Years ago we had this thread but it is lost in cyberspace. Now that the forum is very stable, lets' start again.
So the obvious match outcomes are:
1-0
2-0
2-1
0-0
1-1
KO
DKO
No Contest
RSF
Walkout (Pallo)
Can you think of other outcomes?
I was minded to start this up again after seeing an incredible fall in the Finlay & Gilmour tag match in Paris. The referee was irritatingly attention-seeking, standing on the ropes to appeal to the crowd. But at the end of the bout, with the scores level, he was lifted high by the French wrestler who threw him on top of a prone Finlay and the French wrestler counted out the pinfall. It was all a bit of a mess and the French went onto to reconfirm the score with a further pinfall. But the moment the ref pinned Finlay did make my eyes pop out.
Another Cup Final Day football match finished 2-1 to the good guys yesterday. Always 2-1. All fixed, that "sport."
Here's a really unusual one from April 18, 1963 (so that's a four-month old Festive pudding!):
Didn’t George Kidd defeat both Jim Hussey and Roy “Bull” Davies by 5-4, after receiving a three fall start?
I spotted this in a boxing context today.
Has anyone seen it in wrestling?
Romeo, Mad Mac and Peter are three of our happy gang who I like and really respect for staying with this guff after I'd quit.
"Shoulders to touch the canvas ten times"
Was this widespread? I did see it once but was paying very little attention by then. I'm not looking for a grave to spin in any time soon, but if I had one.
The Ost todays shares a a Manchester 1974 result:
"Elijah bt Curry-tech disq;"
That's a new way for our list!
UTC.
Thanks John. Well that's disappointed Anglo Italian.
A rubber match is the deciding match in a series, so in this context Jones and Rudge had likely each won a match against the other at the venue. The term derives from the "rubber" being the series itself, most notably in bridge where you win a rubber by winning two games. The most common theory is that the word comes from lawn bowls where having your final bowl "rub up" against another could win the game. It's also the reason why in cricket the last match in a test series is called a "dead rubber" if one team has already won the series outright.
Actually, Ost, both those bouts set the mind boggling.
And the meaning of RUBBER here is...????
Here's one way to win we'd might prefer not to remember:
And there were also bouts decided on points. Quite a few bouts, I think.
Yes it was Anglo. During Mighty John Quinn's first tour of blighty in 1979. A televised 4 man heavyweight tournament saw Quinn get the decision via a coin toss over Tony St.Clair. Quinn went on to face Giant Haystacks in the final and both refused to wrestle each other, instead sharing the tournament win. So officially began the Haystacks/Quinn tag partnership. Although they had partnered up previously.
Was a bout ever decided by the toss of a coin? I seem to recall this happening in a tourney situation. Knowing wrestling promoters, they undoubtedly had a double-faced coin....
Dare I mention the "Ladder Match"
He who gets the Belt or money or whatever.
John:
I have one TV match as: May 29th 1978 (Preston, taped 24/5/78) Jim Breaks (2) v Steve Grey (2) I assume this is either a listing error or both men's shoulders being down at the same time in the deciding fall.
That might well be the one I remember
I remember a match, possibly one on the Grand Prix belt ones where the ref decided who had shown more agression and raised their hand in event of a draw. This was much like the scoring in boxing.
DQ & DDQ.
I have one TV match as:
May 29th 1978 (Preston, taped 24/5/78)
Jim Breaks (2) v Steve Grey (2)
I assume this is either a listing error or both men's shoulders being down at the same time in the deciding fall.
Hi Hack, i can recall from oneeof my programmes IAN GILMORE V GEOFF KAYE bout ending with a 2-2 draw. I think it was a WRYTON bill. Hope this helps.
My usual regards to yourself and all on the site,Ian.
I can't remember who was involved but wasn't there a tv match where both wrestlers pinned each other simultaeneously. Probably happened around the halls too, so could end in a 2-2 draw.
Hi Anglo. I put this post on the previous thread, but it may be of interest to some of the people that joined later.
I saw Alf Rawlings v Rex Gable one night at Newcastle. I think that Gable got a fall in round 4 or 5.
Alf then proceeded to thoroughly beat him up and throw him all around the ring for round after round.
About round 9 the referee Les Kellett stopped the fight and said something like " there is a limit to the amount of punishment a body can take"
The fight was awarded to Alf Rawlings on a technical knockout.
Remember after drawn contests they brought this added rule whereby the first wrestler to put his opponents shoulders to touch the canvas ten times. Usually the heel would be well ahead only tor the babyface to get about seven on the run to be awarded the decision.Remember clearly MC Johnny Dale counting out the touches.It was a tv show.It may be on YouTube.