I really can't stand wrestling, as in the American stuff we get on tv here. A couple of my mates seem to love it, and go on about shows the've been to, so I have to listen to what sounds like a foreign language when we meet. Strangely though, I collect Mexican superhero wrestling comics and also have a few of the films, which are corny but great entertainment. I discovered these small pocket sized comics years ago in L.A. where they were sold by street vendors (and that pocket sized format intrigues me as it was a very popular format in the U.K., France, Italy and Mexico. And Japan, I suppose.
But, and it's a big one, I used to watch wrestling on tv when I was in my early teens. This was British wrestling with characters such as Jackie Pallo (who was in an Avengers episode and was knocked out by Honor Blackman, accidentally, during a stunt when the show was done in one take), Mick McManus, Kendo Nagasaki etc. Completely different to the hyped up, modern, American version.
It occurs to me that one of the guys who owns a comic shop in Glasgow is also a big wrestling fan, so there is a connection there.
