Who was/is your favourite wrestler?

[TVC]

Has to be Mick McManus.

 

[Lisa21]

My Dad loved Big Daddy, Mick Macmanus and Giant Haystacks.
I used to watch it with him on a Saturday afternoon when I was little

 

[rich p]

Jackie Pallo - what an athlete ( or was that Jockie Wilson?).

Hi grapple fans!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Jackie Pallo - what an athlete ( or was that Jockie Wilson?)

Reminds me of this classic mix-up in the TOTP visuals...

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ao9p3ou7-U

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Reminds me of this classic mix-up in the TOTP visuals...

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ao9p3ou7-U

I haven't clicked the link yet but I know what it is!!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Yeah....as I thought - classic!

 

[thomas]

I named my goldfish after Kevin and Scott...that's all I remember though

 

[postman]

Billy Two Rivers

 

[rich p]

Reminds me of this classic mix-up in the TOTP visuals...

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ao9p3ou7-U

Classic!


It was the great Sid Waddell who originally said of Jocky, "Worra nathlete"

Here's a collection of some more Waddellisms

"Fordham is sweating like a hippo in a power shower."
"He's majestic, just like that great big fat bloke singing Nessun Dorma."
"I consider Phil Taylor to be a better all-round athlete than Ryan Giggs."
"He's got a heart as big as Moby-Dick!"
"That's the greatest comeback since Lazarus."
"Bristow reasons ... Bristow quickens ... Aaahhhhh, Bristow."
"Jocky Wilson ... what an athlete."
"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33 he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer - Bristow is only 27"
"The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them"
"That's like giving Dracula the keys to the bloodbank!"
"Big Cliff Lazarenko's idea of exercise is sitting in a room with the windows open taking the lid off something cool and fizzy."
"He's about as predictable as a wasp on speed!"
"As they say at the DHSS, we're getting the full benefit here."
"There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions."
"The players are under so much duress, it's like duressic park out there!"
"This lad has more checkouts than Tescos."
"You might see some Shakespeare on BBC2 but how about this for drama"
"He's as happy as a polar bear in a sauna"
"He looks as cosy as a hedgehog in a tumble dryer"

 

[ianrauk]

My old man used to work for Dale Martins, the UK's largest Wrestling promoter in the 60's and 70's. I was named after a famous wrestler of the time called Ian Campbell.

I remember meeting all the big names of the time, Mick Macmanus, Big Daddy, Pat Roach, Catweazle, Jackie Pallo and remember meeting the commentator Kent Walton many times

 

[Plax]

My Dad loved Big Daddy, Mick Macmanus and Giant Haystacks.
I used to watch it with him on a Saturday afternoon when I was little

I actually got to see them in the flesh. Town hall in the village. Must have been in decline to go to an obscure little village town hall!

 

[just jim]

Mick McManus - and I don't remember why.

 

[wafflycat]

My wife's too... leaves me with rather a lot to live up to.

Mine is Rikidozan just because he had such an interesting life.

Your good lady has excellent taste in Sumo. I have stood within inches of Chiyonofuji.. but there was a window between us.

 

[Perfect Virgo]

Classic!


It was the great Sid Waddell who originally said of Jocky, "Worra nathlete"

Here's a collection of some more Waddellisms...
(snipped)

Superb collection there, Rich p! Most of those I heard in the 80s and 90s and he's still trotting them out. What a man!