R.I.P MICK McMANUS

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Memories with my dad ....he was mt dads favourite RIP

ahh, that's a shame

RIP Mick, thanks for the entertainment.

93! Are you sure?

rip mick ,i was thinking about the saturday wrestling the other day mick mc manus ,fit findlay ,that poofy one adrian street,haystacks big daddy, kendo nagasaki ,remember those old housewifes who were ringside if the bad guy got chucked out of the ring (it happened every week ) those old birds would hit em with their handbags or  even put a **** out on em !

ciggarette ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ffs cant even say f@g!

didn't realise he was that old, he must have been still wrestling in his 50's

93 is a great age. R.I.P.

my mild mannered grandma never raised her voice

then commentator ken walton ?  and mc manus started on a saturday afternoon

she used to hurl abuse at mc manus ha ha!!!

same here mo with my great aunt, the language made you blush

Some great wresting on a Saturday afternoon in the 60's and 70's including 3 Bradford lads. Dennis Mitchell, Jim Breaks (whom I both met) and the great Les Kellett.

I absolutely hate wrestling  but you have to smile at these 'ladies'   ha ha!!!!

Amazing how old some of these guys were at the height of their fame .If alive today Les Kellet would be 98 !

indeed, Les was born just a mile from me. Used to train with Alan Dennison. Pound for pound I reckon Les was the toughest of the lot.

The best of the lot by a long way was heavyweight Bill Robinson.

i said pound for pound

I saw Kellett v McManus in Leeds.Kellett "slipped" entering the ring and "banged " his head .He spent the rest of the bout hobbling around the ring like a man in a daze,with blood pouring down his face. The acting was tremendous.

Pound for pound,I'd still go for Robinson.

the match between Les and Leon Arras (actor Brian Glover) was tremendous fun not without skill. Here it is. Both very funny guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zPH3u65H8

Some of the guys who were good amateurs,Robinson,Joyce,Dempsey etc.would forget the showbiz,and actually wrestle competitively for a couple of rounds,before going back to the "script".

I can suddenly hear my late mother: "Ooh, I 'ate that bloody Mick McManus. 'E's 'orrible!"

Staggering to discover he was actually a couple of years older than her.

AYAYAYAY

Thanks for the entertainment

"Not the ears!"

He and his tag team partner Steve Logan were the ugly men of the ring

men wanted to be him


and women wanted to hit him with their handbags

Men wanted to be him?

He was a barrel chested fella with a bad wig and a bad attitude who used to wrestle around in a pair of oversized blue underpants in his mid 50s

I don't think I ever wanted to be him

99.999 per cent of men wanted to be him

except for his ears

Is Jackie Pallo still alive, him and mick always seemed to be the 2 everyone wanted to see on a sat aft !

no, Jackie bought it about 6 years ago.

RIP Mick

Happy Days

he was almost as famous as the beatles in his pomp

And much more entertaining !

Nice to have enjoyed a sport that wasent bent..............RIP

93 is an incredible age, he was a household name in his day. The wrestling was extremely popular back then. Giant Haystacks, Big Daddy, Kendo Nagsaki, Rollerball Rocco and of course Catweazle.

Here is Mick McManus versus Catweazle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_PFJMRn72I

Billy Torontos, Andy Robins (and Hercules), Jackie Palo, Bobby Barnes, some great characters

I wouldn't say 93 is incredible, Slippy. A good innings, certainly.

I'm a 100,000/1 shot to make 93.

keep taking the pils slippy

OK

McManus always looked very young for his age - he wrestled till he was 61!

Also, very lucky to keep that jet black hair.

I`ll have a tenner @ 100,000/1 please. Mind you knowing my luck, I`ll snuff it before your 93rd Birthday

mick always reminded me of a young al pacino

He was a big star in his day, i think i read somewhere, he had a kid with Glenda Jackson.

I'm sure my Nan told me he used to live in Thrale Rd, Steatham and she and my Grandad used to watch wrestling at the swimming baths in Streatham.

the kinky devils

I never understood the mentality of people thatwatch wrestling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief