1 hour 17 minutes | Thursday, 4 September 2025
It's time to go OLD SCHOOOOL! We take a look back at when the ITV cameras came to the Central Pier in Morecambe in September 1980, as Greg and SilentMark review a television episode broadcast to millions on a Saturday afternoon during the height of British wrestling's TV popularity 45 years ago. Rollerball Rocco, King Kong Kirk, Mike Marino, King Ben, Steve Grey and Ray Steele were just some of the names on the bill in a real nostalgia trip for fans of the 'World of Sport' style. Plus all your regular features including On the Socials and Arrr What Was That Subtitle? PODCAST!
Topics include:
Arkwright from Open All Hours
Shouty Greg
Brighter Shrimps
Alien with two heads
No wrestling at Christie Park
Not The Lancaster Wrestling Podcast
Paul Ineson
Sending Big Daddy and Kendo round
Nail bending ruse
Craig Kollins' stretchy arm
Serenity
Secret dad
Awful head, childish face
'Podcast!' challenge
Snapping Johnny Phere's tattoos
Rey Mysterio vs Alberto del Patron
Session Goth Martina
Grado as Goldberg
Andy Quildan's 18th birthday
Frog splash in a Travelodge
Kindhearted Keith Myatt
Winter Gardens' return 11th anniversary
Statler and Waldorf
Kris Travis in Morecambe
Hunger issues
K-nob
Andre Dekker goes camping
Filter your own urine
Swigging rum at ringside
Meat's gone off
Nate Reece death wish
Undertaker rope walk
ITVwrestling.co.uk
Speedway and drag racing
Dickie Davies
Don't Stand So Close to Me
The Count from Sesame Street refereeing
Mountevans Rules
Darts playing cornermen
The simplest story
Kent Walton - legend
"Have a good week, 'til next week"
Awful version of Keith Chegwin
Kid McCoy
Google tips
'Biased' Brian Crabtree
1980 turnbuckle pads
Chimney sweep
Billy Two Rivers and Wayne Hemingway
Latest football scores
Public warning
Did Rocco blade?
Importance of wrestling rules
The sweatiest wrestler ever
Backslide/double arm shoulder press
Three minute head scissors
Cup Final Day
Not that Ken Joyce
World of Sport on The Wrestling Channel
George Kidd ball
Folding press of doom
Kilmarnock 1 Rangers 4
Kojak
Sad deaths
Thumb in a leotard
Two men arguing over a bag of chips
Leg spreading
Ear lift submission
Could we go old school in 2025?
Zack Sabre Jnr
Real in Morecambe in 1980