Bert Assirati was well known amongst his fellow wrestlersat the time as the hardest man on the circuit, and a man NOT to be messed with.
Yes it was meant to be staged, but this man would hurt you.
Les Kellett was a similar type in the 1970's
Ian, your memory of bouts between Haystacks and Daddy is flawed I think, I saw many of them, and basically they just ran and bumped into each other, belly to belly for 3 rounds, until Haystacks collapsed. Magic stuff.
We are way off topic, so lets have a seperate WRESTLING thread, so we can discuss this properly.
Then wrestling anoraks like Dave R, Yorkie and I can run wild !!!! OOHHH YEAH !!!