Smoke & Territory · 1974 · Classic
The Hawk Over Houston
El Halcón vs. Iron Jack Kane
Sportatorium, Houston
Kane is forty-one and still the measuring stick. Halcón is the first man to leave the mat. Tobacco haze, wood rafters, a dive that the old champion does not see coming until the crowd does.
Program notes
The last great Kane match on Territory film. He would drop the belt two years later and never ask for it back. Families still argue about whether the dive was fair. It was.
- El Halcón
- Iron Jack Kane
House historian
A late-night call of this film — why it played then, and why it still plays for whoever is on the couch.
