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Eichhörnchen

05-17-21 12:12 PM

British Wrestling in the 70s

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

05-17-21 12:16 PM

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

05-17-21 01:06 PM

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

AVGWarhawk

05-17-21 01:09 PM

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

05-17-21 11:13 PM

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/wikiped...Gagne_1964.jpg The Crusher, https://th.bing.com/th/id/AMMS_1bf98...id=ImgDet&rs=1 Dick the Bruiser,https://th.bing.com/th/id/Rfbedf4b7c...sl=&pid=ImgRaw Randy Savage, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/edit...814666-800.jpg my favorite villain: Olympian Mad Dog Vachon, https://eay8xzxp7gq.exactdn.com/wp-c...&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/l0IAA...9RE/s-l500.jpg :Kaleun_Salute:

Eichhörnchen

05-18-21 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk (Post 2748273)

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

05-18-21 05:30 AM

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

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

Eisenwurst

05-18-21 06:04 AM

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

05-19-21 01:47 AM

Andy Kaufman

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

Eichhörnchen

05-19-21 09:43 AM

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

05-19-21 05:13 PM

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:

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