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Hey guys, I've just signed up to this forum when I stumbled upon this (awesome) thread. Now that I've been through "new member validating limbo" (it took a while) let me tell you a bit more: I am a French pro wrestler and trainer myself and I've been doing a lot of research about older pro wrestling (French, European, American). I've also started editing/creating Wikipedia articles about it. BTW, there ISN'T a George Kidd article on the English wiki yet? I guess I'll have to create it... I've not had time to read through all the pages of this thread, but I'll catch up eventually. For years, as you know, there was absolutely no way to find older footage anywhere. The first black & white match I ever saw was on a VHS I found while in the US called "The Golden Age of Wrestling", which didn't feature any european match of course. Then the INA started putting stuff online, and eventually Youtube also started to deliver. ALPRA is one of the best providers on YT at the moment for French pro wrestling. I don't know if you guys know but ALPRA stands for "Association des Anciens Lutteurs Professionnels Retraités ou en Activité" (Association of Retired or Active Professionnal Wrestlers") and is actually a gathering of all the old school (mostly retired) French wrestlers. Some kind of French Cauliflower Alley Club if you will. They're predominantly interested in older wresling since to them "lutte professionelle" was their craft, and not "catch" (kinda like the pro wrestling/sports entertainment dichotomy). Bob Plantin himself runs the blog and the the Youtube channel at the moment (hence the nickname Bob ALPRA). I've had him on the phone a couple of times, he's passionate, nostalgic and knowledgeable. A real class act. Anyway, I'm eager to share stuff here now that I've found like-minded people.