Big Daddy's nightclub is back open in Bradford after 20+ years as Sunbridge Wells. The Beatles once played there in a secret underground (literally) gig.
how dumb would you have to be to think that these matches aren't fixed? I mean it's wrestling. That's how it works, the promoter decides who wins because he decides who he wants in the spotlight to make the most money and draw the biggest crowds. That aside it takes within 10 seconds to realise that the blokes are working their holds and not actually trying to hurt each other. And then that aside, when they keep running into Big bugger's belly and he just pushes them away and they keep coming back I mean it doesn't get anymore hokey than that. Ya twit.
I distinctly recall an occasion after a rigged Big Daddy victory when a for-real Japanese sumo wrestler got into the ring and said to Big Daddy...try that with me! Needless to say, Big Daddy did not try it on with the Japanese sumo wrestler. Big Daddy was a massive Yorkshire pudding whose brother Brian, controller of British wrestling in the seventies, rigged most if not all of his matches.
@@jaymike3302 It is true, I remember watching the incident on television. Big Daddy stormed out of the ring cursing and swearing. On another occasion, in an incident recorded by the News of the World, Tony 'Banger' Walsh rang up Big Daddy and challenged him to a free and fair match. Big Daddy cursed and swore and slammed down the phone. Any matches in which Big Daddy fought Japanese wrestlers were probably as rigged as most of his other bouts.
@@atticlight9048 If these guys really wanted to challenge Big Daddy, then they should have gotten into the ring with him. Instead of calling him or whatever. The guys who did get into the ring with him got destroyed.
@@jaymike3302 With respect Mike you have clearly not been attentively reading what I wrote. That Japanese sumo wrestler DID get into the ring. Big Daddy promptly got out. Tony 'Banger' Walsh DID challenge him to an 'unscripted' bout. Big Daddy slammed the phone down. If Big Daddy had gone up against a for-real Japanese sumo wrestler then he would soon have been bounced out the ring. If he had taken part in a non-fixed bout against Banger Walsh then Walsh would have made mincemeat of him.
What the hell are you on about? This is what wrestling is supposed to be, entertainment, particularly for kids. Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks were a sight to be seen, huge personalities and attractions.
@@pooddescrewch8718 I met Giant Haystacks. I saw him been Mesure d he was 6 feet 11 inches. Paul White is billed at seven feet four. So the Inches measure up
@@matthewseller3711 Big Show was never 7ft 4. They gave him that height when his gimmick was the son of Andre the Giant, who also was never 7ft 4. I'm guessing Haystacks was really about 6ft 8.
He was British Champion in his younger days, but the old champ, a legit shooter called Bert Assirati, would show up at venues and challenge him. Crabtree wanted no part of that and retired. He came back years later as Big Daddy after his brother Max was hired as booker by Joint Promotions.
no hate but..... seriously.....how the freaking amazing creepy hell this big daddy became a legend? opponents run on him and fall.thats the only thing he does...its not even him.they do it. is this english humor?
3:43 "...and all there men disappear. All three opponents disappear completely." As Giant Haystacks stands there, unmoving, not even making the slightest effort to leave the apron. "Haystacks is gone, Gordon is gone, and Daly is gone." As the camera shows and pans in on Haystacks not leaving the ring apron.
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Everything stopped in our house every Saturday at 4pm. So many characters. Always enjoyed Kent Walton's commentary. "Have a good week until next week"
Agree david. We used to stop everything on saturday afternoons to watch these classic wrestling on world of sport. 👏
Deffo, loved world of sport, and especially wrestling.
I can imagine Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy after the match, congratulating each other, shaking hands and having a beer!
*my grandfather skips in with chocolate and biscuits. I expect he hated wrestling but knew I loved it. Epic Saturdays in 80s.
Good old days....my grandad loved wrestling...brings back old memories...ime 45 in March.. so I must of been so young but I still remember him....
..
Always around 4pm Saturday afternoon brilliant memories
Big Daddy's nightclub is back open in Bradford after 20+ years as
Sunbridge Wells. The Beatles once played there in a secret underground
(literally) gig.
Those were the days!!!!
I guess this was the UK version of survivor series
Haha this was brilliant, brings back a lot of memories Saturday afternoons on itv proper non fixed wrestling, all shapes and sizes!
Non fixed? Lol.
LOL!!!
how dumb would you have to be to think that these matches aren't fixed? I mean it's wrestling. That's how it works, the promoter decides who wins because he decides who he wants in the spotlight to make the most money and draw the biggest crowds. That aside it takes within 10 seconds to realise that the blokes are working their holds and not actually trying to hurt each other. And then that aside, when they keep running into Big bugger's belly and he just pushes them away and they keep coming back I mean it doesn't get anymore hokey than that. Ya twit.
When Big Daddy entered the ring, all 3 opponents disappeared completely.
how fit they all looked back then, this is the era when men ate lard...
... and drunk 20 pints of beer a day. 😆
More men than you
Wow what memories 😂😂
Thank God for big daddy he saved the day there. How can you say it's fixed it clearly isn't
I am a Karate Man so I wears my karate pants in the ring!
this is when wrestling was just fun and entertainment
I agree but a lot of people were dead serious about it.
I distinctly recall an occasion after a rigged Big Daddy victory when a for-real Japanese sumo wrestler got into the ring and said to Big Daddy...try that with me! Needless to say, Big Daddy did not try it on with the Japanese sumo wrestler. Big Daddy was a massive Yorkshire pudding whose brother Brian, controller of British wrestling in the seventies, rigged most if not all of his matches.
You do realise wrestling IS rigged?
That's not true. Every Japanese wrestler that challenged Big Daddy got destroyed.
@@jaymike3302 It is true, I remember watching the incident on television. Big Daddy stormed out of the ring cursing and swearing. On another occasion, in an incident recorded by the News of the World, Tony 'Banger' Walsh rang up Big Daddy and challenged him to a free and fair match. Big Daddy cursed and swore and slammed down the phone.
Any matches in which Big Daddy fought Japanese wrestlers were probably as rigged as most of his other bouts.
@@atticlight9048 If these guys really wanted to challenge Big Daddy, then they should have gotten into the ring with him. Instead of calling him or whatever. The guys who did get into the ring with him got destroyed.
@@jaymike3302 With respect Mike you have clearly not been attentively reading what I wrote. That Japanese sumo wrestler DID get into the ring. Big Daddy promptly got out. Tony 'Banger' Walsh DID challenge him to an 'unscripted' bout. Big Daddy slammed the phone down.
If Big Daddy had gone up against a for-real Japanese sumo wrestler then he would soon have been bounced out the ring. If he had taken part in a non-fixed bout against Banger Walsh then Walsh would have made mincemeat of him.
I loved watching wrestling on a Saturday afternoon. Great Memories. Big daddy's name was Shirley crabtree.
Nostalgic
Great to watch this again
It was really good nice combination between sport and enterteimnet
UK Wrestling with Big Daddy makes 2019 ROH look like 1996-99 WCW
What the hell are you on about? This is what wrestling is supposed to be, entertainment, particularly for kids. Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks were a sight to be seen, huge personalities and attractions.
Big Daddy > N.W.O.
The double head kick at 6.42 was pretty dam cool.
I might have been a fan of big daddy.
People who met him behind the scenes wasnt. Conman nasty.
@@erniescullion8452 That's not true.
You can't beat two super athletics in their prime condition going for it - Bring it on.
Big Daddy made Hogan look like Bret Hart
It was a circus at the end great shame
The Big Daddy splashes were terrible, I suspect he soon gave them up. Haystacks could hit a decent elbow drop, even late on as Loch Ness.
ha ha I remember the wrestling on Saturdays........seemed to go on forever..........big daddys name is Shirley as well ha ha lol
Any early tom billington matches
Giant Haystacks was legitimately one of the biggest men ever to wrestle but he was not 6'11" ....6'7" most likely
No, he really was six feet elven and at 40 stone he was the biggest
@@matthewseller3711 No , he really was not .... WCW's Giant had abot 4 to 5 inches of height on him
@@pooddescrewch8718 I met Giant Haystacks. I saw him been Mesure d he was 6 feet 11 inches. Paul White is billed at seven feet four. So the Inches measure up
@@matthewseller3711 Lol no
@@matthewseller3711 Big Show was never 7ft 4. They gave him that height when his gimmick was the son of Andre the Giant, who also was never 7ft 4. I'm guessing Haystacks was really about 6ft 8.
There are pictures of Shirley Crabtree with a narrow waist and broad chest . Turns out in his younger days he was a dashing figure
He was British Champion in his younger days, but the old champ, a legit shooter called Bert Assirati, would show up at venues and challenge him. Crabtree wanted no part of that and retired. He came back years later as Big Daddy after his brother Max was hired as booker by Joint Promotions.
Lopez Jason Gonzalez Steven Moore Jennifer
Could scrubber Daly see where the hell he was going? 😂😂😂
Looks like haystacks little brother 😆😆.
Uk Wrestling could and should of been much better. Wwf in the middle eighties was fantastic.
Wrestling was huge in the UK back then, you don't know what you're on about.
Always found Big Daddy boring as a kid he never really did anything, Great memories though.
This referee is good does his job as good as he can 👍
Big daddy killed tv wrestling
good looking men
Does anyone know the year this was broadcast?
Prob around 1980 or 81
December '83 (last televised bout before Christmas)
The dude in the red trunks needs to sue his barber
Well those flops are landing on something.
severe scoville athletes
big daddy is the MAN
Pantomime
Big Daddy Team and Haystacks Team would sound better, keep it original i say. These saying all went daft since the 2012 Olympics
Being in good shape was definitely not a requirement back than.
Easy easy easy
Shirley!
who said fix?
no hate but.....
seriously.....how the freaking amazing creepy hell this big daddy became a legend?
opponents run on him and fall.thats the only thing he does...its not even him.they do it.
is this english humor?
Fudging
They can’t even fake it decently. Pathetic
You are wrong. It is art and wonderful entertainment.
Glenn Williams It is not art. It is a lame attempt at fooling people that are too stupid to admit it’s fake.
@@TH-bk5hj Right. That is art or entertainment.
@@OhJaniceWhyOhWhy No , not everything attempting to be artistic hits the mark
3:43 "...and all there men disappear. All three opponents disappear completely."
As Giant Haystacks stands there, unmoving, not even making the slightest effort to leave the apron.
"Haystacks is gone, Gordon is gone, and Daly is gone."
As the camera shows and pans in on Haystacks not leaving the ring apron.
Haystacks was clearly channeling John Cena...