Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted January 13 Paid Members Posted January 13 (edited) 1 hour ago, BomberPat said: newspaper report in the '70s described him as a "Jimmy Savile lookalike", and from what I've heard that isn't where those similarities end. Apparently he died in prison I assume all British wrestlers from back then died in prison. It just saves time. Edited January 13 by Lion_of_the_Midlands Etienne Verveer. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted January 13 Author Paid Members Posted January 13 10 minutes ago, Statto said: Unless I'm mistaken, prior to taking on the chav gimmick Darren Burridge was "The Gay One" Baxter Burridge as late as like 2002. yeah, one of Greg's trainers was Vince Randell, who had also worked as "The Gay One" or just "Gay" Vince Randell at various points, along with Bobby Barnes, who tagged with Adrian Street and did a variation on his "Exotic" gimmick, so early one Burridge was doing a kind of hybrid of those two as Baxter. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted January 13 Members Posted January 13 23 hours ago, Lorne Malvo said: When I speak to normals about 'the old wrestling', The Bushwhackers name comes up much more than names you might expect I've told this plenty of times on here but on the very rare occasion wrestling is mentioned in conversation with my old man, he will ALWAYS ask "Them Bushwhackers still around?" and often start doing the arm movements. Never mentions anyone else. Luke and Butch were over like Rover in Hounslow in 1990 brother. Quote
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted January 13 Paid Members Posted January 13 I love the random things non-wrestling fans focus on when they accidentally find themselves at The Wrestling. My dad took me to a WWE house show in Cardiff in 2006. The only thing he popped for the whole night was Viscera (doing the World's Largest Love Machine gimmick) pretending to shag two of the Spirit Squad. Quote
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted January 13 Paid Members Posted January 13 2 hours ago, The King of Old School said: Only thing that I vividly remember is a bloke coming out called "Andrew The Giant" in a similar black singlet to what Andre wore @Andrew the Giant Quote
NeverYield Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Yes I remember a show I went to with my old man, it wasn't a full 'WWE Triubute' though as it only had 'The Undertaker' on, it was a cage match, I'm not 100% sure on the promotion but I'm leaning it towards being All-Star. I got the show poster as well and it was very similar to the ones posted on here with yellow background, stars etc, not sure where the poster is now though although I did buy a Rock beanie at the show that I still have today. Quote
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted January 13 Paid Members Posted January 13 In the early 2000s I took my younger cousin to a show like this at Doncaster Dome (pre 1pw). He knew they weren't the real guys, he just wanted to see wrestling live. Drew McDonald was on the poster, and that was the draw for me. Mind, I cant find any record of it online. 😆 I mostly remember Drew looking confused that I shook his hand after the show. Quote
Paid Members FLips Posted January 13 Paid Members Posted January 13 “Bret Rico is DX” from the poster in the opening post is amazing. Is he all of them? Like a Nutty Professor situation? Quote
davertfnewman Posted January 13 Posted January 13 @BomberPat put it better than I could. The Gay One wasn't going to have a gay old time. Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 14 Paid Members Posted January 14 I went to my first wrestling show because it advertised "The Texas Tornado". Obviously, 10/11 year old me was a moron to think WWF wrestler KVE would be appearing at the 147 club but, I did. Not even seeing Big Daddy live could make up for that disappointment. He was more of a Stan Hansen tribute than KVE but, either way, a muppet in a Cowboy hat calling himself The Texas Tornado ensured I didn't go to any more shows! Quote
davertfnewman Posted January 14 Posted January 14 I wonder if that was Steve "Buffalo" Breheny. Quote
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted January 14 Paid Members Posted January 14 On 1/13/2026 at 9:06 AM, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: The Gaylord Steve Peacock. He should’ve called himself Drew instead. Quote
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted January 15 Paid Members Posted January 15 3 hours ago, TheBurningRed said: He should’ve called himself Drew instead. That level of sophistication was beyond them. Quote
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