My first reaction too. William Regal tagged with Big Daddy but never opposed him. Robbie Brookside also came to mind (was trying to recall UK wrestlers who crossed the generation gap), but upon checking he did wrestle Bryan but not Daddy.
American Dragon Brian Danielson toured Britain in 2003 (as documented in his YES book) winning Rollerball Rocco's old World Heavy-Middleweight title (ditto) less than 10 years after Big Daddy retired in December 1993. There were quite a number of former Daddy opponents still active in 2003 that Bryan could have worked with - the late great Drew McDonald springs to mind for a start.
If there was ever a video thumbnail that demanded you drop whatever you’re doing & watch immediately… it’s probably this one. I never knew Kamala was in such good shape early in his career. Granted, Big Daddy makes everyone else look like they’re in shape.
Big daddy is cemented in my mind because growing up my grandparents loved him. Every time me and my brother mentioned wrestling he popped up, big daddy for the wrestling hall of fame needs to be a movement. Mainly because I believed my late nana loved big daddy more than my grandad.
Oh I put a comment about this on CZcams ages ago - it is the most WrestleMe match in the history of ever - now you have to do Nikola Volkoff This is Your Life and Lord Alfreds English Tea Party and we're getting through my list! (Also - have you thought of doing a video on Donna Marie, the UK lady wrestler who killed her husband, that's a whole rabbit hole, and UK Womens Wrestling in general....)
Five of the eight people who wrestled on the first WWF ITV Special in January 1987 previously wrestled in Britain on World Of Sport - Kamala, Salvatore Belomo, Bret, Davey and Dynamite. Only Hogan. Savage and Neidhart had never been on British TV Wrestling before - Neidhart would eventually wrestle for Hammerlock in 2002.
In the 70s and early 80s arm wrestling was referred to as wrist wrestling in states too.. I've watched old competitions that led up to movie over the top and the tournaments they had to find guys for movie. It was a semi big deal and a few of them went on to be famous.
Everytime I see Big Daddy doing anything but wrestling i see why the public fell in love with him. He just comes across as so sweet and genuine. He could not be a heel.
Man, I love Big Daddy. He's like a warboss for the seaside postcard side of Britain. I love this style of wrestling, but the sun has really set for it, unless it was brought back with a sense of humour about itself. Big Daddy sounds like a decent feller, too, I've heard no one saying a bad word about him. His cultrual impact was MASSIVE, though. One can't bark "technique" at him and disqualify him from any hall of fame, EVERYONE in the UK knows his name. Any wrestling hall of fame who refuses to accept him is nothing but a joke. --- Though I thoroughly enjoyed you boys roasting him, very funny stuff! ---- Oh, and bless Kamala/Harris in this video, he did a great job for Shirley!
14:12 Thats ACTUALLY good, very unique move foe a big (fat) man, especially these days! Id like to see Bronson Reed or even a non-tubby BigBoy like Braun do that now
“Glittery Duvet cover”😂 As an American I only know him from this channel… Thank you for acknowledging that we’d not get his overness w/o early context.
When Big Daddy can't get in but Chris Benoit can and stays in after murdering his wife and kid, you know there's something very wrong with the Observer's HOF.
"It dOesnt mattEr wHAt he diD, he WAs a g-Reat tech-nic-Al wrE-st-ler. And hE hAd g-Reat worK r-Ate. And hE hAd g-Rreat fIVE s-Tar matchEs. BIg daDdy onlY had tWo mOVEs. And he maY hAve bEEn a d-rAw, bUt d-rAwing dOesnt mattEr.
@@Anthony-fk7yn no, it actually doesn't matter how good Benoit was at doing his job. Wrestling and kayfabe achievements are totally and utterly irrelevant after what he did. Aside from that, a wrestler who is a big draw, such as Big Daddy, is a successful wrestler. This is pro wrestling we are talking about - drawing power is incredibly important.
Big Daddy was legitimately the most famous and popular man in the entire country at one point and brought wrestling into the mainstream of UK culture like no one before or since, but according to the IWC, he wasn't very good at professional wrestling.
When Kamala died, Bret Hart wrote that he remembered seeing Kamala wrestling in Croydon. This could be a job for Marc and Pete - find footage of Bret wrestling in the UK. I do have some vague memory of a US wrestler (I know Bret is Canadian) being on World of Sport at one point. Cant remember exactly who, but IIRC, it was a real clash of styles and the US wrestler looked the far better. I also vaguely remember a bout, which maybe the same wrestler, of a wrestler repeatedly using his knees in the eyes on a downed opponent. This may be a far brutal memory than reality - mainly because I was quite young at the time!
Off point but is it correct Eddie Guerrero during his wrestling redemption period whilst he was cleaning himself up wrestled on the Butlins Holiday Park Circuit here in the UK. That would have been something to see at Skegness!
Elements of that, but there is no direct equivalent to Big Daddy. Britain in the 80s was a very odd place. Big Daddy had a third of the population watch his match against Giant Haystacks. In the UK when I was growing up, he was as famous as Michael Jackson, maybe more.
Back in the 80s, Mark sang "Send Me an Angel" as he prayed for salvation. Then 30 years later Pete appeared to him in a halo of golden light. In a lyrical, totally not pubescent, voice Pete said, "Come, my friend, and follow me to the promised land." And that is the origin of the Wrestle Me Podcast.
Hang on, wasn’t *Jimmy Saville THE* Top Children’s Performer in 1970’s UK? (He certainly *Serviced* more than anyone else. No A/V smoking gun but plenty of *Confirmed* testimonials. BBC covered for its friends and Daddy Royal.)
these days i just categorically accept that big daddy obviously belongs in every wrestling hall of fame, even the absolutely-no-british one... have.... have i been brainwashed by you two?
Am I the only one who noticed that at 16:26 the picture is not in fact Idi Amin but actor Forest Whitaker who once portrayed him in a film..? Was that on purpose or just crappy research?
I know the "Kamala os the American Big Daddy" thing was a gag, but in all seriousness, Dusty Rhodes was the American Big Daddy in almost every possible way, except Dusty was actually a good wrestler.
Bit surprised they did that end move, that’s a lot of weight and momentum Harris is taking with no real way of deflecting it and a lot of it is straight on his head.
@@Ceaseless_Watcher - Hahah...... There is that. Looks bloody dangerous though... All that weight coming down, back first, on your head unprotected. It's not like Daddy is able to manipulate his weight distribution.
Forget Kurt Angle, Bryan Danielson, Dynamite Kid and William Regal. The true best wrestlers from Britain in the United States are Kamala and the Big Daddy.
It makes my head hurt that someone existed who wrestled both Big Daddy and Bryan Danielson.
William Regal teamed with Big Daddy and wrestled Bryan Danielson.
And also the smash hit Booty Girl.
@@MrTumnus1987Kimberly page?
My first reaction too.
William Regal tagged with Big Daddy but never opposed him. Robbie Brookside also came to mind (was trying to recall UK wrestlers who crossed the generation gap), but upon checking he did wrestle Bryan but not Daddy.
American Dragon Brian Danielson toured Britain in 2003 (as documented in his YES book) winning Rollerball Rocco's old World Heavy-Middleweight title (ditto) less than 10 years after Big Daddy retired in December 1993. There were quite a number of former Daddy opponents still active in 2003 that Bryan could have worked with - the late great Drew McDonald springs to mind for a start.
Daddy's finisher did actually look pretty sick.
Watch his match against the mighty quinn, he actually knocked him the fuck out.
That wasn't Big Daddy wheeling in the girl, that was Hulk Hogan and this was the main event of Summerslam '92
I still do not comprehend the shape of Big Daddy’s torso.
If there was ever a video thumbnail that demanded you drop whatever you’re doing & watch immediately… it’s probably this one. I never knew Kamala was in such good shape early in his career. Granted, Big Daddy makes everyone else look like they’re in shape.
This match was everything Rock v Austin at Wrestlemania X7 wishes it could've been
*Chas n Dave's "My Way" starts playing*
You think your special...you doo
So happy that I'm not the only one that immediately thought of My Way 😂
Lol I came here to write the same comment as all of you
Saying "Big Daddy" in a British accent is the best
Big daddy is cemented in my mind because growing up my grandparents loved him. Every time me and my brother mentioned wrestling he popped up, big daddy for the wrestling hall of fame needs to be a movement. Mainly because I believed my late nana loved big daddy more than my grandad.
Hahahahahahaha
"do you not understand how powerful daddy is"
the teaser at the end is either Mick McManus or Vince McMahon's new look. lol
That ring looks like it belongs in a cartoon
Oh I put a comment about this on CZcams ages ago - it is the most WrestleMe match in the history of ever - now you have to do Nikola Volkoff This is Your Life and Lord Alfreds English Tea Party and we're getting through my list! (Also - have you thought of doing a video on Donna Marie, the UK lady wrestler who killed her husband, that's a whole rabbit hole, and UK Womens Wrestling in general....)
Oooooh tell me more about Donna Marie ???
Five of the eight people who wrestled on the first WWF ITV Special in January 1987 previously wrestled in Britain on World Of Sport - Kamala, Salvatore Belomo, Bret, Davey and Dynamite.
Only Hogan. Savage and Neidhart had never been on British TV Wrestling before - Neidhart would eventually wrestle for Hammerlock in 2002.
this is the main event we need today
I kind miss the big fat guys in the mix. Guys like Akeem/Gang, Vader, Earthquake. there arent many super heavyweights anymore
I cannot wait for the McManus episode!
That is a legitimately good finisher
That “pre-Kamala” sound effect was so unnecessary thus making it entirely appropriate for the podcast. Never change boys.
In the 70s and early 80s arm wrestling was referred to as wrist wrestling in states too.. I've watched old competitions that led up to movie over the top and the tournaments they had to find guys for movie. It was a semi big deal and a few of them went on to be famous.
The ring is the size of the entrance rings from Wrestlemania 6 lol
Everytime I see Big Daddy doing anything but wrestling i see why the public fell in love with him. He just comes across as so sweet and genuine. He could not be a heel.
Yasssss!!!! I bloody love this channel and I've now watched all the back catalogue. New Saturday video. 🇬🇧💪🏽
Just had a laughing fit at Marc saying “do you not understand Daddy?” in an incredulous Yorkshire accent 😂
You don't know Daddy. He lives here! 😂😂😂
Big Daddy cares not for Bret's rope.
bodies of pure athletes right here
Great stuff as always.
Man, I love Big Daddy. He's like a warboss for the seaside postcard side of Britain. I love this style of wrestling, but the sun has really set for it, unless it was brought back with a sense of humour about itself. Big Daddy sounds like a decent feller, too, I've heard no one saying a bad word about him. His cultrual impact was MASSIVE, though. One can't bark "technique" at him and disqualify him from any hall of fame, EVERYONE in the UK knows his name. Any wrestling hall of fame who refuses to accept him is nothing but a joke. --- Though I thoroughly enjoyed you boys roasting him, very funny stuff! ---- Oh, and bless Kamala/Harris in this video, he did a great job for Shirley!
He has the hearts and his own gravitational force
That finisher was the best thing Daddy ever did in wrestling which actually involved a wrestling move
Can we call the finish "The Englishmans Drop"?
My life is going to feel unfulfilled now until I get a Kamala stamp.
"Coming Soon"
Me: Ooh! That's that one dude.. Sweet 😊
I believe Big Daddy was head doorman at the Leeds Mecca with Jimmy Savile was the manager.
I’ve always enjoyed Big Daddy’s intro music!
14:12
Thats ACTUALLY good, very unique move foe a big (fat) man, especially these days!
Id like to see Bronson Reed or even a non-tubby BigBoy like Braun do that now
Why do i enjoy watching Bid Daddy "Wrestle" so much?
i love how this unfolded all the way to wanting a Kamala stamp. lol the journey it took for you to get there xD
One of JYDs early gimmicks was to call himself Big Daddy after our Shirley
“Glittery Duvet cover”😂
As an American I only know him from this channel…
Thank you for acknowledging that we’d not get his overness w/o early context.
When Big Daddy can't get in but Chris Benoit can and stays in after murdering his wife and kid, you know there's something very wrong with the Observer's HOF.
"It dOesnt mattEr wHAt he diD, he WAs a g-Reat tech-nic-Al wrE-st-ler. And hE hAd g-Reat worK r-Ate. And hE hAd g-Rreat fIVE s-Tar matchEs. BIg daDdy onlY had tWo mOVEs. And he maY hAve bEEn a d-rAw, bUt d-rAwing dOesnt mattEr.
@@Anthony-fk7yn no, it actually doesn't matter how good Benoit was at doing his job. Wrestling and kayfabe achievements are totally and utterly irrelevant after what he did. Aside from that, a wrestler who is a big draw, such as Big Daddy, is a successful wrestler. This is pro wrestling we are talking about - drawing power is incredibly important.
@@namikstudiosI know , I was being ironic lol.
@@Anthony-fk7yn ahhh I get you, was wondering why you had all the strange caps, makes sense now lol
Big Daddy was legitimately the most famous and popular man in the entire country at one point and brought wrestling into the mainstream of UK culture like no one before or since, but according to the IWC, he wasn't very good at professional wrestling.
Need to remake this video but include a counter that dings every time somebody says daddy.
An 8 star banger, if in the egg dome.
An absolute dream match
Me: I need to focus and get a lot of work done today. Reality: There's a new episode of Wrestle Me. I have to watch it.
And about a dozen after lol
Plz can someone,anyone share the link to the wrestle me theme music, I know it’s on a new Japan album but can’t find it
Wrist wrestling and white English tops. Didn't know it was gonna be THAT kind of episode!
I’m gonna use pre Kamala from now on when getting excited when the mrs shows her ankles 😂
Big Daddy is peak athleticism.
When Kamala died, Bret Hart wrote that he remembered seeing Kamala wrestling in Croydon. This could be a job for Marc and Pete - find footage of Bret wrestling in the UK. I do have some vague memory of a US wrestler (I know Bret is Canadian) being on World of Sport at one point. Cant remember exactly who, but IIRC, it was a real clash of styles and the US wrestler looked the far better. I also vaguely remember a bout, which maybe the same wrestler, of a wrestler repeatedly using his knees in the eyes on a downed opponent. This may be a far brutal memory than reality - mainly because I was quite young at the time!
Big daddy hated kids. He used to throw buckets of water on them on his street n swear at them
My favorite part of the match is when Big Daddy sent Kamala into the ropes and the kid in the bed/wheelchair reached out and tripped him
More World Of Sport goodness please
I thought bad news brown was in the ring at first.
Big Daddy needs induction to hall of fame
This is weird because haystacks is on WWE hof
Haystacks was in wcw for a bit
Off point but is it correct Eddie Guerrero during his wrestling redemption period whilst he was cleaning himself up wrestled on the Butlins Holiday Park Circuit here in the UK. That would have been something to see at Skegness!
That lump on Big Daddy's neck is almost like a camel hump.
4:43 oh wow! It's Luke Cage!
Hope WWE inducts Big Daddy even if it is to spite the Observer lol. He deserves both.
I thought it was the missouri mauler?
Big daddy a very underrated star such an amazing talent sadly not that well known in America
wonder what 'Sugar Bear Harris' had to say about this match
The historical UK wrestling videos are the best. Not much content about it anywhere.
Daddy’s Brown Sauce!
why did yall use forest whitaker as the picture for idi amin
Do Scott Hall from the Magnum days. AWA or something.
Greatest of all time
You need to see big daddy vs john elijah
is he the Dusty Rhodes of England?
Elements of that, but there is no direct equivalent to Big Daddy. Britain in the 80s was a very odd place. Big Daddy had a third of the population watch his match against Giant Haystacks. In the UK when I was growing up, he was as famous as Michael Jackson, maybe more.
Part Dusty, part Hogan, part gravy.
@@LongLiveRockAnRoll 😂😂
Did Big Daddy know of what Savile did?
No but Hulk Hogan did!
Kamala will ALWAYS be that wrestler that scared the shit outta me as a kid! It didn't help either that there were 2 of them as a tag team iirc. Lol
The movie needs they called it wrist wrestling
Blurring the TWC logo there
YESSS MORE BRITISH WRASSLIN TOMFOOLERY
I remember watching this on TWC back in the day and wondering “Wrist wrestling? Wtf?”
The Mick McManus tease!
Back in the 80s, Mark sang "Send Me an Angel" as he prayed for salvation. Then 30 years later Pete appeared to him in a halo of golden light. In a lyrical, totally not pubescent, voice Pete said, "Come, my friend, and follow me to the promised land." And that is the origin of the Wrestle Me Podcast.
your comment was so intriguing, i found myself wrist-wrestling with it for several minutes (best of three pulls, ofc)
@@fattypneumonia Well if you do it right, then maybe the Heavens above will send you your own Pete.
I hate that I know exactly who you guys are teasing at the end of the video. THE MUSIC WAS A DEAD GIVEAWAY
I think Haystacks Calhoun was the American Big Daddy.
randy savage voice: "he wuz a MOUNTAIN of a mannnn... OOOOOOH, YEAHHH!"
I'd say Happy Humphrey instead of Haystacks Calhoun.
Not enough bellies in today’s wrestling.
Bring back the keg body shape to wrasslin
That's why everyone is so excited for Jacob Fatu.
Shaemus gained some weight and everyone was making fun and saying he needs to get in shape.
i think he should keep the Stan Hansen physique.
That's why Otis is so over.
The iron sheik's belly in 1991 should have been in the hof because it was so iconic
I wonder if James Kamala Harris ever competed in Smokey Mountain!
Kamala is one of the greatest gimmicks, rip Mr Harris
Hang on, wasn’t *Jimmy Saville THE* Top Children’s Performer in 1970’s UK? (He certainly *Serviced* more than anyone else. No A/V smoking gun but plenty of *Confirmed* testimonials. BBC covered for its friends and Daddy Royal.)
Instant like for your videos
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
No more knickerbocker glory’s 🤣🤣🤣
Shirley you can't be serious
Don’t call me Shirley
Would not want to take that back-drop splash thing. Yikes!
Not many people jobbed to both Big Daddy and the Hulkster
I can smell the haggis on Big Daddy through the screen
these days i just categorically accept that big daddy obviously belongs in every wrestling hall of fame, even the absolutely-no-british one... have.... have i been brainwashed by you two?
Am I the only one who noticed that at 16:26 the picture is not in fact Idi Amin but actor Forest Whitaker who once portrayed him in a film..?
Was that on purpose or just crappy research?
They 100% knew
Easy easy
I know the "Kamala os the American Big Daddy" thing was a gag, but in all seriousness, Dusty Rhodes was the American Big Daddy in almost every possible way, except Dusty was actually a good wrestler.
So he's the Cena of uk... except he's the total opposite of Cena if that makes sense..
Big Daddy was the greatest wrestler that ever lived
Bit surprised they did that end move, that’s a lot of weight and momentum Harris is taking with no real way of deflecting it and a lot of it is straight on his head.
You're working on the assumption it was planned.
@@Ceaseless_Watcher - Hahah...... There is that.
Looks bloody dangerous though... All that weight coming down, back first, on your head unprotected. It's not like Daddy is able to manipulate his weight distribution.
McManus?
Forget Kurt Angle, Bryan Danielson, Dynamite Kid and William Regal. The true best wrestlers from Britain in the United States are Kamala and the Big Daddy.
Big Daddy was the UK's version of HHH. he was kept on top due to family tie's.
One look at Big Daddy's physique and Triple H immediately springs to mind 😂
Sha-la-la-laaaaa
Dorks