Some members, over the years, may have come across the Sitwell name, especially that of Edith or Osbert. However it was another sibling, Sir Sacheverell, who gave his impressions on professional wrestling.
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Some members, over the years, may have come across the Sitwell name, especially that of Edith or Osbert. However it was another sibling, Sir Sacheverell, who gave his impressions on professional wrestling.
I doubt if many children much over the age of seven years thought that Crabtrees efforts were anything other than"pretend" Ironically Sacheverell Sitwell lived until October 1988 and therefore possibily endured the full horrific horrors of that era
Replying to Peter. With the Big Daddy audiences made up mostly of children, the percentages of those who thought 'it' was 'real' could have have been 60 to 70%! As for the t.v. times I suspect they thought they were being smart, informing their viewers, that 'THEY' knew it wasn't real. Channel 10 in Sydney, once ended a morning news break, with the news that overnight Randy Savage had become the new WWF champion, a clip of sorts was shown, then with a knowing grin, the newsreader, signed of with something along the lines of 'Of course it isn't real, just fun, entertainment'.
I've always been heartened, by the number of professional athletes from a mixture of sports, who have said they liked wrestling and admired the workers.
Those mixed martial artists who have crossed over from time to time, have almost to a man, said today's wrestling schedules, make it the more difficult pursuit of the two.
A right clever dick. I'm as intrigued as Peter by the date....and also the radio commentary reference. That made me think it was American.
His familiarity with the names of the holds tells me he was probably, and merely, hooked by the early ITV broadcasts, so I'll plump for 1956.
A shame such pompous writing is let down by the grammatical misuse of WHOM.
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