Telecatch was a Brazilian professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 TV program originally called "Telecatch Montila". The name of the program would later be changed to "Os Reis do Ringue", which translates to "The Kings of the Ring".

It was similar to American professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 with its diverse and colorful ring performers and pre-determined outcomes. The formation of the show was the direct result of the public's shock at the brutality of vale tudo

Vale tudo

Vale tudo are full-contact unarmed combat events, with a limited number of rules, that became popular in Brazil during the 20th century. Vale tudo has been considered a combat sport by some observers...

, which used to air on a TV show that originally aired in the time slot of Telecatch Montila. It was decided by the TV executives that a show with pre-determined outcomes should replace the unpredictable and brutal vale tudo

Vale tudo

Vale tudo are full-contact unarmed combat events, with a limited number of rules, that became popular in Brazil during the 20th century. Vale tudo has been considered a combat sport by some observers...

 show, thus the creation of televised professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 in Brazil.

An Italian-born Argentinian pro wrestler who went by the name of Ted Boy Marino signed on in 1967 and became the promotion's biggest star as a baby face

Face (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...

. The show was a big success on the TV Excelsior

TV Excelsior

Rede Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960 in São Paulo, São Paulo. Its last broadcast happened on September 30, 1970, when the Brazilian military dictatorship put an abrupt end to it.-History:...

 and its run lasted until 1980.

Important figures in Telecatch

• Abdala
• Ali Bunani
• Antoniello
• Apolo Colombiano
• Aquiles
• Bala de Prata
• Barba Roxa
• Bittencourt -juiz
• Bobby Olsen
• Búfalo Bill
• Cangaceiro
• Capanga
• Cavalheiro Varmelho
• Cavernari
• Charles
• Chaves
• Ciclone
• Dani Rei
• El Caveira
• El Chasqui
• El Cid
• El Condor
• El Duende
• El Toro
• Espanholito
• Fantomas
• Frank Butcher
• Gino Duranti
• Gran Caruso
• Hercules
• Hiena de Capalgo
• Hinata
• Jangada
• Jean Rabiu
• Leal
• Leão do Libano
• Leoneto
• Leopardo
• Lothar
• Luchetti
• Mister Argentina
• Mister Chile
• Mongol
• Moretto
• Natalino
• Perez
• Ringo
• Romano
• Scaramouch
• Sconparin
• Silva
• Stiner
• Ted Boy Marino
• Tigre Paraguaio
• Tony Videla
• Toureiro Cordobez
• Ulisses
• Verdugo
• Viking
• Wolppe