#Wrestling Footage update for #NETV
In 1979 The Nature Boy Ric Flair wrestled The Nature Boy Buddy Rogers on Thanksgiving Night showdown at the Scope Coliseum in Norfolk, Virginia.
As far as I'm aware, this is the only night these two faced off. Rogers was 59. Flair was 30.
It was not a televised show, and for decades it was believe to be lost.
But there was a camera in the room. An 8mm camera in the audience. Community Media. baby.
https://archive.org/details/wwe-wvr-buddy-rogers-vs-ric-flair-nov-22-1979-fully-remastered-4-k-60-fps
See, there was a dude that filmed it. He went to nearly every wrestling event that happened in south VA for 15 years, and filmed at least the main event at all of them.
His name is George Pontas. I spoke to him for over an hour today.
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