This week's Newsletter focuses on Colin Joynson's ability to fly very high in every bout to be on the receiving end of a spectacular back flip. Great selling in favour of his opponent.
His opponent in the bout was Kendo Nagasaki, maskless, and therefore deprived of the chance to show one of his own anti-specialities, the raising of his mask up to his nostrils. No bout was complete without it.
And we are of course discussing Mark Rocco at the present time, strangely the only wrestler his opponents all decided to post upside-down.
I'm thinking Bruno Elrington helpless with his arms in the ropes.
Dangerous Danny Lynch and his regular claret.
Can anyone add to my list of Anti-Specialities?
Hack said that Dominic Pye used to have his long hair tied to the ropes. He must have learnt that from his Dad, because that used to happen in the 1950's.
The main "Anti Specialty" that I remember about Jack, was that he always(When I saw him) wore long black or dark green tights and his bottom was well padded.
He stood like an "S"With head back, chest out and his bottom back out again.
When thrown across the ring, Jack would howl with pain, land with his hands beneath him and push up so that he bounced higher and always got tangled in the ropes.
Does anyone else remember the way Johnny Czeslaw took a throw? No length to it at all, he used to spin around vey fast on the spot. To me, it used to prove that every throw was unreal, unfortunately.
The front-facing posting always looked brutal. Clearly a Calgary "thing" as I first saw Bret Hart do it when facing Marty Jones, then Dynamite on one of his return visits.
Adrian Street and later Bobby Barnes used to do that thing where they would get thrown, roll elegantly straight back to their feet, and sort of wave to the crowd. The opponent would throw them again, same result.
This would happen three or four times, back to back, and then as they were rolling back on to their feet, the opponent would rush in and throw them before they were ready and they would land with an unrefined "bump". The audience would go nuts, cheering.
All well rehearsed of course, but it was great at the time.
I can think of one that was quite unintentional but looked very painful.
Goldbelt Maxine when taking a cross-ring throw always landed on the base of his spine. Ouch!
Gosh Anglo , I have seen it so many times , but it is hard to recall who did it the most.
Was Vic Faulkner one who did , seem to recall he did one to many against Street.
Some of the nearly men going after Jim Breaks and same again with McManus.
I think most of the high fliers tripped up at one time or another.
Did the Borgs , I am a bit vague on them.
Another one is the man who hurts his knee or shoulder and protects it only to be finally caught in a reckless moment and having to submit to a punishing hold.
I think Dennison lost a few protecting the shoulder.
Who exemplifies that, Ron?
All the wrestlers who did a series of Drop Kicks only to do one too many and hurt their back.
Of course it was a sell to change the course of the bout and hand victory to the other wrestler.
Johnny Kidd used to get his head caught in the ropes; it looked nasty.
Big John Prayter was a notorious bleeder.
How about Mick McManus being bounced up n down by his ears or maybe Shirley in his giant baby grow and the endless stream of wrestlers who mysteriously just run at this belly for no good reason whatsoever ...
Dominic Pye having his straggly hair tied to the top rope. Also, regularly catching his foot and tripping as he jumped over the top rope to leave himself helpless with foot caught between the top two ropes.
The Undertakers masks being turned round to leave them fighting each other.
The inevitable come-uppance of Leon Arras following his self proclaimed great move.