British Wrestling in the 70s

[Eichhörnchen]

Who else used to love this and who were your favourites? Here's a great tube compilation featuring the very funny Les Kellett


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9ZmcZx2als

[mapuc]

I remember it from the 80's and the 90's

My favorites were André the Giant and this huge who was called the Hulk.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Giant Haystacks/Martin Austin Ruane and Big Daddy/Shirley Crabtree were a couple of my favourites.

[AVGWarhawk]

I did not know the British had wrestling like this. I did not watch much here in the USA but I do remember Junkyard Dog, Iron Sheik, Hulk, Rowdy Rodey Piper and Andre the Giant.

[Aktungbby]

The guys who inspired me from the 50's were on Minneapolis tv: My favorite and an inspiration for my 7 years of high school and college wrestling... with 7 years more: locking heads and tackling in rugby, was ex-college wrestler Verne Gagne, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Verne_Gagne_1964.jpg The Crusher, https://th.bing.com/th/id/AMMS_1bf98d879fff220aab4b5b831fa3d02d?pid=ImgDet&rs=1 Dick the Bruiser,https://th.bing.com/th/id/Rfbedf4b7c6493080f66eda060a8229be?rik=9BEvsG%2bkm3 zj0Q&riu=http%3a%2f%2fstatic.tvtropes.org%2fpmwiki%2fpu b%2fimages%2fdickthebruiser_2768.jpg&ehk=vh8BDACBst6R9XOE%2f7dHxr%2fU0jptAiydsg7Pg%2fvM 5Qo%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw Randy Savage, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2021/05/9a7d4-16207315814666-800.jpg my favorite villain: Olympian Mad Dog Vachon, https://eay8xzxp7gq.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/maddogvachon-e1525027376899.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1 and last but not least, Jesse "the Body" Ventura... later one term governor of Minnesota!https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/l0IAAOSwF5dfc9RE/s-l500.jpg :Kaleun_Salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

I did not know the British had wrestling like this

Woe betide any of the "bad guys" who got tossed out of the ring: the incensed old women in the audience would batter him with their handbags

[Jimbuna]

I forgot to mention the late, great Mick McManus earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VYZVx1kedw

[Eisenwurst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVlFg593W3Y&t=58s

We had World Championship Wrestling in the '60s and '70s. Best show on tv.

Favourite wrestlers???......Skull Murphy, Brute Barnard, Killer Kowalski, The Mongolian Stomper, Abdullah the Butcher ( the head that feels no pain ). They all deserved a truckload of Oscars.

[Sean C]

Andy Kaufman


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZamXdKlDdg

[Eichhörnchen]

We watched a movie with Mickey Rourke called "The Wrestler" the other day, which was what set me thinking about this. A really great Indie movie it was, too

[nikimcbee]

I was gunna bet one of those chaps, sure looks like a certain subsim member. Can't quite put my finger on which one.:Kaleun_Wink:
The Geordie Jumper? The Pint Pounder? The Terrible Tooooona?:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: