Hamish Woodward Mark “Rollerball” Rocco had a mixed relationship with Hulk Hogan over the years. The pair were said to be fast friends, having met during tours of Japan. Hulk Hogan became a big star in the country in his early days. With the help of his trainer, Hiro Matsuda, he became a big star in New … Read more
Giant Haystacks is a huge name in British wrestling, but he never found as much success across the pond. The giant grappler had an incredible career in the UK. He was one of the most feared wrestlers in the country, standing at nearly seven foot tall and 600lbs at his peak. His battles against Big … Read more
One of the stories that the legendary wrestler Giant Haystacks used to love to tell his fellow wrestlers was about his time spent with Paul McCartney. This retelling would often be met with annoyed groans. Haystacks would often tell and retell this tale on the long car journeys around Britain, with it taking longer and … Read more
Wembley Stadium is one (well, two) of the most historic venues in Britain. Built originally in 1923, it originally held 125,000 fans making it one of the largest stadiums in history. This was eventually lowered to 82,000 seats in 1990 due to the ban on safe standing. While primarily used to host football matches like … Read more
Professional wrestling as a sport didn’t become popular in Great Britain until the 1900s, with the real boom not coming until the dust had settled and the country began to rebuild following the Second World War. However, the history and origins of the sport go back well before that. Not just years, or decades, or … Read more
Mitzi Mueller was a crucial part of women’s wrestling being unbanned in London. The female side of the sport, like other sports in the UK, suffered heavily during the 20th century. Women’s football was banned after World War I, setting the game back centuries. The same happened to women’s wrestling. London was the biggest market … Read more
Davey Boy Smith was fired by WCW in 1993, after a series of events soured the relationship between the British Bulldog and Bill Watts. After WWE fired the British Bulldog in 1992, he was brought in as a main event star by WCW booker Bill Watts. He became an ally of Sting, battling Vader and … Read more
The British Bulldog’s break-up and the feud following tore the pair’s family apart in the subsequent years. Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith left the WWE in 1988, following Dynamite Kid’s incident with the Rougeau’s, plus aggrievances over plane tickets. They opted to move back to Canada to work with Stampede Wrestling. During this time, … Read more
Sir Atholl Oakeley presided over the creation of the All-In Wrestling rules. The rules were codified in 1930, after the sport of professional wrestling almost died in the UK. All-In Wrestling had a number of rules in place, with twelve different fouls a wrestler could commit. These could lead to warnings, points deductions or even … Read more
If you go online and search for the earliest depiction of wrestlers ever discovered, one particular cave painting will crop up numerous times. Whether you use Google, Bing or the Chinese-made Baidu (okay, maybe not the last one.), then the answer to your question will be given as the cave paintings found in the Lascaux … Read more