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Steve Grey vs Vic Faulkner (08.25.76) Single leg takedown by Faulkner and he goes to slam Grey's leg into the canvas but he hops up. Wristlock, and Faulkner is starting with his tricks early, motioning with his head for Grey to look up. He does, then Faulkner immediately headmares him but Grey holds on to the move. He tries again to no avail, so a nip up, forward roll and he propels himself backwards off the ropes to get the reversal and Grey rolls through to escape. Side headlock by Grey and Faulkner starts running on the spot, but in the process is repeatedly kneeing Grey in the base of the spine to free himself from the hold. Dropkick by Grey and they start criss crossing. Grey stops as Faulkner continues to run the ropes. He all of a sudden stops, points upwards to distract Grey then lunges at him but Grey ducks out of the way. Faulkner whips him into the ropes, leap frogs Grey then takes him down with a flying headscissors. Reverse double leg nelson and Faulkner bridges back to take the opening fall in just 2:35 of the first round. He then walks Grey back to his corner and towels him down. Faulkner with a Japanese stranglehold and he pulls it back into a surfboard. Top wristlock and Grey steps into the hold for the reversal before another random criss cross spot. Grey turns an over the shoulder arm lever into a crucifix, and Faulkner escapes a full nelson, comes off the ropes and over the top of Grey with a sunset flip. They criss cross again, Grey drops to the canvas, Faulkner leaps over him, Grey's up and goes 'whoa, whoa, whoa!' whilst signalling for Faulkner to stop running. He does, turns his back then Grey O'Connor rolls him to square things up. After being pinned, Faulkner lifts Grey's arm up and starts clapping him (Christ!). With both men now requiring just the one fall, a double fingerlock sees Grey go for the pin. Faulkner bridges up, monkey flip and rolls back to cover Grey. He then starts to work on the arm but Grey picks him up and sits him on the turnbuckle. Multiple double leg grab attempts by Faulkner and Grey spins him out on each occasion, before getting the winning fall with a backslide. Disappointing bout with Grey adopting some of the tricks and tactics of Faulkner. There didn't seem to be much structure to the match and whilst not as blatant as Saint vs Faulkner it did have its similarities. The first fall coming so quickly was also a shocker as you are almost conditioned for them to come later into the match. I've now seen three Faulkner matches (I also watched the Royals vs the Black Knights tag) and there is something about the guy to the point I'm disliking him the more I see. For a face he's so ungodly smug and smarmy; from the permanent grin on his face, to the patronising of his opponents, to a couple of his ridiculous trademarks spots (the criss cross and the 'look up'), that you get the sense he could have been a tremendous heel. Thing is there are plenty of glimpses that he could be a great wrestler. He's an infuriating (and probably a polarising) one for sure.

There is some wonderful stuff and interactions on the WCW show between the two of them. There was one match that was scheduled to be Luger against Richard Sartain, and Pillman comes out and goads him into fighting him there and then. Pillman gets the best of the fight with Luger retreating to the back, but he does a fantastic job in building Pillman (who has only been in the NWA about three months at this point) and making it seem as though he is a legitimate threat to him and his US title.

Thanks. I've ten discs worth of Reslo but the only bit of Breaks on them is a match against Johnny Saint and I have no idea on a possible date for it.

Just reading this and it's weird that we were both watching matches involving Grasshopper at the same time! I'll probably check out Finlay's match against the Black Prince over the weekend as I've a copy at home of it.

Cheers. All the stuff I have was recorded off TWC and probably hadn't been watched in over five years, and similarly there are a bunch of discs that were never watched (I just used to pick and choose bouts when I fancied a bit of WOS). This GWE project has given me the impetus to watch and actually make my way through as much as I can, and I'm really enjoying it at the moment.

Jim Breaks vs Kung Fu (09.03.86) Referee Peter Szakacs gives both men their instructions and as soon as Kung Fu turns his back, Breaks grabs him and rams his head into the turnbuckle. Fu was having none of that and goes over to Breaks' corner and does the same to him. He opens quickly, then Breaks grabs the wrist and takes Fu down with it, working it over and 'snapping' it before telling someone in the crowd to 'shut yer mouth'. Leg dive from Breaks and he starts on Fu's ankle. The abuse from the crowd continues and this time he tells someone to 'get a big pillow for that mouth of yours'. He lets go of the ankle to continue arguing with the ringsiders, steps with one leg between the ropes but Fu is up and kicks it before dragging Breaks along by his ears and ramming his head into the turnbuckle. Fu turns his back, Breaks charges at him but is met with a chop to the head. He steps out of the ring and onto the apron and as Kent Walton stands up, Breaks tells him to sit back down. Walton says that Breaks has never forgiven him for when in one bout he informed the referee about Breaks' cheating and grabbing the trunks to get a fall! Round two is cut from the broadcast, but as the third is about to start two members of the audience try to goad and bait Breaks, dancing and gesturing at ringside (although the one old chap appears to be drunk more than anything) and he responds with 'I pay tax for you?'. Breaks works on Fu's wrist, but he grabs Breaks' ear and nose with his bare feet. Breaks tosses him out of the ring and when he's back on the apron tries to ram his head into the post. Fu blocks it and it's Breaks' head that meets the turnbuckle. Fu climbs up to the top rope, leaps at Breaks but he ducks out the way yelling 'I'm not stupid' whilst pointing to his head, though seconds later gets schoolboyed for the first fall. He returns back to his corner, but gives Fu a dig in the stomach as he passes him then someone from the crowd hands him a dummy. He's not impressed, 'this should not be happening Mr Walton!'. Down one fall in the contest, Breaks starts the next round by saying 'Look, lets wrestle. If you can't trust me who can you trust?', which brings roars of laughter from Kent Walton. They shake hands but Breaks pulls him in and lands a punch to the face. Szakacs thinks that there was something suspicious with the shot, but Breaks swears that it was an open hand telling him 'you just be careful who you're talking to, I was a European champion!'. Nerve and pressure hold by Fu, and when Breaks tries to charge the unsuspecting Fu he's met with another chop. Breaks with a headlock and he tells the cameraman to 'get that camera on me whilst I'm on top'. He gives Fu's nose a quick yank after the bell has rung, but insists it was 'on the bell'. Round five and he is arguing with everyone and tells Fu 'don't you be saying to me I rabbit'. Arm lever by Fu and he turns it into an orthodox double arm lock, however at this point he leans back to the canvas, puts his feet round the front of Breaks and starts rubbing his nipples with his feet (I kid you not!). As expected this angers Breaks and he ties Fu's arm up in the ropes, then tightens them under the pretense of that he's trying to release him. Someone from the crowd shouts 'Breaks you s___house', and he then apologies to them! He applies the Breaks special immediately for the submission, and the drops Fu on the tope rope when he releases the hold. Arm wringer by Fu is met with a punch to the mid-section from Breaks, and at this point Fu has had enough of Breaks' cheating. He goes on the offense before Breaks stops him with another punch right in front of the referee this time, and gets a second and final public warning. Whilst the MC is announcing the public warning, he applies the special again and Szakacs taps him on the shoulder. Breaks celebrates thinking that he has got the second fall and won the match, but he is in fact disqualified for continuing the attack after the public warning. This is the Jim Breaks show and is a fantastic one man performance from him. Fu's offense is incredibly lame, and I have no idea in the slightest what he was even attempting at that one point when he had the double arm lock applied. I'd put this up there with the Cortez bout from '76 as the perfect introduction to anyone for what Breaks is about. Not sure off the top of my head what is left for Breaks after this (bar the already watched Bainbridge bout), but probably his last great televised bout. Enjoyed this one immensely.

Jim Breaks vs 'Grasshopper' Phil Johnson (02.23.83) This is a first round contest from a knockout tournament with the winner meeting Mick McMichael later on in the evening. Grasshopper is a bit of an odd looking chap, wearing green cycling shorts with a yellow strip down the side, barefoot with a shaven head and little in the way of a physique. He's a Judo black belt who was supposedly brought into the pro wrestling game by Chris Adams. Johnson opens up with a few headmares, then when Breaks tries one of his own it's blocked. The crowd start laughing, cheering and clapping at his inability to execute the move and the guy really is a master of having them eating out of his hand. An early sunset flip by Johnson and Breaks lifts his shoulder informing the referee 'I'm up!'. He offers the hand to Johnson who accepts, but is pulled in and met with a closed fist to the face. Grasshopper fires back with one of his own which drops Breaks and he looks on in disbelief that the referee hasn't warned him at all. With one minute left in the first Breaks turns his attention to the left arm looking for his patented submission. Johnson reverses it trying to put the special on the man himself, but Breaks halts the attempt with a punch to the stomach in full view of the official for his first public warning. In the second round Johnson again tries to use Breaks' own hold against him before badly botching a folding press. Toe and ankle as he looks to weaken Breaks, before Breaks turns the table and starts bending and manipulating Johnson's ankle. On to the third and yet again Johnson tries for the special. This time Breaks pushes him backwards and then traps Johnson's arm in the ropes. Breaks pretends to try and release Johnson whilst in reality tightening the ropes, softening the arm even more. He offers Johnson his hand as a way of an apology (you'd think that he'd have learned) but Breaks immediately grabs him and applies his special for the submission. They do seem to pair Breaks up with a lot of the greener or younger talent and it depends really on how adept that they are on the quality of the match and what Breaks can get out of them. Johnson is not very good and as a result this is towards the bottom of the ladder for him.

Johnny Saint vs Vic Faulkner (aired 03.11.78) One of the criticisms of the WOS bouts is that they can come across as an exhibition as opposed to a match. It's something that I'd never really noticed previously (maybe being English and watching some of this on a Saturday afternoon back in the day, I'd to an extent grown up with it), that was until watching this bout. This was pretty much two guys going from spot to spot and demonstrating a bunch of nifty escapes and reversals and showcasing what they could do, never did you get the feeling that one man was trying to beat the other. At the end of the first round you had seven pinfall reversals (and they would have continued had the bell not rang), whilst at another point Saint has an arm lever on Faulkner, and he forward rolls through on eleven consecutive occasions trying to free himself. It was all too excessive, and 'hey, look at what we can do!'. The finish was similar to the Grey/Cortez match from 1981, only this time Saint throws a dropkick (though Faulkner is already setting up trapping his leg) that barely lands, and Faulkner falls backwards out of the ring hanging upside down with his leg trapped. The seconds and a couple of folk out of the crowd come to help free him and get him back in the ring but he is unable to continue (the finish actually looked dreadful). Despite the criticism, I did enjoy watching this. There is stuff that they do which you won't have seen before. Faulkner has a beautiful running side headlock take down and also a real nice looking head scissors takedown whilst holding Saint's arm, and I came out of this excited to see more of him as opposed to Saint. Just go into this with the idea that you're going to see some cool and funky stuff as opposed to a wrestling match.

There is also a tag bout with Lee Thomas against Blackjack Mulligan & Tally Ho Kaye that was recorded on the same show as that singles match (08.30.75 in Wolverhampton), neither are anything to write home about, but it does give you a bit of a glimpse into Kidd and what he was about.

Steve Grey vs Jackie Turpin (12.15.82) This is the final of the 'New Year's Day Knockout Tournament' (Turpin had defeated Tally Ho Kaye) and in a change to the semi-finals is fought over ten minutes duration, with no pinfalls, no submissions and the winner will be determined on a points system, where if any part of the body bar the soles of the feet touch the canvas then your opponent scores a point, and the person with the most points at the end of the ten minutes is declared the winner. I'm pretty sure that this wasn't the first (or last) time that they did this 'points match'. This was something different, if nothing else. Both legitimately appeared to forget what was going on at times, with Grey putting his hand on the canvas for balance when Turpin had him trapped in a grapevine, and Turpin dropping down to a knee whilst having a front chancery on Grey. With three minutes to go and Grey 13-5 up, he for some reason decides to throw a dropkick. It made no sense in the slightest as the best outcome would be both gaining a point, whilst the worst would be just his opponent gaining one. The worst outcome is what happened as Turpin sidestepped the move and Grey hit fresh air. If that wasn't bad enough, he later tries a monkey flip and a similar outcome occurs with Turpin landing on his feet and again Grey cost himself a point. Towards the end of the contest MC Brian Crabtree (who is keeping a running update over the house mic for the crowd and audience at home) gets confused and gives Grey a point that should have gone to Turpin! Turpin ends up going head mare crazy to win the contest, officially 20 points to 18 (although the correct score is 21-17). I really didn't like this at all. Grey throwing a dropkick and attempting a monkey flip made him look stupid. You could portray it as him 'forgetting' he wasn't in a regular match, but the amount of times both wrestlers scrambled to the ropes to prevent being taken down, I'm not buying that. Also, if he 'forgets' it wasn't a regular match, it again is making Grey out to be an idiot. The mess with Brian Crabtree only added to things. Maybe they wanted to give Turpin a win without Grey having to take a fall, I don't know, but give me tags with Big Daddy any day over this!

Steve Grey vs Sid Cooper (12.15.82) This was fought over six three minute rounds and was the semi-finals of the 'New Year's Day Knockout Tournament'. Cooper starts out on top with some headmare attempts that Grey rolls through on, he tries to throw him off the ropes but again he just rolls through. When he tries that a second time Grey reverses and throws Cooper across the ring, he then tosses him out of the ring much to the amusement of the crowd. Cooper with a side headlock that Grey handstands out of and follows up with a finger interlock. He whips Grey into the ropes then crouches down attempting to trip him as he comes back, but Grey skips over him and gives him a kick in the backside which again brings laughter from the crowd. As the end of the first approaches Cooper starts to lose his cool, first with a bit of hair pulling and then with a closed fist punch to the face. Double arm stretch by Cooper which Grey kicks out of and Cooper is complaining to the referee and gets him to check his forehead. Grey reverses a Cooper reverse double knee hold into a body scissors, posts Cooper and backdrops him for a near fall. Cooper responds with a punch to the mid-section out of view of the official, slips on a side headlock and as Grey is about to escape, a quick pull of the hair and he's back in it. Grey reverses a double finger interlock and Cooper punches him in the back. Cooper then continues after the bell has rung claiming he couldn't hear it because of his cauliflowered ears. As the crowd are on his case he flicks water from his bottle at them! Cooper opens aggressively in the third. He attempts to post Grey who blocks it, ducks between Cooper's legs and lands two dropkicks which lead to some nice facials and selling from Cooper. Grey rolls Cooper up, but some more hair pulling sees him escape and he then catches Grey with a backslide for the first fall. At this point Cooper starts blowing kisses to the crowd and then leaves the ring heading to the back, maintaining that he thought it was just a one fall contest! Cooper has the early advantage in the fourth and a crossbody attempt by Grey sees Cooper catch him and run him into the turnbuckles. Flying tackle by Grey is again caught by Cooper who slams him to the canvas, Cooper then comes off the ropes, but Grey is up and leaps over him with a sunset flip for the pin. Cooper attacks Grey after the equalizing fall and throws him out of the ring getting his second and final public warning in the process. A Cooper backbreaker is followed with a backhammer that Grey flips over the back of to escape. Cooper shoots him into the ropes and Grey goes for a roll up, whilst another dropkick from him sends Cooper tumbling out of the ring. A body check from Cooper and Grey nips up, headbutt to the stomach, Cooper whips Grey into the ropes and in a carbon copy of the first fall, Grey leaps over Cooper with a sunset flip double leg nelson to advance to the final. I thought this was a decent match and Cooper had some nice touches that added to it. Not one that I would say is essential viewing, but in the same boat you won't come out of it thinking you've wasted your time if you do decide to give it a watch.

I do find it best to try and mix up the viewing with the WOS guys, as it can get a bit 'samey' if you watch too much of the same wrestler in one sitting or back to back. I've watched that McManus bout, and you do see the same Boston crab escape that I talked about in the Clay Thomson match, and that MJH wasn't keen on. Similarly, in the Keith Haward stuff that I've been watching, you have the exact same pinning sequence in his bouts with Cullen, Grey and Cortez despite there being about 18 months between them all.

Johnny Saint vs Steve Grey (01.28.80) This is a return contest from the previous December where Grey came out on top. They open up quickly with Saint catching Grey in an armlock, who does all he can to try and escape; he biels him off the ropes, holds on to referee Peter Szakacs to flip over, tries using the top rope all whilst Saint maintains hold of the armlock. With the round closing out Grey finally works out an escape and frees himself. On to the second and the two exchange holds, each trying to gain the advantage but with Saint mainly having the upper hand. He moves back to working on Grey's arm and similarly to the first Saint holds on to the move despite everything that Grey tries to escape. Head mares are having no luck and eventually he rolls backwards, forwards and throws a grounded kick to the chest to release himself. Saint moves to working on a hammerlock as the bell sounds to close out he second. Again Saint concentrates on the arm and with a back hammer in place looks for a pinfall, but a series of reversals sees Saint spin Grey out of a folding press. Grey grabs the arm and wrenches Saint as he finally starts to get some ascendancy in the bout. He turns his attention to Saint's left arm, but Saint flips out of the hold and again moves back to holding the advantage. Hip toss takedown and pin attempt from Grey for a two count, double arm stretch by Saint and Grey repeatedly kicks Saint gently in the jaw to force the escape. Dropkick from Grey and Saint comes off the ropes with a sunset flip for a near fall. Saint takes a bump over the rope early in the fourth after being spun out of a Grey hold. A series of pin attempts by both and then Grey runs off the ropes, Saint leaps over him and immediately drops down into a ball. Saint offers the hand, Grey takes it, Saint flips him over and covers him for the first fall. Saint opens the next round with an abdominal stretch as he looks to take the contest in two straight. Grey briefly makes a come back, but Saint goes back to working for the submission. A single leg crab is followed by a full boston crab that Grey ends up powering out of, over the knee backbreaker, side surfboard and a version of the torture rack backbreaker all by Saint as he tries for that second fall. Before Round Six starts, Kent Walton says that Johnny Czeslaw hasn't been well and sends him his best wishes whilst quipping about not putting any half nelsons on the nurses! At this point Walton stops calling the action and mentions how Steve Logan has recently had to retire due to injury and both Johnny Yearsley and Gwyn Davies are out of action recovering from injuries. He then talks about the 'clever boys' who write for 'sleazy newspapers' who say that the wrestlers don't really get hurt, and how he wishes they could get in the ring with one of these two. Back to the action and Grey has a back hammer on Saint that he flips over the back of. Grey misses a dropkick, Saint shoots him into the ropes looking for a hip toss take down but Grey reverses it into a backslide for the equalizing fall. With the bout all even Grey is back to working on Saint's arm, but he escapes and turns the tables starting on Grey's ankle in an attempt to try and slow him down. Monkey climb escape from Grey, Saint lands on his feet and looks to try and post Grey in the corner but he reverses it. Saint blocks the posting and ducks under Grey who goes over the top and down the back for a double leg nelson, folding press by Saint and Grey spins him out. Saint drops down and tries to schoolboy Grey but he turns on the move and tries for another pin attempt. Double leg nelson by Saint this time, folding press by Grey and he has the legs trapped and shoulder's down for the decisive fall. After the bout Saint says that as Grey has now beaten him twice, it's only fair that Grey now gets a shot at his World Lightweight title. This was a great match that was fought at a tremendous pace from the onset. Often these matches will start out slow and they will move things up as the match progresses but that was not the case here. I hated the way that Saint got his fall, but this bout is a really good advert for him as a lot of his 'kooky stuff is kept to a minimum and wasn't really on show here. It'd be interesting to find out what led to Walton going off on one as it was so out of the blue and unexpected. I'd rank this a notch below Grey's bout with Jon Cortez but still one that is well worth checking out.

I've a couple of WAW DVDs and he makes an appearance on them first against Steve Quintain (who I've never seen) and against Jonny Storm on another (who I've always found really overrated). I'm kinda disappointed that I got rid of my LDN stuff as I'm sure he wrestled a few bouts on those aswell. My plan is to watch my WOS stuff, then selected matches from Reslo and the Screensport shows (chuffed to realise that there are a couple of Cortez bouts in those) and then check out the most recent stuff.

I thought you needed three match reviews (and I took that to mean three different matches reviewed) to be nominated? Titans count. It just seems weird that certain posters have to go out of their way when nominating someone (see your reply to the poster who suggested the Dudleys), yet someone else can put forward a team who only teamed together on five occasions (and I'm betting the nominator has only seen one of those matches) and they straight away get a thread. It just implies that the views or opinions held by certain posters on here are more important or valued than the rest. Anyway, I'm glad that I'd already ruled myself out of doing the tag teams.

I thought you needed three match reviews (and I took that to mean three different matches reviewed) to be nominated?

More chance of voting for the Ultimate Warrior than this guy.

Is this the match that is on one of Goodhelmet's Match of the Year contenders comps?

He is one of the guys that I will look at again as I do remember enjoying a match he had with Chris Adams and also Sammy Lee (bar a lousy finish), but I just don't see him in the same bracket as Breaks, Cortez, Haward, Grey and Myers who are likely to be my top ranked WOS guys. That's providing they all make my 100 in the first place and also doesn't take into account someone like a Marty Jones.

I used to order from Strong Style Tapes in the early-2000s. Wasn't that Mark Petar? The guy who got busted selling bootleg ROH videos at the FWA/ROH Frontiers of Honor show.

What do you think of Conneely OJ? I saw a match he had against Kwango and was positively cringing at times, especially when Conneely dropped an elbow to Kwango's head and he then sold the elbow! He turned up on a Reslo disc looking about 80 and was still doing the same stuff. I enjoy Les Kellett, but not so sure about Conneely.

Will probably be towards the bottom end of the WOS guys nominated for me and as a result won't be near my 100.

Jim Breaks vs Peter Bainbridge (06.08.88) Breaks is only wrestling part time at this point spending most of the time running his pub in Batley, whilst Bainbridge is just 16 and resembles Danny Collins with acne. This is a crafty veteran versus rookie bout with Breaks controlling the majority of the match. There seemed more of Breaks' schtick than usual in this one with plenty of interaction with the crowd (telling some lady that 'I'm paying your pension!'), the referee (a closed fist to the face of Bainbridge, sees the youngster retaliate with one of his own, Breaks isn't happy 'you ought to give somebody a public warning!', 'do you know how to give public warnings?', the ref gives one to Breaks) and even the MC. Bainbridge gets a flash first fall, schoolboy tripping Breaks as he comes off the ropes and rolling him up in what was a rather sloppily executed exchange. Breaks is arguing with the MC when Bainbridge rolls him up again for a near fall, before getting the Breaks special in just 42 seconds of the fourth round. Breaks is again looking for the arm in the fifth with Bainbridge doing all he can to keep it out of his reach. Eventually he grabs the arm and gets the winning submission with a variation of his special in just one minute of the round. This was Breaks final appearance on TV with wrestling cancelled by the end of the year. He deserved better that this and I'd rate it even below the Kamakazi match. The second round isn't shown on the broadcast, but this is one to miss.

Jim Breaks vs Sammy Lee (07.15.81) Breaks is sporting a silver jacket with the words 'CHAMP' on the back and shoves Lee during the referee's instructions. Lee starts skipping and bouncing around the ring which doesn't impress Breaks; some flashy kicks, a backflip and someone from the crowd yells 'sort him out Sammy', which receives a 'shut yer mouth' response from Breaks. A super quick leg trip takedown from Lee, an Indian Deathlock and Breaks crawls to the ropes for the release. He gets up and points his finger to Lee whilst mouthing off at him. Breaks again has resort to grabbing the ropes to break a Lee submission, and then he's not happy when in his eyes Lee doesn't break the hold quickly enough. Towards the end of the round he's looking for the Breaks Special and starts to bend the rules, punching and hair pulling behind the referee's back. The cheating continues into the next round, but as he's choking Lee on the ropes he tries to propel him backwards to the canvas but Lee pulls out a backflip, Mongolian chops and a folding press for the pin. The crowd starts chanting 'easy, easy', which does little to ease Breaks' temper. Breaks opens the next round with yet more closed fists to the face behind the referee's back, this time Lee retaliates finally having enough of Breaks' persistent rule breaking. Closed fists to the face of Breaks, forearms, a dropkick and then an uppercut, but because he didn't allow Breaks to get back to his feet he gets the first public warning of the match. The crowd aren't happy, Lee turns his back on Breaks giving him the advantage he needed to drag Lee down and get the equalizing fall. The ref finally catches Breaks in the next round giving him his first public warning. He tries to post Lee, who runs up the turnbuckles and does a backflip, unloads with rapid fire kicks, chops, a reverse kick before getting a folding press for the pin. As Brian Crabtree is about to announce the result, Breaks goes 'what about the kicking Crabtree?', and then challenges Lee saying he'll wrestle him for money. This was a very fun sprint, not a great match per se, but highly enjoyable, entertaining and a ton of fun for what it was.

I intend to try and watch as much of the WOS guys as I can for the GWE project and instead of clogging up the thread in that forum with reviews for everything I've seen, I'll try and only post matches that are worth watching over there with other bits going in the Microscope (providing they have a thread here). Big Daddy & Steve Grey vs Tony Walsh & Red Berry (09.09.81) So everything I can includes tag matches alongside Big Daddy, and this has one of the campiest entrances ever. Daddy is sporting a Union Jack waistcoat along with a sparkly cape and helmet, pushing a young girl in a wheelchair, kissing grannies and being followed by a bunch of kids like he is the Pied Piper, all to the sounds of 'We Shall Not Be Moved'. Berry is from Australia, and every bit as bad as Banger Walsh who can't even throw a decent looking elbow drop. Daddy appears to operate by his own rules, coming in to the ring whenever he wants and not getting admonished one bit by the referee. I actually found this match funny in places but I don't think that's the effect you're meant to have, whilst it's tough to get into the heat spots on Grey as you 'know' what will happen. Daddy and Grey win in two straight falls, with Daddy even allowing Grey to get the second (which comes a whopping 14 seconds after the first). Big Daddy & Steve Grey vs Scrubber Daly & Lucky Gordon (10.02.85) Fit Finlay was supposed to originally be teaming with Daly, but he just walks out on the match and goes back to the dressing room. Princess Paula tries to drag him back to the ring but he wants no part of it. Lucky Gordon then draws the short straw as the standby wrestler and replacement for Finlay (Banger Walsh must have been otherwise engaged!). Grey gets the first fall rolling up Gordon and Daly squares things up with a big splash on Grey. A Daddy splash on Daly then takes it for his team. There is some nice selling from Grey after Daly gets the pin on him, but that was really it. You're not going to get much on Grey from watching these tag matches with Daddy.