Saturday afternoon sport - a memory...

[slowmotion]

Not a great follower but I loved it when the "baddie" sneered and hissed at the booing crowd. The wrestlers were just big blokes with a certain amount of flab, not the steroid-pumped freaks of today.

 

[Dayvo]

I used to like the Royal Brothers, although I thought something was not quite right, as the 'brothers' had different surnames: Bert Royal & Vic Falkner (and Bert was bald, whilst Vic had long blonde hair).

 

[ianrauk]

I was named after my godfather....

This chap - Ian Campbell

 

[snorri]

I used to like the Royal Brothers, although I thought something was not quite right, as the 'brothers' had different surnames: Bert Royal & Vic Falkner (and Bert was bald, whilst Vic had long blonde hair).

Very astute Dayvo.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I used to like the Royal Brothers, although I thought something was not quite right, as the 'brothers' had different surnames: Bert Royal & Vic Falkner (and Bert was bald, whilst Vic had long blonde hair).

Thank goodness there wasn't the Jeremy Kyle Show and the DNA tests at the time, eh?

 

[snorri]

Thank goodness there wasn't the Jeremy Kyle Show and the DNA tests at the time, eh?

...not to mention the Trades Description Act and the Advertising Standards Authority.

 

[Dayvo]

Very astute Dayvo.

It was, as a young lad in the late 60s/early 70s.

at least I know who joist and girder were!

 

[snorri]

It was, as a young lad in the late 60s/early 70s.

at least I know who joist and girder were!

Pretty sharp for a 3 year old
That "joke" was so contrived, worse than pathetic.

 

[Over The Hill]

It was fun.
There was one move where one wrestler would rub his forearm on the others throat and the victim would stagger about in daze.
Then the jumping off the rope (when the ref was not looking) and the other bloke would move over a bit to line up to get jumped on.

Then your dad would check his pools results but I never did understand what was good or bad about results and "score draws".

After that at around half past five Star Trek was on!

Simple times but I guess our kids will have memories of Mario Brothers or X factor.

 

[simon.r]

This was on TV recently - well worth a watch if you're reminiscing fondly:

 

[Stephenite]

I was named after my godfather....

This chap - Ian Campbell

Handsome figure of a man.
You're not related to this fella i saw the other week are you?:

 

[colly]

A couple more of Adrian Street. I used to see him wandering about when I worked in Streatham. About 5'2'' tall and about the same wide. Always seemed to have a couple glammed up women hanging on his arm.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Just seen a trailer on the TV, and World of Sport Wrestling is coming back for a one-off show on Hogmany.
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week1/world-sport-wrestling

 

[Stephenite]

Great!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm trying to work out how Marmion dug so deep to find this ancient post?!