You guys have really found a great niche reviewing all this World of Sport wrestling. It's fascinating hearing the backstories of people like Steve Peacock and having them put into a more mainstream context i.e. explaining the connection with Regal. Top stuff, gents - I found this channel over the weekend and I've been thoroughly enjoying all the World of Sport videos.
Upon joining the army in the early 60s the camp dentist promptly removed almost all of my dads teeth for no apparent reason. Apparently it was a thing back then
"Ladies and gentlemen....My name is...PAUL HEYMAN!! And, I'm here to represent the most beautifully technical comedy tag team: CcccAAATTTWEAZEL AND GGAAYYYYLLOORRDDD PEACOCK!!" "I just have one thing to say....ACKNOWLEDGE ME!!!"
BTW, I am here HOWLING with laughter at these two's antics. You guys are right - in the context of broad, knowingly dumb, borderline pantomime physical comedy, this is BRILLIANT.
I am so glad you guys introduced me to the wonderful world of Catweazle! I watched the first episode of the tv series the other day after seeing your video about the wrestler and the show he nicked his gimmick from. Funny stuff! Catweazle's escape into the 20th century allowed the conquest of England by the Normans! It was all his fault for running like a baby! And the wrestler is tops! I never get tired of watching his antics now! Can't wait to see more of Catweazle!
THANK YOU!!!!! Thank you for introducing me to Catwessle ! I loved this, I've been watching wrestling for 40yrs, I would have loved to see this when I was a kid..Thank you guys for intro me to British Wrestling!
I remember that match. Oh, my disappeared youth! I think that may have been the week they had a cartoon in the joke section of the Beano of 2 wrestlers standing behind the curtain waiting to go on, their gowns saying "terrible turk," and "Moscow mauler." Ones saying to the other, "That's odd, I'm from Wigan as well!" Good week for juvenile humour!😂
Only just discovered this channel and you are both absolutely hilarious to listen to. Now listening to the podcast on spotify, keep up the awesome work!
I hope you fellas know, between the Intro and outro jingle..... and kamala "all the places I been" I cant them out of my head! Binge watching the channel probably hasn't helped! Great stuff fellas! Good vibes and love from Pennsylvania u.s.a.!
You two wonderful people have brought me so much joy in recent weeks with these amazing videos, but this appreciation of Catweazle is the absolute finest and funniest of the lot!
In the age of cynical 'let's watch crap on purpose' content, it's refreshing to see guys genuinely appreciating something 99% of their peers would go to lengths to shit all over. It's what also makes OSW so good, and you guys have it here. Never once is the match talked down to or about for being silly, but rather appreciated and lauded for it. As one Mr. Stephen 'V1' Roe might put it 'it's silly wrestling bollocks, and I love it.' Also, was Catweazel the John Cena of his time? Discuss.
Fucking hilarious! The leg crawl thing for the pin by catweasel was a nice touch and i felt like he was trolling Gaylord again cuz he did the little leg crawl thing during a backslide pin earlier
I've been watching your videos for a while now and catweazel has become my new favorite wrestler. I heard the name but never seen him and he's the best.
My gran was of the generation where she had them all out in her twenties to save on dental treatment later in life, yep that was actually a thing in the UK in the 50s
Only recently found this channel and loving it, great content and so funny - more on British wrestling please, and surely Mick McManus’s suspect hair deserves an episode?
Jan 1980 I was 4 years old and remember the teeth coming out and laughing my little head off. That has to be one of my earliest memories, so glad I found this video! That and a yellow potty in the kitchen!
During the test of strength when Catweazle goes OH GOD, right after that a guy in the crowd who is terrified for him, yells dramatically, GET OUTTA THERE, CAT!! Love that.
When it's done right, World of Sport style comedy wrestling sits perfectly in that British seaside pantomime style, and this is definitely it being done right. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, and taken out of context it just seems a bit, or a lot, naff, but when you're present, you'll almost certainly enjoy it anyway. It's why I don't think US comedy wrestling works as well, it's basically spots sprinkled into a regular match to seem "zany", for comedy wrestling to work, in my opinion, you basically have to commit to it and make it the thing that ties the match together. Exotic Adrian Street, who was British, or, much as they used to annoy me, the Bushwackers in the WWF seemed to come closest to managing it in the US - probably as they grew up wrestling in New Zealand and Australia, who wrestle in a way much closer to the World of Sport style.
Also home to Big Daddy & Davey Boy Smith vs Mick McManus & Steve Logan mk1 in 1979 and Klondyke Kate's 1988 British Ladies title win from the BBC2 Raging Belles docu.
This is great stuff. You guys at Wrestle Me should set up "An evening with xxx meets Wrestle Me" - I'm sure it would be a great event. Interviews/funny clips etc. Maybe get Regal or Finlay or even one of the big American stars.
That was awesome! I went to a WWF house show in 1999 and the last match of the night was a good comedy spot like this. I wish they would do it more on the main shows. The funny kinda carnie style wrestling seems to almost be a lost art.
Just two of many comedy highlights in this match - 7.18 - Catweazle's false teeth falling out, lol! 9.41 - The 10-seconds of criss-cross, followed by Catweazle stopping to catch his breath, lol!
11:47 my late grandad, an experienced photographer, must have had every manual and guide for picture composition or camera tech going. And he actually read most of them. Funny thing is that he arguably got less creative and prolific as a photog after studying them. Makes you think.
I think Jim would actually like it, he knows a bit about British wrestling and would realise that there was a place on the card for this sort of match, yes it is comedy but Catweezle knew how to work a match and the crowd
@@kurtvanderbogarde8402 Oh its great again now ! But it died for a long stretch in between . Dont get me wrong , I LOVE the hard hitting and mat based style of British wrestling . It just hit a lull there for several years were World of Sports lost its tv and such . Rollerball Rocco was the man !!!!
@@Brando-Lee3725 It did not die. All Star and Premier have always been there and there was also TWA, RBW, Rumble etc. The idea that it ever died is a LIE put about by Fin Martin because he hates it and wants it dead. Did you know there has been at least one title change in every weight division since the turn of the millenium.
Catweazle looks how I'd imagine the press manager for Jethro Tull would look.
I never thought about it, but yeah your right 😅😅😅😅😅
Why is this so accurate? 🤣
Holy shit...lmao I spit coffee reading this. Perfect idead haha
Pretty sure he was one of their drummers..😂
In the span of 2 videos, with no prior knowledge of his existence, Catweazle has become my favorite British wrestler of all time!
A thousand thank you's from a Yank across the pond for this follow up on the mysterious Catweazle. This is pure gold.
You guys have really found a great niche reviewing all this World of Sport wrestling. It's fascinating hearing the backstories of people like Steve Peacock and having them put into a more mainstream context i.e. explaining the connection with Regal. Top stuff, gents - I found this channel over the weekend and I've been thoroughly enjoying all the World of Sport videos.
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Upon joining the army in the early 60s the camp dentist promptly removed almost all of my dads teeth for no apparent reason. Apparently it was a thing back then
Whuuut? Did he ever say wat their rationale was?
@@jingalls9142 "They'll only lead to problems later..."
Oh man, Gaylord Peacock and Catweazle as WWE Tag Team Champions in Universe mode on WWE 2K23?......YES PLEASE!!!
"Ladies and gentlemen....My name is...PAUL HEYMAN!! And, I'm here to represent the most beautifully technical comedy tag team: CcccAAATTTWEAZEL AND GGAAYYYYLLOORRDDD PEACOCK!!"
"I just have one thing to say....ACKNOWLEDGE ME!!!"
"Don't be shy, your Mother wasn't!" That is comedy gold.
I'm going to use it every chance I get today
BTW, I am here HOWLING with laughter at these two's antics. You guys are right - in the context of broad, knowingly dumb, borderline pantomime physical comedy, this is BRILLIANT.
This is now my favourite TH-cam channel. Chuffin hilarious 😂
I am so glad you guys introduced me to the wonderful world of Catweazle! I watched the first episode of the tv series the other day after seeing your video about the wrestler and the show he nicked his gimmick from. Funny stuff! Catweazle's escape into the 20th century allowed the conquest of England by the Normans! It was all his fault for running like a baby! And the wrestler is tops! I never get tired of watching his antics now! Can't wait to see more of Catweazle!
Absolutely loving these Classic British Wrestling Videos, please keep these coming. Best stuff Ever.... Thank you both....
THANK YOU!!!!! Thank you for introducing me to Catwessle ! I loved this, I've been watching wrestling for 40yrs, I would have loved to see this when I was a kid..Thank you guys for intro me to British Wrestling!
I chuffing love these two. Great episode as always.
I remember that match. Oh, my disappeared youth! I think that may have been the week they had a cartoon in the joke section of the Beano of 2 wrestlers standing behind the curtain waiting to go on, their gowns saying "terrible turk," and "Moscow mauler." Ones saying to the other, "That's odd, I'm from Wigan as well!"
Good week for juvenile humour!😂
I'd love to hear your two's take on Les Kellet Vs Johnny Czeslaw
Only just discovered this channel and you are both absolutely hilarious to listen to. Now listening to the podcast on spotify, keep up the awesome work!
Mark has a thing with things/people looking like they stink. 😆
I've noticed that.
I hope you fellas know, between the Intro and outro jingle..... and kamala "all the places I been" I cant them out of my head! Binge watching the channel probably hasn't helped! Great stuff fellas! Good vibes and love from Pennsylvania u.s.a.!
You two wonderful people have brought me so much joy in recent weeks with these amazing videos, but this appreciation of Catweazle is the absolute finest and funniest of the lot!
Lets Go Gaylord!........Catweezle!....... Lets Go Gaylord!.......Catweezle!
8:59 that woman is iconic, incredible. She doesn't care, she's living her best life.
In the age of cynical 'let's watch crap on purpose' content, it's refreshing to see guys genuinely appreciating something 99% of their peers would go to lengths to shit all over. It's what also makes OSW so good, and you guys have it here. Never once is the match talked down to or about for being silly, but rather appreciated and lauded for it. As one Mr. Stephen 'V1' Roe might put it 'it's silly wrestling bollocks, and I love it.'
Also, was Catweazel the John Cena of his time? Discuss.
Would need to hear the Cat spit some bars to make a fair assessment.
He kicked Bishop Brennan up the arse! LOL
Fucking hilarious! The leg crawl thing for the pin by catweasel was a nice touch and i felt like he was trolling Gaylord again cuz he did the little leg crawl thing during a backslide pin earlier
I've been watching your videos for a while now and catweazel has become my new favorite wrestler. I heard the name but never seen him and he's the best.
you guys are great!!
i love this channel!
Absolutely crying with laughter
I read on ask reddit uk that in the olden days that people had false teeth for financial reasons because of the cost of dental care back then.
My gran was of the generation where she had them all out in her twenties to save on dental treatment later in life, yep that was actually a thing in the UK in the 50s
Only recently found this channel and loving it, great content and so funny - more on British wrestling please, and surely Mick McManus’s suspect hair deserves an episode?
They used to call an old lad down the pub catweazle and I never knew the reference lol
I once saw Gary Cooper (Catweezle) in the bar of fairfield hall after the the show, he was dressed more like medallion man
F' me! Catweazle, completely forgot about him.😂
Love the channel, I will do all I can to help you guys get to the 3 millions subs you deserve.
Jan 1980 I was 4 years old and remember the teeth coming out and laughing my little head off. That has to be one of my earliest memories, so glad I found this video! That and a yellow potty in the kitchen!
Thank you guys for introducing this American to Catweazle!
I think Catweazle looks more like Worzel Gummage than stickman
5:13 Did you guys see Toni Storm do this spot in AEW?
During the test of strength when Catweazle goes OH GOD, right after that a guy in the crowd who is terrified for him, yells dramatically, GET OUTTA THERE, CAT!! Love that.
When it's done right, World of Sport style comedy wrestling sits perfectly in that British seaside pantomime style, and this is definitely it being done right. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, and taken out of context it just seems a bit, or a lot, naff, but when you're present, you'll almost certainly enjoy it anyway. It's why I don't think US comedy wrestling works as well, it's basically spots sprinkled into a regular match to seem "zany", for comedy wrestling to work, in my opinion, you basically have to commit to it and make it the thing that ties the match together. Exotic Adrian Street, who was British, or, much as they used to annoy me, the Bushwackers in the WWF seemed to come closest to managing it in the US - probably as they grew up wrestling in New Zealand and Australia, who wrestle in a way much closer to the World of Sport style.
Is it just me or does Peacock resemble a little version of Greg The Hammer Valentine?
I love this match. I watched it for the first time a couple of years ago and I laughed harder than I had for a very long time
Royal Spa Centre Leamington Spa, Local venue to me. Still running All Star shows in the late 2010s
Also home to Big Daddy & Davey Boy Smith vs Mick McManus & Steve Logan mk1 in 1979 and Klondyke Kate's 1988 British Ladies title win from the BBC2 Raging Belles docu.
I've been trying to tell folks about the Catweazle, but they think I'm crazy. You guys get it!
This is great stuff. You guys at Wrestle Me should set up "An evening with xxx meets Wrestle Me" - I'm sure it would be a great event. Interviews/funny clips etc. Maybe get Regal or Finlay or even one of the big American stars.
I bloody loved Cat weazel. Freakin Genius.
Talking of comedy wrestlers, search for early sixties French TV clips of Quasimodo a heel from Spain.
(He was also on ITV but prints of his matches are currently under lock and key at Granada TV.)
This is a hoot! I too have instantly become a Catweasel fan.
That was awesome! I went to a WWF house show in 1999 and the last match of the night was a good comedy spot like this. I wish they would do it more on the main shows. The funny kinda carnie style wrestling seems to almost be a lost art.
1:03 the soil he did crawl! A super suit did fall!
Spread the chuffing word about Wrestle Me!!!!
That’s the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life
Is there are record of what sort of money a mid card wrestler earned per night back then? £30?
Just two of many comedy highlights in this match -
7.18 - Catweazle's false teeth falling out, lol!
9.41 - The 10-seconds of criss-cross, followed by Catweazle stopping to catch his breath, lol!
I really want these guys to review breaking ground for the regal impressions alone
That guy looks like Paddy the baddy Pemblitt.
If Catweazle ever faces someone that's not ticklish that dude is so fucked lolol
Catweazle in my home town, Awsome!
But there is no mouse😂
He was trying to rob the mag🤷🏼♂️
11:47 my late grandad, an experienced photographer, must have had every manual and guide for picture composition or camera tech going. And he actually read most of them. Funny thing is that he arguably got less creative and prolific as a photog after studying them. Makes you think.
I watch these to goto sleep and Catweazle because part of my dream.
Gaylord Peacock. You really couldn't make this up lol
looks like a cross between chris jericho and greg valentine 🤣🤣😂😂
11:15 haha that was my channel
I can see why Catweasle was my dads favourite ever wrestler.
That crowd looks early for bingo.
Tiny Gaylord VS Long Catweasel
*BRAZZERS*
Steve Peacock looks like Jericho and Lenny Lane had a baby.
Bet Triple H is glad he never fell out that much with Vince; otherwise he may have ended up as Triple Gaylord😅
Brilliant entertainment.
C'mon lads, you know none of those ladies in the crowd were a day over 65.
Jason Singh refereeing 😊
Catweasel is Britain's version of Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Dougherty.🤣😉
Catweazel's suit was made from the front room curtains. Also there was Books and a TV programme called Catweazel.
Catweazle for WWE Hall of Fame?
It’s like tasteful grooming of elder gay man to a young gay man
But this is TOO BRITISH and I’m mostly British
I was lucky to be a 60s kids and saw every episode of wrestling at 4 on world of sport. 1000 times better than tna,wwf,wwe,wc,and all the other shite
I'm a Catweazle fan and he really doesn't get the credit he deserves.
C'mon! This product would get over huge today, as it is. Gimmick and gear
Do u guys remember a black british wrestler called kid chocolate or hot chocolate? Think he was from bradford and owned a pub.
PC Wife working stiff.
Catweazle goldust tag team
I really want to hear Jim Cornette's take on this match lol.
I think Jim would actually like it, he knows a bit about British wrestling and would realise that there was a place on the card for this sort of match, yes it is comedy but Catweezle knew how to work a match and the crowd
Catweazle is better then Abby Jane in everything, Abby Jane is a unfunny comedy wannabe wrestler.
Its no wonder British wrestling died out then .
It didn't die out. Old School British Wrestling is still alive in 2023
@@kurtvanderbogarde8402 Oh its great again now ! But it died for a long stretch in between . Dont get me wrong , I LOVE the hard hitting and mat based style of British wrestling . It just hit a lull there for several years were World of Sports lost its tv and such . Rollerball Rocco was the man !!!!
@@Brando-Lee3725 It did not die. All Star and Premier have always been there and there was also TWA, RBW, Rumble etc. The idea that it ever died is a LIE put about by Fin Martin because he hates it and wants it dead. Did you know there has been at least one title change in every weight division since the turn of the millenium.
Catweasle was crap. I saw him live once and that was enough. Never rated him as a wrestler at all.
Catweazle is better then this indy jobbers nowadays.