Favourite Wrestler from the World of Sport era

Jackie Pallo

Jackie Pallo

Alan Kilby (I think)
the deaf bloke who was useless until Big Daddy was his tag partner.

Clive 'Ironfist' Myers

Ome tiem indoor league arm wretling champ I'll sithee

mark 'rollerball' rocco

Les Kellett and the Cortez brothers.
This is a cool site for those interested.
http://www.houseofdeception.com/British_Wrestlers_London.html

u old mutha foookas

If you don't watch it I'll give you a Side head chancery followed by a crotch hold

"ooo yay yay" as Kent Walton might have said

mick mcmanus

ken do nakasakke , big daddy, mick mc manness, jonny tarzen wilson to name a few

Les Kellett (NAP)

THE MASK,BILLY TWO RIVERS AND THE ROYLE BROTHERS

Tally Ho Kaye

**Arras...How's abat that then

brian glover (kes) done a bit wrestling.

wtf big daddy shirley by a ** mile

Big Charlie put up this link to a great bout up between Les and**a few months ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcBksyTkwQM&feature=related

catweazle

only remember big haystacks & giant daddy

Jim Brakes

kendo Nagasaki, and my old mums favorite Mick Mc Manus

Skippy, HeMan of Liechtenstein was one of my favourites

good call freeze, now what was the jim brakes special ?

Jim Breaks vs Zoltan Boscik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqotWAZ4UR8

Tex
'...my old mums favorite Mick Mc Manus'
Same here!

ricky hatton v brian eno

Big Daddy

Anything you need to know-just ask...

Wrestling World 1961/2-British and European Champion=Shirley Crabtree alias Big Daddy in a later guise.
Brian Maxted
Al Miquet
Judo Al Hayes-r,i,p
Judo Chris Addams r.i.p
Royal Brothers
Jon Cortez as opposed to Peter.( r.i.p)
JOHNNY SAINT
McManus/Pallo/Kellett
George Kidd
Kendo Nagasaki/Wayne Bridges/Steve Veidor
Julien Morice
Doctor Death-Never Unmasked ( Promoter-Paul Lincoln)
Big Jim Hussey and Son Rollerball Rocco
Alan Seargeant
Mike Marino
Tibor and Peter Szazacs
Rebel Ray Hunter
Docker Don Steadman
Quasimodo
**Arras
Tug Holton
Bruno Elrington and another 50 if you want them...:)

Zoltan Boscik...Billy Two Rivers..Ski Hi Lee//RIKKI STARR-The Ballerina...
Honey Boy Zimba/Johnny Kincaid/Masambula/Johnny Kwango/Clive Ironfist Myers
Skull Murphy/Sid Cooper/Mal Kirk ( King Kong-r.i.p)

Jimmy (cry baby) Breaks
Alan Colbeck
Bob Anthony
Mick McMichael
Steve Logan (1)
Steve Logan (2)
Bobby Barnes
Adrian Street...

Harvey Smith vs Romeo Reilly was a bout to compare with Ali vs Fraser

RomANY Reilly if you please:)

He was a Gypsy NOT a renowned Lothario....

Joe Cornelius vs Bert Azeratti - Lewes Town Hall - Blood everwhere!!

My dad told me over breakfast morning after, I was about eight, never forgotten it.

"Dazzler" Joe Cornelius from Bermondsey South London.

Would have loved to see him fight Bert Assirati, who was still British Champion at 50, I believe..

Spirit Of My Weigh, I am humiliated :(

Spirit - Have put a call in to my dad (82), to see if he remembers who won. He probably will!!, as he is still convinced the blood was real.

Anyone remember El Bandito or Orig Williams? Same bloke actually.

I bet NOT Joe Cornelius.

They were just b4 my time but remember seeing posters advertising Joe's fights.

Peter Maivia -The Grandfather of The Rock of WWF fame was a regular visitor.
Do you remember THe Wild Man Of Borneo or Oddjob or THe Mighty Chang or Yuri Borienko or Johnny Yearsley?

Curry: He died recently.

Catweazle
Johnny Kidd
Ray Steele
Roy St.Clair
Farmer Johnny Allan

Sorry had to nip out.
Sorry to hear that Orig Williams died. Did he run a wrestling school in Rhyl?

I remember El Bandito on the bill at Mold assembly hall, anyone know where that is?

Also a girl wrestler called 'Hellcat Heggarty'. Might have been El Bandito's girlfriend actually.

Hi Spirit - The old mans memory is better than mine!!. The fight was in Brighton NOT Lewes, and Assirati won.

Other info volunteered - Assirati was "champion when he was old", he was a "turk or something" plus Dazzling Joe used to run the Five Bells at Chailey (Sussex)"

I read him the list above, and the name George Kidd caused great excitement - "flyweight", "fast as anything" and multiple other plaudits.

I have got to print off the entire thread for him!!!!

anyone remember Honey Boy Zimba,went to see him fight G,Haystacks once, Haystacks wipped his ass.

Also on the bill was 'Kendo Nagasaki' except this Kendo was about 5 foot with a big fat beer belly.
I wonder how many Kendos there were up & down the country hiding under the mask of the real one?

Johnny Saint

I was pretty sure that Bert won as he "never" lost!

I walked on Lewes Racecourse recently as we go on a 6 mile walk thru' "Blackcap" past Lewes Racecourse and some fences are still there!

George Kidd was supreme.

There was a glrious time where McManus/Pallo/Johnny Saint/Kellett/Vic Faulkner and Bert Royal were all in the same weight division ( or thereabout!)...

Did Haystacks ever win a bout?

Was it Alan Dennison that Big Daddy floped on and brought on a fatel heart attack?

Thanks Spirit

Re Bert - Dad said he was good!!

Re your walk - Which direction do you do it?. We do the same walk from Wolstonbury over Ditchling Beacons/Blackcap to Lewes ending with a beer in the Harveys Tap Room. Long way but worth it.

Re George Kidd - some more info would be good, I will google him but Dad has very little to what I have given, except stuff relating to "god given".

Big daddy flopped Mal kirk if I remember rightly

Massambula

Kent Walton.

Tebor Zsacas

Was it Alan Dennison that Big Daddy floped on and brought on a fatel heart attack?

No M8.

Alan did die of that but it was Mal "King Kong" Kirk...

Mal Kirk...

Now he was an ugly looking f'ker.

and was brian glover - the wild bull?

Re your walk - Which direction do you do it?. We do the same walk from Wolstonbury over Ditchling Beacons/Blackcap to Lewes ending with a beer in the Harveys Tap Room. Long way but worth it.

Blackburn....Thats it! From Ditchling Beacon thru' the open fields past Lewes Racecouse and to the left of the Stables ( that apparently were the Main Stand) then onto the Main Road and turn left for 1,000 yards to the Pub on the left.

Not over impressed with the food, which is VERY unusual for me as I'm not fussy.
Do you know The Pub? I'm really guessing-"Chalk Pit" ???

Kent Walton married to Hazel Adair who co-wrote Crossroads with Peter Ling.

eddie nipper riley

Ernie Riley from Lancashire-One of the greats..

I only went to watch wresting live once, I was on a course in Buxton and there was an event at the Town Hall. One match involved Kid Dynamite. He was about 17 or 18, skinny as a rake, very athletic, unlike all of the other blokes waddling round the ring.

A few years later I saw he had moved to the States where he had put on lots of weight and muscle.

No wonder so many of them die before their time.

Thanks for the reply Spirit. We do the walk from Wolstonbury as we park at a friends at the foot of that hill. Don't use the CP, we go straight down into town, another mile and the Harvey Tap Room is a bar in the side street opposite the Brewery.

Fit Finley

i was lucky enough as a 10 year old to see Daddy v Haystacks. i was terrified of Haystacks when i saw him up close

My Way De Solzen 31 Dec 19:04
Fit Finley


in the wwe now isnt he with the little fella
hornsquabble

freeze_the_secret 31 Dec 16:44


Jim Brakes

the old brakes manouver was a bit brutal looking

johnny kwango still post on here

Shirley, Brian and Max Crabtree

In what other sport would one of the competitors, the referee and the promoter all be brothers?

Was there a bloke called Johnny Kwango? Used to (supposedly) headbutt his opponents when he got angry.... :)

mallethead alan kilby used to work as a bouncer on josephines nightclub door in the early to mid 80s in sheffield ,probably the last time i ventured into such an establishment

billy 2 rivers

zalton bostic

Les Kellett and Jim Breaks, and not just because they were Bradford lads. Both hard as nails and very skilful wrestlers, but also great comics in the ring.

Can't believe Les would be in his 90's now.

Les Kellett

Jim Brakes party piece was to crack(or appear to)opponents wrists,god that used to make me cringe.
The old dears at ringside didn't like it either.