12 days of Wrestle Me-mas #3 - Rollerball Rocco vs Marty Jones
Added 2020-12-16 05:00:03 +0000 UTCWilliam Regal called it the best match to ever take place on British soil. BRITISH SOIL, that's what we'll be eating in 2021. Marc and Pete take a look at this classic match from 1978, starring the late Rollerball, who sadly died earlier in 2020, and the underrated Marty Jones, who happily survived the whole of 2020.
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Massively appreciated Joe and Marc! I do think even if you don't give a shit about wrestling the whole phenomenon of a supressed national pastime... This part of British television history that's been so easily rewritten - it's fascinating. Nothing seems more American than watching the 'rasslin - and yet the television used to do bigger numbers than the football... Thanks for all the recommendations and links - pumped to start this journey!
Hugh Overend
2020-12-19 05:06:01 +0000 UTCYou'll love the John Lister book! Here's the documentary you're probably thinking of, it doesn't seem to be on iPlayer any more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V707FFEq0k
Joe Roche
2020-12-18 08:37:40 +0000 UTCThis match is just sensational - dipped toes into the old Brit wres before and never got hooked, not even last year with the Rocco / Dynamite Kid. Nothing I didn't like about it, but it felt of such another time I found it hard to connect. This match has 100% given me the bug. It's a match that makes you go "Ok - maybe some of the oldies have a point about their being something lacking in modern wrestling". As Pete says - there's not what you'd call any modern "high spots" here, but every single move is not just executed to perfection, but with conviction. I'm going to watch and re-watch this beauty all over Xmas and have already started scouring eBay for WOS dvds - anyone have any suggestions for shows/matches/books (got JL in my sights/or docs? I'm amazed BBC 4 has never done a WOS lookback... I SWEAR I remember seeing one on iPlayer many moons ago.
Hugh Overend
2020-12-18 01:21:17 +0000 UTC
