A fairly short match featuring Andy vs The Red Phantom, don't know who he is but he gets unmasked at the end of the bout. Anybody know who he is as he hasn't turned up on the A-Z
I don’t know who that was and I have to admit I only watched the last five minutes, however I couldn‘t help but notice how lax wrestling had become by then. Andy punches the Red one in the stomach and moves into his ‘speciality’, without a forthcoming public warning or at the very least, the ref making Andy give up the hold, due to the illegal blow and then applies the leg lock after the contest is over, whereas in the past he probably would have been disqualified. We also had to watch the rather ungainly undressing of the submission hold, with a closeup of the ref gingerly trying to extract a boot from a backside. I still cringe remembering the very first time on television, a wrestler body slamming his opponent, then climbing up to the top rope and jumping off onto the prone body. ‘Oh no’ said uncle Kent. He won’t be allowed to get away with that’ and sounded very ‘peeved off‘ when the referee counted the pin. For me, it signaled the beginning of the end. For uncle Kent too, I think.
I don't know the identity of The Red Phantom but I do recall this match being broadcast late one night several months after wrestling had come off World of Sport. STV had hired Crabtree to promote some shows initially for Scottish viewers but also appearing on a handful of other ITV regions including Granada. I also recall Ian Mc.Gregor opposing a bad-tempered Ray Steele and Kent Walton being shocked and dismayed at Steele's roughouse style. He just couldn't get over it! These were the final Crabtree bouts to be televised.
Surely not Dave Taylor,Kent doing the commentary in an armchair in Hazelmere.
I don’t know who that was and I have to admit I only watched the last five minutes, however I couldn‘t help but notice how lax wrestling had become by then. Andy punches the Red one in the stomach and moves into his ‘speciality’, without a forthcoming public warning or at the very least, the ref making Andy give up the hold, due to the illegal blow and then applies the leg lock after the contest is over, whereas in the past he probably would have been disqualified. We also had to watch the rather ungainly undressing of the submission hold, with a closeup of the ref gingerly trying to extract a boot from a backside. I still cringe remembering the very first time on television, a wrestler body slamming his opponent, then climbing up to the top rope and jumping off onto the prone body. ‘Oh no’ said uncle Kent. He won’t be allowed to get away with that’ and sounded very ‘peeved off‘ when the referee counted the pin. For me, it signaled the beginning of the end. For uncle Kent too, I think.
I didn't recognize him at all, I wonder if any of our Scottish friends can help?
I don't know the identity of The Red Phantom but I do recall this match being broadcast late one night several months after wrestling had come off World of Sport. STV had hired Crabtree to promote some shows initially for Scottish viewers but also appearing on a handful of other ITV regions including Granada. I also recall Ian Mc.Gregor opposing a bad-tempered Ray Steele and Kent Walton being shocked and dismayed at Steele's roughouse style. He just couldn't get over it! These were the final Crabtree bouts to be televised.