FANS OF FESTELLE
My thanks to those fans who have been in contact who remember those classic bouts at Festelle.
One fan mentioned Maggie Jennings greatest rival Helen who despite being a fair amount heavier found it hard to best her.
Sadly this is only one of a number of bouts they had and even that is only a part of the bout.
I read where this match became a brawl, both ladies having lost their tempers and were even exchanging insults and threats during breaks. I've never seen Maggie lose her temper or fight during a wrestling match but I have seen Helen brawl in other matches. As brief as this clip it is, I think you can sense a bit of needle creeping in, with tension rising between the two ladies. I did see another briefer clip of this fight years ago and it featured Marg and Helen engaged in a very hard hair pulling battle. Faces screwed up with pain and effort and breathing hissing like it does here at times, they are not happy with each other!
ReplyDeleteMay be the one I have/had (on VHS) and think there was an introduction and stated they had fought before and you could feel the animosity. Between this and Maggie vs. Beatrice and other clips I've seen with Maggie, what impresses me is her ability to absorb punishment and work way out of it.
ReplyDeleteIf this is the match Maggie takes a long hard fought first submission and then takes control as Helen can't compete cardio-wise.
Both ladies seem to take a lot of punishment, sly elbows and other ways of inflicting pain are employed that I wouldn't expect to see in a normal wrestling match, this definitely developed into a fight. Must have crossed the producers' minds to stop the match at different points. The angry breathing is a give away.
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