I've read a fair bit about this wrestler, but never seen him as he was way before my time, and I haven't been able to find any footage. So I thought I'd ask on here as I'm guessing some of you will have seen him.
I know he was Kendo's first ever opponent and I've heard he could do a pretty amazing drop kick. Kendo discribes him as a 'carpenter' i.e someone who would always make his opponent look good.
What was his style of wrestling?
Was he a heel or blue eye?
Did he have a similer style to his son Rocco?
C'mon guys, enlighten me.
Cheers.
Can I just add my agreement with all the above comments regarding Jim Hussey. He was a bill topping heavyweight for whom the rules meant nothing; however this does not take away anything from the consumate wrestling skills that he possessed. Usually on the wrong side of the crowd's ire I have actuallly seen him in the role of the hero when up aganist some overseas villain or one of this country's perennial heels such as Billy Joyce. Always a wrestler I enjoyed watching either live or on TV.
Can I just add my agreement with all the comments made here about Jim Hussey. He was a bill topping heavyweight for whom the rules meant nothing but that does not take away the consumate skill that he possessed. Usually on the wrong side of the crowd's ire but I have seen him in the role of the hero when up against some overseas villain or one of this country's perennial heels like Billy Joyce. Someone that I always enjoyed watching either live or on TV.
There was a post by me ( as Beancounter) somewhere on the old forum outlining my memories of this great character.
Massive thanks to all of you that answered. I see Jim was a fondly remembered wrestler. Hopefully one day I'll find some of the footage!
Jim Hussey was what wrestling was all about Frank. I saw him a few times towards the end of his career. He was a rugged villain, nothing too sophisticated about his matches. He was no Rocky Wall, Steve Veidor or Gwyn Davies and that wasn't what we expected. We expected to see him rough up the good guy and then (usually) go down in defeat, full of protestations. In the 1960s there was a big seam of wrestlers just beneath the surface of the top guys and Jim was one of those. He was used by promoters to measure newcomers, be they novices (like Kendo) or overseas visitors (like Jean Ferre).
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That's the footage , it will come again.
The 1967 documentary The Wrestlers was available until very recently on the Snakepit Wigan Website but no longer.It included a Hussey/Kellet match
Nice one Graham. Thanks.
Jim Hussey was definitely a heel, and a very good one. A rough tough wrestler, can see where his son Rollerball Rocco got his skills from. Jimmy Hussey features in the 1960’s film, The Wrestlers. One of the all time greats.
Thanks Mate. I was hopeing he'd be a heel. Cheers for the info.
Hi Leonard. Jimmy Hussey was what you would term now- a heel.
Very rough ,all action and prone to a few rule bending tactics.
Not as fast or all action as Rocco.
Could hold his own with most heavyweights below champion standard.
Don't think they tagged Frank , there was not much overlap of careers.
Thank you Ron. Hopefully I'll get to see that footage. I wonder if he ever tagged with Mark Rocco as a father and son team as a some did?
Frank , the dropkick stuff was when he was young. Like most of em he gained the weight as he got older. Was a rough tough wrestler and a safe pair of hands for the business.
Short but powerfully built full heavyweight.
Someone help me out please , there is footage of Hussey v Kellett on a documentary but I can't find it.