Billy Robinson video

[ICBM]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=5EOUv-vVfyY

WWE does not own this footage. Anyway, I watched this one in awe. Billy Robinson was one of the most precise workers who ever laced them up. This highlight reel will make Bret Hart look like Disco Inferno. The belly to belly over the top rope was an incredible spot, but damn no way to protect either of you doing it. Catch wrestling is so impressive to watch. This is so believable looking. You guys who grew up watching after kayfabe was broken permanently may have wondered how we all believed such a fake looking performance could have ever been mistaken as legitimate. Watch this video and you can see just how easy it could be believed when done right

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I only know of Billy during some of his matches in the AWA. Billy was one of those rare guys who could be both a serious wrestler and a fine performer at the same time. I just love how every move he does makes a difference, a logical sequence of moves and counters. It was flashy without being a showman, it flowed smoothly and it was legit - like an era gone by.

I think the Bobby Heenan quote in his first book speaks volumes of his work: "Billy, everything you do is beautiful. And it hurts!"

(Speaking of books, I know Billy has one out there, but I didn't pick it up. Was only like 148 pages. Looked too short for such a great wrestler.)

[highplainsdrifter]

Thanks for posting this. I love Billy Robinson.

I know he's been a major influence on a lot of the better workers out of the current generation too.

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One of the finest workers in the world back then. Just about any move he did was just crisp as well as his matches with Bockwinkel, Tsuruta, etc. Huge fan of him.

[ICBM]

Oct 31, 2013 14:49:53 GMT -5 highplainsdrifter said:

Thanks for posting this. I love Billy Robinson.

I know he's been a major influence on a lot of the better workers out of the current generation too.

Thnx for watching dude. I'm glad to share. Better than a botchamania repost anyway

[Kick Your Face]

I made this video, and he is actually my coach. More people should know of him. He's an encyclopedia of wrestling.

[ICBM]

Really? First of all brother thanks for taking the time to put this together. It really is very well done. Second, that is truly a great thing that he is your coach. May I ask, is it catch wrestling as in amateur or is he training you as a worker? Either way you are surely getting the best possible lessons. I had never seen him until he was way retired. I had always been impressed by the tough bastards I saw in the 80's during kayfabe, who made it look legit. When I finally saw some of his stuff, it was a whole new level for me, as far as the craft of working is concerned. He looks incredibly stiff but so smooth in transition that I'm sure his opponents didn't mind as much as they would a stiff green journeyman wrestler who just doesn't know how to protect the other guy. Billy was from a generation that understood the difference between working tight for the sake of the art and just working tight or heavy.
I doubt very many workers today would have the patience and understanding to take offense like Billy Robinson gave out.

[Todd Pettengill]

Oct 31, 2013 19:28:18 GMT -5 Kick Your Face said:

I made this video, and he is actually my coach. More people should know of him. He's an encyclopedia of wrestling.

Great video.
Robinson had such a unique style. He mastered Catch & could back it up with hard hitting brawler moves.