Dynamite Kid vs Rollerball Rocco

[Mag7Music]

Both these guys were great, and unusually stiff for the times.

[Retardis]

Mark Rocco was hard enough to rollerskate on, the only man to match him for toughness was Les Kellett.

[holmeslaw666]

anyone watching this must get Luke Haines' new British wrestling concept album, pretty much a tribute album to world of sport wrestling, superb

[chrisbrock1975]

wicked suplex by Rocco

[AP95x]

Dynamite was a lot smaller here

[akirahokuto]

thanks for this!!! AWSOME!! THIS IS WRESTLING!!!,Dynamite/Benoir 4ever :D

[mike2tosu]

Dynamite Kid was freaking awesome, all Benoit fans should bow down to Dynamite!

[tycobbisgod]

IMO Mark Rocco was even better than Dynamite Kid. So totally smooth- incredible brawler, phenomenal wrestler, and a hell of a lot more charisma than DK too.

[lakeyboy78]

Thanks for posting. Two great hands at work here. Dynamite was amazing for his time.

[louisNEED]

o juiz é um fagg acaba com esse italiano malditoo parabens kid 

[louisNEED]

o juiz eu mbicha or pfer qfagggggg.

[alanrockunited]

love the people who think it's all real! Bloody good bout, this one, but it's rigged like the majority of British wrestling. It's fun though. Rocco probably bit his own lip to get blood - a common trick. He had to lose to set up the rematch. All this said, it is one of the better bouts out there, with some great moves, and I never doubt that there is plenty of real pain involved.

[Dannypuck]

This is fantastic. The way wrestling should be. Thanks for the vid.

[spiderchoc]

Now this is proper professional wrestling.

[benwgrist]

awsome match.I think Dynamite Kid is the best in world

[kon1964]

狭いリング



[MutteringUrchin]

Still got this on video :). Heaven't watched it for years, but the brutality never faded from memory.

[moley8791]

This is great. Thanks to the guy who posted it. Surely this isn't from one of the British saturday morning shows on ITV? That was pure pantomime but this was the most brutal pro-wrestling match i've ever seen. The way they sold these moves would have little kids in tears! Great stuff. You can completely see Dynamite was destined for greater things. The other guy looked good too. and if this had been in a venue about 15 miles south/west my nan might have been in the audience

[lakeyboy78]

@moley8791 I'm pretty sure it is from World of Sport. They did a lot of chain wrestling-style matches that were very technical and presented like pure sport at that time, it's just people mainly remember the Big Daddy-Giant Haystacks belly-bump competitions.

[dp100eboggan]

Steamboat vs a heel HBK would have been amazing.

[MrMagsimus]

Thanks for posting this it brings back memories of world of sport dickie davis on Saturday mornings .. Both rocco and the dynamite kid look in excelhant shape..

[dharmaseed]

Man, look at how tiny Dynamite is here. He's small, but still looks in unbelievable shape.

[garments1]

Best match up of all time - Rollerball Rocco was the best! And the Dynamite Kid was awesome too!! The american wrestling these days is all about muscles and posing, not wrestling!!

[BaronTurco]

This is great. These guys had great matches in Japan as well. Rocco was the first Black Tiger in Japan.

[ImmortalRites84]

Really different watching this match. The British wrestling was really sport minded back when. I really wish were could have professional wrestling in the U.S. like this today, but with the million mile an hour climate we live in today it would never work. At least we have YouTube and our memories though! =)

[HoskieDC]

what year was this?

[mike584]

1981

[simonmarshall1]

i used to love this as a kid back in the 80s...damn this was a tough match though..proper violent lol..cant remeber it being as tough as this

[ShaolinDynasty]

I really love the sport side of this. There is no explosion in site, and this is great to watch, for any true wrestling fan.

[futureproof28]

fuck me this is some hardcore wrestling. i remember from an early age watching the likes of ray steel and kendo nagasaki, giant haystacks backin the day on saturday mornings just before knight rider then the a-team. love those days.

[grincher2006]

i seemed to recall saturday wrestling to be pretty sedate with few high risk moves (mostly holds) and hardly any attacking on the canvass. this was a tough match. a different match and one of the best.

[grincher2006]

im surprised the referee let so much go. this is one of the toughest bouts I can recall from ITV wrestling days

[vancedev]

Elaborate on what you mean by the referee letting so much go in this match.Thanks.

[Bergcity316]

what where the rules here?

[cpossberg]

Very small ring, a 12` footer by the looks of things.

[tommyrockon]

Other great wrestlers from England would include... Bert Royal, Vic Faulkner, Adrian Street, Bobby Barnes, Mike Marino, Clive Myers, Jim Breaks, Marty Jones, Steve Viedor Wayne Bridges, Les Kellett, Johnny Saint, Steve Grey, Johnny Kwango, Albert "Rocky" Wall, Steve Logan, Mick McManus and Jackie Pallo and of course "Judo" Al Hayes who went on to wrestle and present the early WWFstuff shown here in the UK.

[tommyrockon]

Mark Rocco is the son of Jim Hussey who was also a wrestler in England, hard as nails just like his son... I believe Mark also had a great fight with Davey boy Green around the same time as this but cannot find it on youtube... well worth a watch if you can find it anywhere..

[richiehussey]

real stiches he caught his leg on the turnbuckle

[shue3303]

Man, these guys were tough in those days. Stitches just 10 days old and this physical?? holy crap. Is that a work with the stitches or is that real?

[pembo18]

And they were both northern. And Lancastrian ;)

[tomtomalfa]

Mark Rocco was from Manchester I believe. Was once Lancashire, but now simply known as 'Greater Manchester' I think. An ex-pat in the Canary Islands, Rocco now rents and sells property in Tenerife if I'm not mistaken. I saw Rocco wrestle at Cambridge Corn Exchange in the 70s, one of the greatest nights in any boys life (thanks to Andy Craft for taking me!) As the commentator says, 'The Dynamite Kid' is from a district of Warrington called Goldbourne, Warrington being in Cheshire I think?

[pembo18]

Mate, I'm from Warrington. Rocco was from Salford, and Kid was from Golbourne, you're right. Golbourne is in the borough of Wigan. When they were born, both towns were in Lancashire. Cheers for the most boring explanation I've ever had to give someone.

[tomtomalfa]

I genuinely didn't realise that your previous posting was actually a statement and not a question as I'd mistakenly thought. I was therefore just trying to shead some light based on what the commentator's saying in this and other UK Dynamite Kid matches (i.e "Goldbourne in Warrington"). I bow to your superiour knowledge however.

[pembo18]

lol yeah, Golbourne is an odd little village, due to it's location. Houses on one street have a Warrington postcode, houses on the next have a Wigan one. There are a few like that round here, Haydock,Newton and Burtonwood, for example. I bow to you having seen Rocco wrestle in the flesh.

[vancedev]

"pembo18" Aye mate,spare us your life story and go back to screwing your ugly wife.

[mikebryson]

Great wrestlers. Would have loved to have seen either one of these guys work against Shawn Michaels with each guy in his prime. Would be a dream match! Especially Michaels vs, Dynamite.

[EvilLucas]

Michaels vs Dynamite would've been aweswome... but personally I would've loved to have seen Dynamite vs Ricky Steamboat. That match would be untouchable. Of course Rocco vs Steamboat would've been amazing too.

[mikebryson]

Yep! All of those matches would have been 5 star classics!

[RawIsAvila22]

@EvilLucas good lord, just thinking of those match-ups made me mark out like f@ck. haha

I would have loved to see dynamite vs michaels or vs steamboat, but anyone agree that a battle between Dynamite and Eddy Guerrero would have been great?

[cuddycuddydumdum]

LOL! this is brutal,thumbs up for two great wrestlers

[Lunacyk]

Great British wrestlers? Johnny Saint, Billy Robinson, Robbie Brookside, Steven (William) Regal, Johnny Smith, Dave Taylor, Doug Williams, Nigel McGuinness...the list goes on. England's a hotbed for wrestling. Always has been. They helped create the realistic technical style everybody does today. Although they do it LOADS better! Catch wrestling rules.

[Lcplsexiiiking]

Bloody hell this is ruthless...This is wot I call gd professional wrestling...This is amazing...thankz 4 sharing :)

XxX

[EvilLucas]

You're welcome. Glad you liked it.

[dj2bklyn]

@Lcplsexiiiking I just met Rollerball Rocco lol

[54spiritedwill54]

nice moves - really exciting

[arion52]

Both good wrestlers... Dynamite without roids probably a 165lbs.

[joeysniper]

wat year was this?

[BREMENMURRAY]

This was 1981

[kirkwanglers32]

I Have Wrestled The Kid.

In Canada.

[zackmusclewrestler]

really good action

[BREMENMURRAY]

Privilleged to see these two wrestle live.Both so fucking tough

[JudgeJesse]

Nice!

[pleomaxell]

Now that's what I call wrestling! The Kid was pretty messed up outside the ring, but inside it, he was truly DYNAMITE! Thanks for posting such a great match!

[ec2man]

Great pro wrestling. Action all the way, and no silly gimmicks.

[Gsection4]

Wow. I didn't think british wrestling around that time could be so good.

[swiv2d]

Normally they are I can't think of many good british wrestlers only the two Bulldogs, but they were one of the best if not the best around.

[TheoUnit798]

Try Billy Robinson, also seen as one of the greatest wrestlers, also from Britain. He was in AWA and also had great matches in Japan, people were scared of wrestling him because they thought he might show them up. Look him up, from Wigan also.

[Ratbas]

Wasn't Robinson one of those "notorious shooter" guys? I think that might be a better reason for people to be scared.

[kormoski420]

i dont think i could work in such a small ring

[JudgeJesse]

I didn't even notice, but yeah, that ring is a little small. Having worked in a ring even smaller than that, and very big rings, I'd rather take the smaller ring. I think it forces you to be a little quicker, since the opponent comes back earlier after being whipped into the ropes. A very big ring, and your more prone to telegraphing moves.

[sirfdeadly]

Damn. This was fantastic. No pyro, no theme music, no gimmicks. Just straight-up wrestling. Thanks so much for posting this!

[EvilLucas]

You're welcome. Gald you enjoyed the match.  It's 1 of my all time favs.

[Kelitydelapalestine]

dynamite Kid was the man..... in the ring.

[rlmotorcycles]

thats a small ring

[shue3303]

Is this a midget match?

[abusedsociety]

bro dont make me give you a stunner

[warcew]

Mark Rocco was the first Black Tiger, right?

[glitterscratchplate]

Yes, Tiger Mask learned some of his skills in the UK, under the name of Sammy Lee, when he returned to Japan to become Tiger Mask he told the promoters of the fantastic wrestlers he had met in the UK, Dynamite Kid and Rocco (as the masked "Black Tiger") became two of his biggest opponents. Rocco (as Black Tiger) also won the WWF Jumior Heavyweight title.

[Chuckernut5]

I like the whole concept of wrestling rounds. Like they have in boxing. What do you think?

[cjt1881]

I'm just about old enough to vaguely remember World Of Sport wrestling. I like it's refreshing lack of American style Razzmatazz

[volker001]

nice moves - really exciting

[devilsfan95]

nmy names rocco so go rocco

[EddieBenoitJericho]

great match!

dynamite kid is a great wrestler i think, with a lot of style & charisma. great acter too.

i respect him' and like him, and he seems like a respectful and respected man.

great match.

[matvKo]

rollerball rocco was an exiting wrestler

he could have ruled in any era

a legend and superstar

[maseflip00]

damn...wrestling rings in england r tiny......nice match tho

[andyrevell]

sorry, WoS ruled? For that statement alone, let alone owning the DVD, you should stop breathing for a minimum of 4 hours.

[tigerboy1966]

Rocco kept getting banned from TV in Britain for violence(genuine not kayfabe)- he was a total psycho=HARDCORE before the term was even invented. As for Tom, what a wrestler, but you can already see the roid effect.

[tomdolan07]

i love watching this... does anybody remember "Lucky" Gordon?

[billy7654329]

todays wrestling is a load of shit compared to this

[dawnzascorp]

The high angle backdrop at 11:10 is beautiful. Rocco landed hard.

Thats like a 4 1/2 star match, hurt only by these stupid European rules. And the Kid should have given him the snap vertical suplex. WTF is the date on this?

[mike584]

He wasn't even fully 'roied up yet! So all I can say about this match is...oh....my....god....wow...­.

[mbp7060]

Today was the first time I had actually paid attention to this style of wrestling. Impressive! I love old school American wrestling but now I have a respect for this style.

[revolutiontfan]

dynamite was the best, the real best there was, is and ever will be

[SoCoolGaz]

Awesome action!

[icehardkiller]

Hehe... I remember watching this match, not live, but the first time it was shown on the TV (World of Sport - Saturday afternnons)... was the first time I'd seen the Dynamite Kid too :)

[XxgabieyxX]

OMG this is my uncle mark (rollerball rocco) hussey.does anybody remember my grandad Jumping Jim hussey? please reply luv gabiey hussey xxx

[dawnzascorp]

I like your uncle best as Black Tiger. You got a MySpace?

[anthonythirteen]

Your Uncle was of the the greats! Along with Fit Finlay, Cyanide Sid and Skull Murphy

[shankley06]

great match

[StrongStyleBrawl]

"Next time, it will be your blood in this ring"

[Elementa2006]

Now thats professional wrestling

[CraigWilmott]

Both these men need to be in the WWE Hall of Fame.

[dsbdsb]

when you think how most uk matches back then were never ending strings of armlocks and strength holds, this would have been amazing to see at the time

[daschuck77]

Great match! That ring looks way too small compared to a WWE ring.

[prowres]

Not everything has to be like the WWE, brother :-).

[KJGould]

What year was this?

[rbirkin]

They wrestled more than once, but I do know they wrestled in January of 1982. So it's got to be circa the early 80's.

[criceto]

Rocco was also Black Tiger

[rbirkin]

Yes, when he wrestled in Japan, most notably against Tiger Mask, who also feuded with Dynamite Kid.

[Fredfredisdead]

In the words of Bret Hart "Dynamite Kid is pound for pound the greatest wrestler who ever lived"

Great match by the way.

[samoataz]

Great Stuff, Dynamite and Rocco were two of the best ever, and its very important that people remember that.

[kevinhardy]

good match