Old School British Wrestling Thread

[AJ Smudgico]

Oct 3, 2016 17:39:14 GMT -5 mizerable said:

Any love for Kendo Nagasaki?

Came here to mention him. Was always fascinated by Nagasaki, there's a guy who really lived his character

[Viking Hall]

Oct 4, 2016 10:37:09 GMT -5 AJ Smudgico said:

Oct 3, 2016 17:39:14 GMT -5 mizerable said:

Any love for Kendo Nagasaki?

Came here to mention him. Was always fascinated by Nagasaki, there's a guy who really lived his character

Here's a good picture featuring Kendo. From left to right Fuji Yamada (Liger), Mitzi Mueller, Gorgeous George, Kendo Nagasaki, Mighty John Quinn and Klondyke Kate.

[SmashTV]

In a timely coincidence, there's a programme about old school wrestling on BBC4 tonight (Tuesday 4th October). 'When Wrestling Was Golden - Grapples, Grunts and Grannies. It's been on before, but if you've not seen it it's an enjoyable watch - although there's a very strange section involving Kendo Nagasaki. Enjoy!

[AJ Smudgico]

Oct 4, 2016 13:49:42 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

In a timely coincidence, there's a programme about old school wrestling on BBC4 tonight (Tuesday 4th October). 'When Wrestling Was Golden - Grapples, Grunts and Grannies. It's been on before, but if you've not seen it it's an enjoyable watch - although there's a very strange section involving Kendo Nagasaki. Enjoy!

If I remember correctly, there's an interview of sorts where he does some sort of bizarre unmasking?
It's a very good documentary though

[government mule]

I recommend a book called 'The Wrestling' by Simon Garfield, if anyone has read it? It contains a lot of information on certain wrestlers and the culture within this time period, along with the decline of wrestling on 'World of Sport'. Contains a lot of information and anecdotes about the likes of Les Kellett, Mick McManus, Kendo Nagasaki, Jackie Pallo, Adrian Street and more. I really enjoyed it and will probably read it again soon.

[EP 54 is banned from Collision]

Can't have a discussion of old school British wrestling without a mention of one of the greatest commentators of all time, Kent Walton.

[SmashTV]

Oct 4, 2016 14:39:30 GMT -5 AJ Smudgico said:

Oct 4, 2016 13:49:42 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

In a timely coincidence, there's a programme about old school wrestling on BBC4 tonight (Tuesday 4th October). 'When Wrestling Was Golden - Grapples, Grunts and Grannies. It's been on before, but if you've not seen it it's an enjoyable watch - although there's a very strange section involving Kendo Nagasaki. Enjoy!

If I remember correctly, there's an interview of sorts where he does some sort of bizarre unmasking?
It's a very good documentary though

If memory serves, it shows footage of him unmasking, but the segment itself has a witch/medium talking about the 'spirit' of Kendo Nagasaki and how the wrestler is just a vessel for the spirit. Or some such nonsense.

[Viking Hall]

Oct 4, 2016 15:14:46 GMT -5 government mule said:

I recommend a book called 'The Wrestling' by Simon Garfield, if anyone has read it? It contains a lot of information on certain wrestlers and the culture within this time period, along with the decline of wrestling on 'World of Sport'. Contains a lot of information and anecdotes about the likes of Les Kellett, Mick McManus, Kendo Nagasaki, Jackie Pallo, Adrian Street and more. I really enjoyed it and will probably read it again soon.

I second that, well worth digging out if you can find it.

Oct 4, 2016 16:29:31 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

Oct 4, 2016 14:39:30 GMT -5 AJ Smudgico said:

If I remember correctly, there's an interview of sorts where he does some sort of bizarre unmasking?
It's a very good documentary though

If memory serves, it shows footage of him unmasking, but the segment itself has a witch/medium talking about the 'spirit' of Kendo Nagasaki and how the wrestler is just a vessel for the spirit. Or some such nonsense.

Yeah, the old footage is from his unmasking where has the tattoo on his head and the black contact lenses. Really cool look to be fair. But yeah, the man lives the gimmick with spiritual bollocks and all the rest of it.

[Viking Hall]

Thought I'd have a crack at GIF making. Something I'm pretty new at so don't if I could make them any better, but I'm quite happy with these.

First up I've gone for Tony St. Clair since in terms of career, he's one of the more impressive British wrestlers, but when it comes to even decent pictures of the man, things are pretty scarce.

[Viking Hall]

More GIFs featuring St. Clair this time against a certain Mr. Regal featuring the lesser seen Regal Leg Drop o' Doom.

[Viking Hall]

Digging this back up because I stumbled upon some more great pictures.

Marc 'Rollerball' Rocco



Les Kellett



Pat Roach



Big Daddy versus (I think) Mal 'King Kong' Kirk



Orig 'El Bandito' Williams



Giant Haystacks



Big Daddy versus Giant Haystacks



Count Bartelli



Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks



Mick McManus



Big Daddy

[Viking Hall]

Updated some dead pictures in the original post on the off chance people have come back to this thread and also adding some pics of Dynamite Kid during a lesser seen part of his career. From what I can make out these were taking after Dynamite had returned to the UK to live and was tempted out of retirement to wrestle for All-Star around 93/94 to counteract Joint Promotions having Davey Boy headlining their shows.

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

Dynamite Kid looking rough here.

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Mark Rocco, Steve Grey and Marty Jones please and thank you.

I wrote some biog articles on some of these guys for Angrymarks years ago. I'll dig them up sometime.