2, 2008 @ 6:42 pm