Sharps Celebration

[ucandomagic]

A few years ago we had a guy who did a lot of work on our house. He was originally from a travelling family, and his Dad had been a champion bare knuckle fighter.

Our guy’s name was Danny Collins and he had been a very successful wrestler under the name Danny Boy Collins. He wrestled seriously as a sport, as well as in the entertainment side for the money. He was a world champion as well as being tag partner to Big Daddy or Giant Haystacks or someone.

Anyway, Danny was the hardest bloke I will ever meet - as well as one of the gentlest. He had had more than 50 fractures, and once drove through the night from Bristol to Manchester after a night fighting, with a smashed left leg and his nose close to horizontal.

Danny was a legend with our dentist as, for obvious reasons, he needed frequent work. The dentist was amazed because he would never have any anaesthetic. What amazed them was that Danny didn’t just take the pain, he appeared not to feel it. Danny said to me that the first thing that wrestler’s learn is how to literally switch off pain.

So, although I have never watched wrestling I do have a huge respect for them as athletes.

Oh - he also had an IT degree from Leeds and he was the best tiler I have ever had.

 

[LJBlade]

It's staged acting, Jesus, if it wasn't he'd break his legs!
Why do you think most "Wrestlers" go into acting!!??
Or are you 10 too?

I assume you’d be happy to get in the ring with Dwayne Johnson then, seeing as though he’s just an actor?

 

[LJBlade]

That’s fair enough. Let’s not kid ourselves though, that it’s anything other than a scripted, rehearsed circus with the results determined in advance. One thing it most certainly is not and that’s a sport.

Nobody is kidding themselves about it being scripted, you’re seeing things again.

 

[FinchleyBlade]

Wrestling is predetermined and scripted, not fake. You can't fake the injuries they get and risks they take.

 

[LJBlade]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sp...arp-pays-tribute-wwe-legend-mick-foley-191834

Brilliant article and more fantastic journalism. We managed to get a replay out of today apparently.

It seems as though ‘Sports Joe’ doesn’t actually know his sports all that much

 

[S6 Blade]

Wrestling is predetermined and scripted, not fake. You can't fake the injuries they get and risks they take.

People need to watch Walter chop someone and then say its fake and doesn't hurt. or watch a New Japan match, and I don't mean a Will Ospreay high flying match. I mean a Minoru Suzuki match!

 

[LJBlade]

I'm guessing then, that you've watched the film "WRESTLER", a film that Nicky Rourke played The Ram.
If you read abit it, he did his homework on his role, by talking to many wrestlers that were past and present at the time.
I'm not disagreeing they don't get hurt, but, the bouts are rehearsed, the winner is pre determined, the outcome is fixed. It isn't real in the sense that it's a show, it's all about acting and ratings.
Boxing is a totally different affair, the damage caused/sustained is clear for all to see, the winner is the one left standing, or the one with the highest points, hence, reality.

None of that was in your original point, which you’ve now moved away from. You originally said that it was ‘gay’.

 

[Davalon]

I think wrestling is crap personally but quite clearly it's really popular with plenty of people.

Therefore I'm not sure why this celebration has upset one or two. I didn't get the relevance at the time, my only thought was that the sock must have been down Billy's shorts or somewhere, and then he had it in someone's face

 

[Bert]

This is reason for the ridiculous amount of wrestlers who pass away at a young age, either by taking their own lives or because their bodies simply give up.

Nowt to do with the drugs and steroids they take then?

 

[Toronto Blade]

Nice one Billy!
Next time introduce Socko to that greasy loud mouth Farke!

 

[Greenwich Blade]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I thought this was a tribute to sooty and sweep.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

 

[Greenwich Blade]

 

[Pinchy]

I'm not a wrestling fan. I've said that three times now.

What was the name you used to call our John that never took off? Little Flecker?

You're a fool.

You’re making an awful lot of fuss about a fake entertainment of which you are not a fan.

Go on, who’s your favourite? Who did you boo?

 

[The Crab]

Nowt to do with the drugs and steroids they take then?

Some of them I would say it has quite a lot to do with that

 

[Mark Hammond]

 

[Tom Bott]

Even though I know who Mick Foley is and am totally familiar with the reference.....I still ask myself why? So random but whatever

Billy must be a fan ?

 

[Tom Bott]

Note the Sharpie on the desk, could this be a clue ?

 

[WhiteHawk]

It's all completely fake.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

I might be showing my age but you can’t whack Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks.......
EASY! EASY!

With you all the way Spongebob ...I bet this WWE shit doesn’t have your gran down at ring side shaking her hand bag at the bad guy ... perhaps Billy’s next celebration should be in Kendo Nagasaki mask

 

[Bladepicker]

That’s fair enough. Let’s not kid ourselves though, that it’s anything other than a scripted, rehearsed circus with the results determined in advance. One thing it most certainly is not and that’s a sport.

A bit like Pakistani One Day Internationals or the IPL Pinch?

 

[Trigger Blade]

Oh - he also had an IT degree from Leeds and he was the best tiler I have ever had.

What, better than Mick Rooker, I doubt that very much

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

If you're questioning the legitimacy of wrestling & find yourself with a spare 2 hours this fine Sunday, I implore you to have a watch / listen to the following podcast with one of the games great names.

Some of the shit these people used to (and still do) put up with just to get through the week is mind boggling.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

For anyone who is seriously into their wrestling, a friend of mine is putting on a show in Sheffield next month. All amateur stuff, of course, but it seems to be selling well. There’s also a show on at the city hall soon, too.

‘Breed wrestling’ I think it’s called. The guy behind it is a Blade as well.

It isn’t for me. Oiled up muscle men slapping each other just isn’t my vibe.


https://www.theabbeydalepicturehouse.com/event/breed-pro-wrestling-present-sunday-night-yeet/

 

[BigBed]

None of that was in your original point, which you’ve now moved away from. You originally said that it was ‘gay’.

All of that is in the discussion, which started, when I said, "it all got a bit gay for me", though wasn't it.

 

[BigBed]

I assume you’d be happy to get in the ring with Dwayne Johnson then, seeing as though he’s just an actor?

Wouldn't bother me to be honest, aslong as after, he came and had a day repairing plant with me.

 

[Pinchy]

A bit like Pakistani One Day Internationals or the IPL Pinch?

Not my sort of cricket BP but I suppose it entertains, much like wrestling. The nearest comparison to wrestling is the circus, except the clowns and tightrope walkers, so far as I know, don’t take steroids and die early as a result.

 

[snootyfenooty]

I'm ambivalent towards wrestling but I do find the number of middle aged white men with moustaches making gangsta signs in your typical WWE audience a bit disturbing.

 

[steve26272]

Personally I think it’s more for kids, as like Santa, it looses some of the magic when you know it’s not real.

As annoying as it is when we loose, would football get the same passion if you went to the stadium knowing your team was going to win 3-2 in the last minute having been seemingly down and out for most of the game?