Body Slamming, Head Locking, Drop Kicking...Re-live it all with the best of ITV ... more
Wrestling.Hello Grapple Fans!Turn back the clock to the 1970's when Saturday afternoon meant one thing, and that was wrestling! With the chants of easy, easy! and the comme...
The ultimate classic wrestling DVD for nostalgia sport enthusiasts! For armchair sports ... more
fans in the 1970s and 1980s four o'clock on Saturday afternoon meant one thing - professional wrestling! Dickie Davies would sit at his desk and introduce an hour...
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fans in the 1970s and 1980s four o'clock on Saturday afternoon meant one thing - professional wrestling! Dickie Davies would sit at his desk and introduce an hour of some of the best entertainment this country had ever seen. Frank Sinatra thought the British had some of the finest participants...Margaret Thatcher was a regular viewer...not mention the Duke of Edinburgh having front row tickets at the Royal Albert Hall...remember? Tales of fantastic bouts as well as the best of the best from a classic era of television will be found on this DVD.
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Wrestling. With the chants of Easy, easy and commentary by an over excited Kent Walton, this was British sport at its best.Relive all the action in this non stop wrestling frenzy featuring the most entertaining segments of 24 key bouts from 1970 to 1983.With all the biggest and best wrestlers from the era Jackie Pallo, Mick McManus, Les Kellett, Pat Roach, Kendo Nagasaki, Giant Haystacks & Big Daddy.Key Action From Bouts Included Are:- The final bout between Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks.- The Unmasking of Kendo Nagasaki.- Excellent match involving Les Kellett and Leon Arras - who is the actor Brian Glover.Other Segments Include:- More Big Daddy including tag team action.- More Kendo Nagasaki action including a fight where Big Daddy rips off his mask.- More Giant Haystacks action including a rare tag team bout where he partners his great rival Big Daddy.Tag Team Action Including:- Mick McManus & Steve Logan v Kendo Nagasaki & Gorgeous George.- Fit Finlay.- Rollerball Rocco.Also No Holds Barred Includes:- Jimmy Saville on his time as a wrestler.- The Wrestlers views on Les Kellett - the hardest man in Wrestling.
Its time to turn your armchair into a ringside seat and enjoy another journey back to the ... more
days when the kings of the canvas reigned supreme and for several million people there was no other way to spend Saturday afternoon than watching wrestling on ITV!For more than 30 years the ring's great and good tantalized, teased and thrilled us through eagerly awaited hour long segments of World of Sport's weekly marathon.The best of ITV Wrestling A-Z DVD showcases all the best wrestlers from the golden days including, Kendo Nagasaki, Mick McManus, Big Daddy, Catweazle, and Giant Haystacks. This DVD also includes Slow Motion replays, for the first time modern technology can shine a light on the dark arts of the grapple game - fake or real? - you can watch and decide - keep an eye out for the big R's!Presented by Dickie Davies, ITV's World of Sport's long running presenter.
Advantages: Takes you back down memory lane Disadvantages: Vince McMahon's superstars have done so much for wrestling these guys look really bad
But no thanks to be honest. Anyone who remembers pre-WWF wrestling in the UK on television is likely to be thinking of World of Sport wrestling on ITV. This DVD captures the best of that era. But after the last 15 years of Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, The Undertaker, Kurt Angle, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin to name just a few, the best of the ITV era is nothing to brag about.
With a few exceptions. The Dynamite Kid and William Regal appeared in ITV's wrestling. Even nWo founding member Scott Hall made a handful of appearances.
But this DVD concentrates on the likes of Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks. Big brutes of men who liked to throw their weight around. Don't expect any Chris Benoit or Eddie Guerrero (may he rest peacefully) wrestling classics, just big mean men in tights.
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Advantages: Twelve and a half hours of quality entertainment Disadvantages: No extras, expensive
Introduction
I should have known better. My sister's birthday is in February and I thought I was being very organised by buying her a present nearly a month early. As soon as I saw this, I knew she'd love it. Unfortunately, so did I and after a week of resisting temptation, I gave in and watched it myself. And I have to admit it was worth it, even though I now have to get my sister something else?
The discs
Released last year to celebrate 50 years of the ITV channel, the set is made up of 8 discs in all, all key episodes from well-known dramas of the last 15 years or so. These include:
Cracker - One Day a Lemming Will Die
Brief synopsis: A young boy is found hanging from a tree in the middle of a wood. It is not at first clear whether he committed suicide or was murdered. Either way, his death seems to be linked to the fact that ...
Advantages: Many major moments of British wrestling history Disadvantages: Matches have been cut to destruction
Sataurday at 4 o'clock was something I looked forward to every week.
Watching the characters years later, the magic is till there although the overweight, aged competitors seem far less credible.
Any lover of British wrestling will marvel at some of the significant moments in it's history. Unfortunatly a lot of the atmosphehre and build up has been lost in the cutting room. Did this DVD have to be this short? There are hours and hours of archive footage and 96 minutes really doesn't scratch the surface.
There is plenty here to satisfy lovers of world of Sport, but a bit more variety would have been nice. The producers have played safe and heavily featured the biggest star, 'Big Daddy.' Some of the more skill mat technicians are conspicious by thier absence.
For those without Sky, british wrestling footage is like goldust, this ...
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