Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted October 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited)  11 June 1980: The Big Time (BBC One) Another series of the programme which gives an amateur the chance to join the professional world of his dreams. Keith Rawlinson - wrestler Reporter Paul Heiney Keith Rawlinson is a schoolmaster in Burnley-but he has always longed to be a professional wrestler. Now The Big Time gives him the chance. It takes three months of strict training and body building during which Keith is advised by some of the biggest names in wrestling including KENT WALTON, BIG DADDY and World Lightweight Champion, JOHNNY SAINT. His big moment is a match - in an all-star bill at the most glamorous wrestling venue in the country - London's Royal Albert Hall. Producer ESTHER RANTZEN Film editor ROGER GUERTIN Director NICK HANDEL  This was featured in an episode of Russell Brand's Ponderland:-    With a more detailed take on the show's incredibly violent set-up on an unwitting mark in my book down there in my sig.  Seriously, the whole show is horrifying. A three-month long-con where they beat the fuck out of someone, while psychologically setting him up to think 1) it's all real, 2) he has a chance. Edited October 17, 2014 by Astro Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Blick Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Thought/question: Â Should the NXT title be contended at Wrestlemania? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I wouldn't be against it being defended on the pre-show, but not the main card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanny Pack Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Currently watching the Hell In A Cell anthology and whoevers idea it was to show stills of the match before showing it needs shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 17, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 17, 2014   11 June 1980: The Big Time (BBC One) Another series of the programme which gives an amateur the chance to join the professional world of his dreams. Keith Rawlinson - wrestler Reporter Paul Heiney Keith Rawlinson is a schoolmaster in Burnley-but he has always longed to be a professional wrestler. Now The Big Time gives him the chance. It takes three months of strict training and body building during which Keith is advised by some of the biggest names in wrestling including KENT WALTON, BIG DADDY and World Lightweight Champion, JOHNNY SAINT. His big moment is a match - in an all-star bill at the most glamorous wrestling venue in the country - London's Royal Albert Hall. Producer ESTHER RANTZEN Film editor ROGER GUERTIN Director NICK HANDEL  This was featured in an episode of Russell Brand's Ponderland:-    With a more detailed take on the show's incredibly violent set-up on an unwitting mark in my book down there in my sig.  Seriously, the whole show is horrifying. A three-month long-con where they beat the fuck out of someone, while psychologically setting him up to think 1) it's all real, 2) he has a chance.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted October 18, 2014 Moderators Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited)  7 February 1988: Did You See...? Ludovic Kennedy is joined by his studio guests for a review of Screen Two: Stanley (BBC2) Scottish Eye (Channel 4) First Tuesday (ITV) Guests: Muriel Gray Charles Kennedy Mandy Merck and Jacquie Hughes watches the recording of a tv wrestling match in Burnley and talks to Big Daddy and Kent Walton about the fortunes of their flamboyant sport. Film director KRISHNA GOVENDER Studio director ARCHIE BARON Producer Nicholas BARKER    Was the Klondyke Kate 40 minutes shown again in the 90s? As I swear down I've seen it, and I wouldn't have watched in 88 when I was 3. Edited October 18, 2014 by PowerButchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted October 18, 2014 Moderators Share Posted October 18, 2014 Does anyone have a clue what this at the start of this video's off? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 It was an episode of 'Send in the Girls'. Â I Googled the Roman numerals after the Granada credits and crossed referenced the year with the producer and directors that were credited, and the 'Home Games' episode the voiceover man mentions confirms it. Â http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077079/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted October 18, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2014 Does Dean Ambrose still not have a good enough physique to wrestle with his top off? It's really starting to bother me now, as it was with Roman Reigns before he got put on the shelf. If they want these guys to be perceived as top guys they need to look the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexy Dad Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) I remember being surprised at Ambrose having quite a good physique when he wrestled without his flack jacket one time during The Shield days. I think Dean wearing a tank top is more about making a conscious effort to make him look different. He would look daft in jeans and no top every match, then if he wore trunks he would look like Curtis Axel and the rest of the blands if that hairlines continues to disappear. Edited October 18, 2014 by Sexy Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted October 18, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2014 Check it out. Arguably the best physique of the three of them! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted October 18, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2014 Earlier in the year I remember there being a great deal of discussion about the three Shield members and how they would be presented once the group had split up. Everyone had different ideas about what they should wear, it was exciting to see how these three uniformed men would be presented as distinct personalities. I appreciate the efforts to make the three of them stand out from the crowd by not going for the traditional boots and trunks look, but so far I have not been pleased with the results for any of them. None of them look like main event wrestlers. Judging by the pic Supremo has posted there, Ambrose would look great in some proper wrestling gear, but as it is he looks too indy, meaning he looks low-rent and rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted October 18, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) I actually thought Ambrose looked even more Indy than he does now when he wore trunks during his time in NXT. Â Â I'm not sure what it is, but he just doesn't look right in trunks and boots. Of the three of them, I'd argue Dean has the best gear since the Shield broke up. It's different enough to what he wore previously and it suits his character to dress like a scruff bag. Of the three, Seth is the one I'd be putting in trunks. Or maybe some tights similar to what Jericho used to wear. That shit Power Ranger outfit has to go though. Â But yeah; for the amount of time the UKFF seemed to spend imagining what they would wear once they split up, it's apparant that nobody in the company had any idea until after it happened as nothing has really clicked. Edited October 18, 2014 by Supremo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 18, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2014 Does anyone have a clue what this at the start of this video's off? Â Â Â It was an episode of 'Send in the Girls'. Â I Googled the Roman numerals after the Granada credits and crossed referenced the year with the producer and directors that were credited, and the 'Home Games' episode the voiceover man mentions confirms it. Â http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077079/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1Â Â The whole show is on YouTube:Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 18, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2014 If they don't make money from Dean Ambrose, it isn't because of his ring gear. He totally looks the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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