Chavo Guerrero vs Gino Hernandez (International Junior Title) 

Wow! Gino stomped that fan good! The Houston Crowds were very wild!

Gino Hernandez is a god tier heel.

Wow, Gino was kicking the crap out of the fan.

As a long time fan of rasslin', this truly brought fond memories of my childhood. I loved watching the matches from the 80s. Rest in Power to both of these competitors.

1981, a great time to be alive in Houston Texas for sure

Fantastic! RIP to both wrestlers and thank you for the upload

Gino was the total package as a heel. He could sell and draw heat like no one else.

I'll be damned if Gino didn't PUT THE BOOTS TO THE DRUNK FAN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO! LoL 🤣😂

Gino would have been a shoo-in for the 4 Horseman had he lived. He had the heel traits nailed down solid.

Great stuff man thanks for the killer Houston uploads.

Houston Wrestling! Spent many nights there in my youth, second row ringside! Awesome times, folks!

Houston Wrestling with Paul Boesch...I'm in Heaven again!

Damn, Gino could draw heat!

Thoroughly enjoyed the cocky, humiliating, after match beating Gino gave Chavo with the belt...and how fn masculine was Gino feeling givin that jobber-like fan a good whoopin

This is awesome. Would love to see more

A lot of great matches at the Sam Houston Coliseum

This was a classic!! Always preferred NWA over WWF anyday!

When's the last time in pro wrestling a crowd cheered like that for the winner of a match? They reacted as if it was a real competition and he actually won. Beautiful

Nada major que Los viejos tiempos

21:52 - you can see a young Bruce Prichard (the future Brother Love) in the corner. He was one of Paul's assistants

May 22 1981

I'd love to see Gino vs Les Thorton for the NWA World Jr Heavyweight title

You know it’s old school when a Russian Leg Sweep picks up a pinfall

Some of the greatest wrestling action came from the Sam Houston Coliseum. Lou Thesz still looks great!

Is this the chavo Guerrero that's related to Eddie this dude is jacked 😯😯

At 22:02, look down at ringside next to Paul Boesch. There you will see a young Bruce Pritchard (aka Brother Love).

Chavo was a star . He worked both the California lucha and Texas style . He even worked well with the Japanese too . He should have been considered a threat to the Heavyweight World Champion . He was just big enough for it to be plausible . 215lbs is near heavyweight ( 226 lbs )

Great match do you have Bockwinkle versus Brody?

The bad part about wrestling back then was that there were people who actually thought it was real . When you admitted to anyone that you liked wrestling you were immediately querried by " You DO know its fake , right ?" As if you were an idiot . Of course I knew it was performance art .Just like I know John Wayne wasn't a gun fighter and Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson werent vigilante cops but I still watched and enjoyed them . Liking wrestling was no different . Now days I am not sure that is true ...

Is this the same Chavo like Eddie Guerrero

6:38 What?

That was a pretty scary crowd.

What a great rasslin' match

そう言や、こういう時期あったね、逆にジノが獲った試合を視てみたい。

Now this is wrasslin! They should require all new wrestlers to watch all available footage of Gino as an example of 'what a heel should be'. Chavo, they called Dean Malenko "The Man of a Thousand Holds" but i swear Chavo must of had at least a-thousand-and-one! It seemed like he had an endless repertoire of moves and would continually surprise you with something 'you hadn't seen before!' I don't recall if i ever saw anyone who could move as well in the ring, maybe Ricky Morton and a few others(not counting the Luchadores bcuz they tend to overdo the acrobatics and end up looking more like a circus act than realistic wrestling) TNA had some light-heavy-weights who could really move, guys like A.J. Styles, The Fallen Angel, The Motor City Machine Guns, and others (But i haven't watched wrestling since probably 2010) You knew you were in for an exciting match when you saw Chavo on the apron, and you paid close attention to the match to see if he'd utilize a new maneuver you hadn't seen before! Great stuff!! (P.S. awesome that Gino had to stomp down a fan on his way to the ring, it doesn't get any realer (or old school) than that!! (:

If you've never seen Lou Thesz in action go to Chicago Film Archives channel. See Lou battle the likes of Verne Gagne, Buddy Rogers, Eduard Carpentier, and Hans Schmidt.

Regarding the referee, Lou Thesz, his wrestling style wouldn't be well-received by today's wrestling fans. Thesz's matches were more mat-based. You won't see a single aerial, acrobatic maneuver executed in many of Thesz's matches, but the fans of his day actually enjoyed watching his wrestling style. Today's fans, however, would get bored very easily as they won't have the patience to see a real wrestling match.

the date is wrong. On 7-30-82, Chavo Guerrero was wrestling in Japan for All Japan Pro Wrestling in a match challenging Atsushi Onita for the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship. He was not even champion on this date. He had lost the title to Onita in March 1982 and would not win the belt back until May 1983.

That was a pop

Gino Hernandez could've been Ric Flair's NEMESIS!!!!

GINO HERNANDEZ !

Dang no railing?

No way Gino is a Jr Heavyweight ....a small heavyweight , yes but not a larger Junior Heavyweight .

And Gino’s literally being crucified here

Three fall championship matches were purportedly started as a means of evading fluke wins in championship matches . Would not want an undeserving champ , right ? ( Really it was just about crowd psychology ) That being said there needed to be more draws and more 2 straight falls for the appearance of legitimacy . It can't always be decided in the third fall if its real , right ? Thats my only beef with it . This was a good match but it was a formulaic match too .

Madrio a un aficionado al principio???..

GINO HERNANDEZ !

GINO HERNANDEZ !