By this point Haystacks was wrestling other heels, like Rasputin, Drew McDonald and in this case Skull Murphy. These two also had a match on Reslo..
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@thomasmcclean435210 ай бұрын
Never met him personally, but i have been told that Luke Mcmasters was a really nice and approachable man. Rest in peace big fella.
@SistorCarrera Жыл бұрын
Rest in peace big man we loved u even when u became Loch Ness x
@bottlecap578 жыл бұрын
I remember Haystacks wrestling Murphy here in N. Ireland. I was amazed how far the ring moved across the floor when Haystacks crushed him against the turnbuckles. He even managed to bust a hole through the canvas but injured himself and couldn't take part in the Royale Rumble at the end of the night. I was in the front row and he walked right past me. He was never the 6'11 he was billed at but christ he was MASSIVE.
@paulwalsh84594 жыл бұрын
My parents friend was the camera man for the wrestling for years we met many of the wrestlers including Haystacks. Be the hokey he was vast. My dad is five eight so judging him off that Haystacks was 6"7 or 6"8 . I've also seen a picture of him standing opposite Andre who most people would agree was about 6" 10 so that would make sense from the photo but Jesus what a huge man a proper monster heel. Yeah it was a pity WCW didn't keep his mystique longer but at least US audiences got to see him . He was lovely too.
@PhilAndersonOutside6 жыл бұрын
I love the kid who sneaks in to punch Haystacks at 8:21. That's a story to show your grandkids on KZfaq!
@matimus100 Жыл бұрын
Phil is in love everyone 💕 congratulations Phil 👏
@PhilAndersonOutside Жыл бұрын
@@matimus100 Uh...
@edgorila2 жыл бұрын
Slightly more entertaining than wwe
@davidstolarczyk25975 ай бұрын
Lovely match
@bostoncrab9 жыл бұрын
Great match. Nothing like a heel v heel brawl. Good effort by Murphy but never seen him brutalised in the ring like this. Only Haystacks could have done it.
@MiniLemmy3 жыл бұрын
The only time Skull Murphy ever got babyface heat!
@johnmontgomery9149 Жыл бұрын
Taking the corner cushions should be immediate disqualification
@Peter-hg2de Жыл бұрын
I lived in Salford. My dad had the odd drink with Haystacks dad
@mrheck5311 Жыл бұрын
How big was Haystack's dad?
@thirdratecontent5853 жыл бұрын
I noticed Giant Haystacks now has a card in 80s mania Wrestling. He’s called Woolley Mammoth 👍
@martinworld72146 ай бұрын
in fairness that is a better name than Loch Ness
@shauntalbot51573 жыл бұрын
Brings back meomerys on Saturday after noon Kent Walton saying have a good week till next week where's the years gone ?
@AbdulRashid-ii9xz Жыл бұрын
Giant haystacks was actually 6ft 8 inches tall and this match i believe is from 1988.
@jlrosiefan98484 жыл бұрын
I think even though it was a heel vs heel match, the crowd sounded like they were more behind Murphy than Haystacks. It didn't matter who he was against, face or heel, everyone booed Haystacks out of the building. He was hated, but boy could he dominate.
@jlrosiefan98483 жыл бұрын
@Aaron Digby That was a different Haystacks.
@speakfreeley44734 жыл бұрын
Rare bout where the crowd are fully behind Skull Murphy.
@thomasmcclean435210 ай бұрын
Skull Murphy used to drink in a pub in Droylsden Manchester.
@paulhall1703 жыл бұрын
That's might be a bloke calling himself Skull Murphy, but that's not THE Skull Murphy!!
@Astyanaz Жыл бұрын
I never liked it when someone reused the name of a true great. I remember the REAL Skull Murphy from the 1960s in the Carolinas.
@martinwood7443 жыл бұрын
Murphy pulling Haystacks' hair? Would he like it if it was done to him? Oh................
@arthurpsycho42143 жыл бұрын
Remember, if you're not cheating you're not trying
@mrjarvis71393 жыл бұрын
I've seen these 2 at Weston-super-Mare,around 1990.the top rope came off when stax bounced off 😂
@jimclark6256 Жыл бұрын
All big men have the same weakness, their legs, just keep kicking the legs.
@stevenaggas89982 жыл бұрын
Is there a wrestling poster for this because I was there at Normanton Cummunity Center it was a good wrestling bill so if any body finds a poster for it can you put it on please
@robertcudlipp34262 жыл бұрын
Calhoun was just a big unfit slob. Saw Murphy wrestle many times in the 60s and he was a tough one- using his head but as a great finisher. Died very young.
@puckletruscot75623 жыл бұрын
I'm sure I remember a match between these two where Skull almost got his gaiter hold on Haystacks. Anyone else remember seeing it?
@paulbrown157 Жыл бұрын
paul brown
@grapplefanmel5 жыл бұрын
I often wonder if all the blows and punches Haystacks took to his stomach had anything to do with his eventual demise from cancer of the stomach? Same goes for Drew McDonald who we sadly lost 3 years ago, and was a one time tag partner of Haystacks.
@Robert.Deeeee5 жыл бұрын
More likely his organs were constantly under strain dealing with all that weight
@edwardchampion88913 жыл бұрын
In all fairness he gave more than he took. But I did think that as well. Over time it would mount up. Also back in 70s especially; the halls were full of smokers and in some of the matches the smoke is quite visible.
@melaniesmith-langridge88043 жыл бұрын
I also forgot to mention Bomber Pat Roach who also died from cancer of the stomach at a relatively young age, so that’s three examples right there. Maybe it’s akin to footballers getting dementia from heading the ball so often?
@ianholmes37613 жыл бұрын
I used to go to the wrestling at the town hall it was always the same wrestlers every time all wrestling each other 🤣🤣
@chriskeel30962 жыл бұрын
that one guy who couldnt decide if he was Haystacks, or Loch Ness............
@absoluteb22 Жыл бұрын
Did the announcer say 6ft 11? Looks about 6ft4.
@adrianjones4812 Жыл бұрын
When two baddies are against each other who do the crowd cheer for. Skull Murphy seems to be the least least popular.
@richardfraser86973 жыл бұрын
Oh, God! If it was against Murphy I'D cheer for haystacks!
@matimus100 Жыл бұрын
Is Zeus your God Richard?
@okeydokey4523 Жыл бұрын
Imposters. The real skull Murphy wrestled in the 1960s same with haystacks Calhoun
@robertking31304 жыл бұрын
I can't decide between the fools in the ring or the bigger fools who paid money to watch this. But wait, I'm also a fool for watching.
@soulboy57003 жыл бұрын
You Twat...
@happysunshinydays63493 жыл бұрын
You can't spoil the magic, just roll with it.
@rkuzmenko552 жыл бұрын
Complete and utter rubbish!!! SHITE at its best!! Actors in latex and swimming trunks!! You can see them working 2 the tv cameras all the time!! Well rehearsed and fixed!!! Load of BOLLOCKS???😒😝👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
@rkuzmenko552 жыл бұрын
@@soulboy5700 Its Pantomine time, an its not Christmas!!!! And 2 think there was RETARDS,DIMWITS and SIMPLE SIMONS willing 2 pay good money 2 watch that SHITE???? Brillant acting all round, i think🤔 not?????😒😝👎👎👎👎👎👎🤪
@rkuzmenko552 жыл бұрын
@@happysunshinydays6349 Well REHEARSED and FIXED SHITE!!!! Complete and utter BOLLOCKS!!!! Those 2 fine actors would put Robert De Niro and Al Pacino 2 shame??? If thats Magic then Katie Price is a virgin????😒🤪😝😳👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
@davidreed19953 жыл бұрын
The original skull murphy died in 1970 whos this one
@travels1292 жыл бұрын
The skull hardest head in the bussiness
@gregmardell66536 жыл бұрын
Like the way the Wanker of a second stopped a member of the public from trying to put the cushion back on the corner post.
@travels1294 жыл бұрын
The skull hardest head in wrestling
@baliw337 жыл бұрын
Meatball Robinson vs John "The Hammer" Jefferson
@johnfellows28673 жыл бұрын
How Haystacks could ever be classed as a Wrestler is beyond me, he can hardly walk !
@wishart1253 Жыл бұрын
you know what, kids in the 80s loved to hate him, he was the most famous villain of British wrestling, it was all entertainment, he wasn’t supposed to be a wrestler
@anothonypeterson34027 жыл бұрын
Skull Murphy LOOKS a lot like the OLD Skull Murphy! TONY
@presley0074 жыл бұрын
What year ?
@dovetail2213 жыл бұрын
I think 1988
@presley0073 жыл бұрын
@@dovetail221 thanks
@matimus100 Жыл бұрын
50AD
@anothonypeterson34027 жыл бұрын
He used to be Loch Ness Monster.
@arthurpsycho42147 жыл бұрын
Martin Ruane, best known to European audiences as Giant Haystacks did wrestle as "Loch Ness" and "the Loch Ness Monster" in Stampede (early 80s) and WCW (mid 90s, by which time he was ill and past it sadly although I sill thought they could have protected him a bit longer before jobbing him out to Hogan and the Giant).
@LostyDublin6 жыл бұрын
WCW hadn't a clue how to book monster heels right. WWF could have made a big big run with Haystacks work given a chance.
@jameshope3985 жыл бұрын
Arthur i thought Haystacks real name was Luke McMasters i heard Kent Walton saying that was his name
@stevenwade74663 жыл бұрын
@@jameshope398 like McMasters was just an alias. His real name was Martin Austin Ruane.
@paulwalsh84593 жыл бұрын
@@LostyDublin absolutely . If he'd gone to wwf the summer before wrestlemania four they could have gotten a brilliant seven month run with hogan out of him and then either a monster run with the ic belt or out him in a tag . He and Davey boy could have had a great feud . He could have come back to Britain in the early ninties with all the knowledge of how the US was working and that could have really helped the British scene .
@mrgobrien4 жыл бұрын
I remember this - especially 5:12
@theradgegadgie6352 Жыл бұрын
Villain Vs Villain. Let's stop all this yankifying of British things.