Anyone know if they are still around? They made my Saturday mornings great in the 80's!
2006-07-20 00:45:10 · 19 answers · asked by abbey4eddie 1 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks are sadly died as well as Pat Roach who was nicknamed Bomber in Auf Wiedershen Pet.
It was 1600 as a part of World of Sport with Kent Walton commentating. Fit Finlay and William Regal started their careers in the World of Sport productions.
2006-07-22 01:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think that Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks have passed away, I don't remember Bomber Harris though. 4pm on a Saturday afternoon watching with my Mum and Dad.
It used to be on World of Sport with Dickie Davies and Kent ????? Was the commentator.
2006-07-20 07:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by iloveliz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Martin Ruane, better known as Giant Haystacks died in 1998 following a two year battle with cancer, aged 51.
Shirley Crabtree, better known as Big Daddy died of a heart attack in 1997, aged 67.
dont remember a bomber harris though, unless you're talking about colin 'bomber' harris which was a monty python sketch character
2006-07-21 05:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember Big Daddy and im sure his real name was shirley Crabtree. I remember Giant Haystacks and im sure he lived in bournemouth and bred budgies, i think he owned a b&b but i might be getting my wires crossed, and Bommer Harris whos he
2006-07-20 09:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by peebo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big Daddy is definitely dead, not sure about Haystacks and Harris. Fit Finlay is still around on WWE.
2006-07-20 07:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by randomguy14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad used to watch that when he was little and he told me about it and i thought it sounded cool so i started to watch classic British wrestling on the wrestling channel.I know Giant Haystacks is dead and Big Daddy(Shirley Crabtree)and did you know he was in the coldstream guards(queens guards).Les Kellet was my favourite,he was a comedian in the ring.
2006-07-20 09:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly most of the favourites you mention haved passed away,but evrey year at a South London pub the remaining greats of grunt and groan meet.A very good book on those far off days is titled The Wrestling and is still available on Amazon.
2006-07-21 12:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by geoff t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Afternoon Grapple Fans. Why was it always transmitted from Woverhampton Civic Hall? But I can always put a tennis racket up against my face and pretend that I am Kendo Nagasaki.
Marc 'Rollerball' Rocco; passing resemblance to John Holmes. You never saw the two of them in the same room. Spooky.
Oh and the commentators name was KENT WALTON
2006-07-20 10:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big Daddy is dead
Giant Haystacks is about still
2006-07-20 07:48:40 · answer #9 · answered by Forlorn Hope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
giant haystacks is deceased he came from the town where i live and used to come into the pub my parents had at the time
2006-07-20 07:54:34 · answer #10 · answered by maggie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋