When I think think of the term "Shooter", I think of someone with a grappling/ amateur wrestling/ martial arts etc background. I may be wrong, but I don't think Les Kellet had any of these. He was just one twisted, vicious, nasty, soulless, fearless, farm-strong psycho, who was seemingly impervious to pain if the infected pig bite story is true... In other words, one hard bastard!
@Wainy_16 he was trained in submission or catch wrestling so he definitely was a trained grappler. His favourite thing to do was put people in submissions and make them scream for real because he knew it looked real for the crowd! Most British wrestlers from that era had catch wrestling backgrounds to protect the business from challengers. Catch wrestling is basically amateur wrestling with submissions and the matches are determined by who taps first rather than pins and points. Les was only 5' 8" and 175lbs plus he looked old so he wasn't a strong, athletic looking guy like most trained grapplers but he was definitely trained and he was a sicko who liked hearing people beg for mercy in submissions kinda like Brett Harts dad? 😆
@Paulthompson9942 Yeah, when I think of any wrestler training, my mind automatically assumes it's the modern "American style". I forget that Kellet's generation trained in the old British catch style, which made the likes of Billy Robinson one of the hardest men of his generation...
Les Kellet had the appearance of an old man who has just crawled out of bed after 2 hours sleep from a night of boozing, wearing a pair of Y-front underpants. He could command the audience like no other by being an absolute master of his craft of comedy wrestling. The fact that even Fit Finley wouldn’t mess with the guy speaks volumes
If anyone who doesn’t already know there is a short interview with Mr Kellett on UA-cam which was part of a nostalgic documentary on British wrestling on television and is worth a look if you are interested Apparently when he was an old man he would never go to any of reunions he was invited to, because he thought all the other wrestlers hated him because of the things he had done to them. I remember his brother who used to live in the Isle of Man and at one time use to work at the swimming pool.
What Americans don't realise is that a lot of these wrestlers I watched on world of sport would rip apart the majority of the American rostas. These guys could actually wrestle and were hard
I didn't know about Les Kellett until WrestleMe covered him. That video is worth a watch as well.
He looked like a regular farmer/serial killer but he was a legit shooter that could make giant muscle bound guys beg for mercy! 😯
When I think think of the term "Shooter", I think of someone with a grappling/ amateur wrestling/ martial arts etc background. I may be wrong, but I don't think Les Kellet had any of these. He was just one twisted, vicious, nasty, soulless, fearless, farm-strong psycho, who was seemingly impervious to pain if the infected pig bite story is true...
In other words, one hard bastard!
@@Wainy_16he was a well trained wrestler who could stretch anybody
@Wainy_16 he was trained in submission or catch wrestling so he definitely was a trained grappler. His favourite thing to do was put people in submissions and make them scream for real because he knew it looked real for the crowd! Most British wrestlers from that era had catch wrestling backgrounds to protect the business from challengers. Catch wrestling is basically amateur wrestling with submissions and the matches are determined by who taps first rather than pins and points. Les was only 5' 8" and 175lbs plus he looked old so he wasn't a strong, athletic looking guy like most trained grapplers but he was definitely trained and he was a sicko who liked hearing people beg for mercy in submissions kinda like Brett Harts dad? 😆
@Paulthompson9942 Yeah, when I think of any wrestler training, my mind automatically assumes it's the modern "American style". I forget that Kellet's generation trained in the old British catch style, which made the likes of Billy Robinson one of the hardest men of his generation...
@@pavlovsdogman You commented as I was typing my previous response 🤣 Fully agree mate.
Les had some crazy unorthodox moves you just don't see today as well. I did not discover him until several years ago but man, I'm glad I did!!!
Get Dave on! We need the stories.
Les Kellet had the appearance of an old man who has just crawled out of bed after 2 hours sleep from a night of boozing, wearing a pair of Y-front underpants. He could command the audience like no other by being an absolute master of his craft of comedy wrestling. The fact that even Fit Finley wouldn’t mess with the guy speaks volumes
WrestleMe’s deep dives into these guys are absolutely incredible.
Kelletts match against Leon Arras is comedy gold. Watch it and do the Arras shuffle 😂😆
If anyone who doesn’t already know there is a short interview with Mr Kellett on UA-cam which was part of a nostalgic documentary on British wrestling on television and is worth a look if you are interested Apparently when he was an old man he would never go to any of reunions he was invited to, because he thought all the other wrestlers hated him because of the things he had done to them. I remember his brother who used to live in the Isle of Man and at one time use to work at the swimming pool.
I remember watching Les Kellet on the World of Sport re-runs, my Dad liked him when we last watched.
I would love to hear Dave tell Les Kellett stories.
What Americans don't realise is that a lot of these wrestlers I watched on world of sport would rip apart the majority of the American rostas. These guys could actually wrestle and were hard
Les Kellett a UK Legend..
Would love to hear the stories from Dave Taylor.
Brian Glover; the best wrestler turned actor.
Les Kellet Vs Johnny Czeslaw is even better than the Harris match. It's comedy gold . 😂
There's a Dark Side of the Ring episode just waiting to be made...
Another great british comedy wrestler was Catweazle
Brian Glover was in Alien 3
Don't grab his ears!!!!
That was Jim Breaks