This is the Whole Episode of the Classic New Zealand Wrestling show 'On the Mat' from March 17th 1981 includes a great Mark Lewin promo, he's coming to get you Sheik! AWESOME ENJOY!
watched this as a kid with my brother & my dad....my dad was a fan of king kamaka & samoan joe...I was a fan of rick martel bt loved the hitman hart in the WWF...great to see world wide wrestlers here in lil old NZ...awesome clips
I remember we used to sneak outside the house and go around by the lounge window and watch it coz it used to be on about 9:30-10.00pm before the goodnight kiwi on the satellite...🤣🤣🤣
Where are all those On The Mat clips that featured Robert Bruce, King Curtis Giant Zulu, John Da Silva, Big Mulumba, Johnny Garcia, Siva Afi Taogaga, Oki Chikino, Red Wolf, Cowboy Wright, Lui Leota, Al Hobman, Bruno Bekkar and Del Adams?
"My Pops Related A Funny Story How He And His Brother Went To An "On The Mat" Bout Featuring Siva Afi Against Onno Boelee At The Auckland Town Hall Being Drunk And Rowdy...He Thought He Was Doing His Patriotic Duty As A Samoan By Intervening And Got A Painful Chop To The Chest For His Troubles And Being Jumped On As Well By Security And Ended Up In Central And Faced The Judge In The Morning Facing Assault Charges...Being A FOB He Related His Account And The Court Room Erupted In Disbelief And Laughter My Dad Could Not See What The Joke Was....And Later Berated His Brother A 'Coward' For Not Helping Him Getting Involved That Night..That Would Be Golden If I Can Find That Footage If It Was Televised And Archived😂😂😂?!?"
Great old school wrestling, memories of watching this with my brothers n Mum as a kid in the 275.
OMG! I remember this tv programme back in the early 80s. Used to air it at night around 10pm.
Living here in America, I love all things New Zealand from your rugby and pro wrestling and this is AWESOME!!!
watched this as a kid with my brother & my dad....my dad was a fan of king kamaka & samoan joe...I was a fan of rick martel bt loved the hitman hart in the WWF...great to see world wide wrestlers here in lil old NZ...awesome clips
GREAT footage of Lewin vs Curtis....Wrestling will never be this good again. Lewin,Curtis,Sheik,Bobo....gresat talent
Good old days!.. great Kiwi entertainment! 👍🇳🇿
this is awesome!! the quality is fantastic...im hoping King kamaka makes an appearance....good stuff!
I remember we used to sneak outside the house and go around by the lounge window and watch it coz it used to be on about 9:30-10.00pm before the goodnight kiwi on the satellite...🤣🤣🤣
Gonna be missed Stevie, Fly High dad will be there to farewell you xxx Aere aere ra xxx
by gee forgot how much i loved this ode to kiwi wrestling hehe so funny
Sadly most of these guys including the announcer are no longer with us, R.I.P to all these men.
Mark lewin still around
Yes I think he's 86? I met him in the early 80's he was a nice guy@@travels129
RIP Steve Rickard
Hutt park hotel
brings back memories!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where are all those On The Mat clips that featured Robert Bruce, King Curtis Giant Zulu, John Da Silva, Big Mulumba, Johnny Garcia, Siva Afi Taogaga, Oki Chikino, Red Wolf, Cowboy Wright, Lui Leota, Al Hobman, Bruno Bekkar and Del Adams?
+0004pedro TVNZ taped over the master tapes and they're lost forever unfortunately.
And Abby and Waldo
I feel bad for y'all down under. The 80's were golden up here.
Impressive tough wrestlers
I was born in that day
Brilliant!
Good to see my mate Tony Riccard. The referee
Malumba aka Big Red aka Jerry Reese RIP.
This is actually Prince Kumali who wrestled as The Great Malumba in the Maritimes in Canada. Big star for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling.
My dad used to watch this. I think the 'bush wackers' started of here.
TheCarin12 So did the Rock's grandpa.
Samoan - makes sense.
@@yardlet6 High Chief Peter Maivia.
Johnny Garcia is Tony Garea's brother
They should really release a Best of DVD of this show. it would sell like hotcakes.
Most of the recordings were taped over by TVNZ in the 1980's unfortunately. Not much is left
Samoan Joe in the ring on the very day that Samoa Joe was born :)
Really , wow
I saw Lewin do that "foaming at the mouth" gimmick in 79 or so after being attacked by Gino Hernandez in the Sam Houston colosium here in Houston.
I wonder if that is cotton candy or cake icing he gets put into his mouth !🙂🍧
Houston wrestling was great too before 1987 in 87 Mc Mahon ruined the Territory I don't like Him I don't like WWE
Indeed it is Brother :)
any 1 know a ted edwards?? might have a nik name bt im nt sure on this tv show
Old rasslin is the best
4 ropes are better than 3 Ropes
HOW did Lewin do that trick? I saw U. Warrior do something like that when Papa Shango put a 'Spell' on him.
Alka Seltzer.
"My Pops Related A Funny Story How He And His Brother Went To An "On The Mat" Bout Featuring Siva Afi Against Onno Boelee At The Auckland Town Hall Being Drunk And Rowdy...He Thought He Was Doing His Patriotic Duty As A Samoan By Intervening And Got A Painful Chop To The Chest For His Troubles And Being Jumped On As Well By Security And Ended Up In Central And Faced The Judge In The Morning Facing Assault Charges...Being A FOB He Related His Account And The Court Room Erupted In Disbelief And Laughter My Dad Could Not See What The Joke Was....And Later Berated His Brother A 'Coward' For Not Helping Him Getting Involved That Night..That Would Be Golden If I Can Find That Footage If It Was Televised And Archived😂😂😂?!?"
The rocks uncle Samoan Joe
4:33
eee...looks like Marc's gig mark is infected.
7:01... Lewin gettin that hairy gut aired out
Oh yeah, Max Davis!!!
Poor little lewin lucky for him waldo not there or BBJ
Does anybody have any idea what candy Mark Lewin had to put in his mouth in order to make those 🍾 bubbly foam to come out of his mouth.
Is Samoa joe on raw today
Malumba looks like Bobby Cash!
That's what I thought
@@thomasswafford250That's not Porkchop Cash ??
@@Bushmaster10MM I think it is.
@@thomasswafford250 Me too !
That's NOT same Samoa Joe that wrestles in WWE.
Years before! This is Samoan Joe.
I bet they all got roaring fat's !!!! just like the iron Sheik
Lewin should have died his hair. Would have made him look 10 years younger.
Somebody called the wrestlers wankers that is funny.
I bet they all got roaring fat's !!!! just like the iron Sheik