Was Greg the Dyke right to pull the plug on the wrestling? or was this what killed it?
my own feelings are that while taking it off the telly definitely helped its demise the fact is it was already rapidly going downhill and would have fizzled out anyway. The big stars were leaving in their droves and it was all a long way from the glory days of McManus and Pallo drawing a bigger crowd than the cup final.
Discuss.
I think WWF only really became big in the UK once Sky started showing it in the very late 80s (although ITV obviously showed a few bouts towards the end of their coverage).
As several posters had said already, if All Star had got their matches aired five or so years earlier than they did, things might have been a bit different. Joint became much too much reliant on Daddy, and he really should have bowed out in 1982 or thereabouts - after that it was just endless repetition and diminishing returns.
I'm really glad there's so much Reslo footage available, as it captured the likes of Rocco and others during the period after they'd jumped ship from Joint but before Brian got his bouts on ITV.