Allan
@allancheapshot.bsky.social
On a ferry to Rotterdam from Hull. The trip is to go to the world's biggest record fair.
Ferry life is absolutely mad.
Ferry life is absolutely mad.
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
On a ferry to Rotterdam from Hull. The trip is to go to the world's biggest record fair.
Ferry life is absolutely mad.
Ferry life is absolutely mad.
"I thought he was called Jim Knight Hart because he looks a bit like a knight" 😭
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"I thought he was called Jim Knight Hart because he looks a bit like a knight" 😭
He's the weakest candidate on the entire ballot, but we've got historians (albeit non UK ones) voting for him.
I can't understand it.
I can't understand it.
Woah now Cheapshot, leave Adrian Street out of this! Imagine what he would do to you.
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
He's the weakest candidate on the entire ballot, but we've got historians (albeit non UK ones) voting for him.
I can't understand it.
I can't understand it.
If you'd like to be part of the #BigDaddyHoF2030 campaign team please let me know. I'll be looking to start conversations early 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you'd like to be part of the #BigDaddyHoF2030 campaign team please let me know. I'll be looking to start conversations early 2026.
Back on the ballot. He fell off due to the 15/50 rule and bullshit propaganda.
What if I told you I have a hugely famous wrestler who supports the case. I'm working on getting them to publicly advocate for Big Daddy to be brought back on the ballot.
What if I told you I have a hugely famous wrestler who supports the case. I'm working on getting them to publicly advocate for Big Daddy to be brought back on the ballot.
Get him on the ballot and I will gladly vote for him!
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Back on the ballot. He fell off due to the 15/50 rule and bullshit propaganda.
What if I told you I have a hugely famous wrestler who supports the case. I'm working on getting them to publicly advocate for Big Daddy to be brought back on the ballot.
What if I told you I have a hugely famous wrestler who supports the case. I'm working on getting them to publicly advocate for Big Daddy to be brought back on the ballot.
I'm going to get a Big Daddy Battle Bus. (The Lex Express but cooler) and travel around the provincial towns in the UK, stand in the high street and ask folks the same question. "Name a famous wrestler"
25 years after his death, 40 years after his peak.
They'll say Daddy, followed by Haystacks.
25 years after his death, 40 years after his peak.
They'll say Daddy, followed by Haystacks.
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm going to get a Big Daddy Battle Bus. (The Lex Express but cooler) and travel around the provincial towns in the UK, stand in the high street and ask folks the same question. "Name a famous wrestler"
25 years after his death, 40 years after his peak.
They'll say Daddy, followed by Haystacks.
25 years after his death, 40 years after his peak.
They'll say Daddy, followed by Haystacks.
Reposted by Allan
Get him on the ballot and I will gladly vote for him!
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Get him on the ballot and I will gladly vote for him!
At his peak, Big Daddy wasn’t just a wrestler. He was one of the most recognisable faces in Britain, more people could identify him than could name the Prime Minister. 🧵
I'm going to start to build the most watertight case to get Big Daddy another shot on the Observer Hall Of Fame ballot.
The idea is to write my finest ever written piece for my substack, then a series of podcasts with different guests explaining why for them he should be back on the ballot.
The idea is to write my finest ever written piece for my substack, then a series of podcasts with different guests explaining why for them he should be back on the ballot.
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
At his peak, Big Daddy wasn’t just a wrestler. He was one of the most recognisable faces in Britain, more people could identify him than could name the Prime Minister. 🧵
I'm going to start to build the most watertight case to get Big Daddy another shot on the Observer Hall Of Fame ballot.
The idea is to write my finest ever written piece for my substack, then a series of podcasts with different guests explaining why for them he should be back on the ballot.
The idea is to write my finest ever written piece for my substack, then a series of podcasts with different guests explaining why for them he should be back on the ballot.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm going to start to build the most watertight case to get Big Daddy another shot on the Observer Hall Of Fame ballot.
The idea is to write my finest ever written piece for my substack, then a series of podcasts with different guests explaining why for them he should be back on the ballot.
The idea is to write my finest ever written piece for my substack, then a series of podcasts with different guests explaining why for them he should be back on the ballot.
Well done to VOW for their observer hall of fame coverage in 2025.
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Well done to VOW for their observer hall of fame coverage in 2025.
Based on the tracker, a ton of folks I voted for could go in.
Now we wait for the pros and ex pros to ruin it with their mental votes.
Now we wait for the pros and ex pros to ruin it with their mental votes.
The 2025 WON HOF Public Ballot Tracker is now up to 51 public ballots as 6 more ballots were added.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you are a Hall of Fame Voter and want to reveal your ballot, tag us in a post, send us a DM or email wonhoftracker@gmail.com
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you are a Hall of Fame Voter and want to reveal your ballot, tag us in a post, send us a DM or email wonhoftracker@gmail.com
WON HOF 2025 Public Ballots [51 as of 11/4/25]
docs.google.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Based on the tracker, a ton of folks I voted for could go in.
Now we wait for the pros and ex pros to ruin it with their mental votes.
Now we wait for the pros and ex pros to ruin it with their mental votes.
@tatfink.bsky.social welcome back brother. Missed chatting last night. Are you back on X too?
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@tatfink.bsky.social welcome back brother. Missed chatting last night. Are you back on X too?
Thank god for the Snowy White guitar solo in Richard Wright's wonderful Summer Elegy from his 1978 masterpiece, Wet Dream. One of my favourite guitar solos ever.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thank god for the Snowy White guitar solo in Richard Wright's wonderful Summer Elegy from his 1978 masterpiece, Wet Dream. One of my favourite guitar solos ever.
I chose the wrong night to go to the pub for a quiet pint.
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I chose the wrong night to go to the pub for a quiet pint.
Early in Harley Race's career he wrestled as Jack Long for Nick Gulas & Roy Welch in Tennessee.
Here's Jack Long (Harley Race) & Johnny Long in 1963 when Harley was 20.
Here's Jack Long (Harley Race) & Johnny Long in 1963 when Harley was 20.
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Early in Harley Race's career he wrestled as Jack Long for Nick Gulas & Roy Welch in Tennessee.
Here's Jack Long (Harley Race) & Johnny Long in 1963 when Harley was 20.
Here's Jack Long (Harley Race) & Johnny Long in 1963 when Harley was 20.
My 2025 Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Ballot
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My 2025 Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Ballot
Bruce Ambrose Edwardious Hart
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Bruce Ambrose Edwardious Hart
Bret Hart doing an impression of a middle aged New Jersey woman is my new favourite thing.
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Bret Hart doing an impression of a middle aged New Jersey woman is my new favourite thing.
1980 St. Louis Payoffs: 🧵
Jan 4:
Harley Race = $3,512.24
David Von Erich = $3,433.02
Kevin Von Erich = $742.50
Bob Backlund = $844.50
Tom Andrews = $462
Dick Murdoch = $624.50
Leilani Kai = $512.25
Judy Martin= $512.25
Winona Little Heart= $512.25
Alfred Hayes = $571
Jan 4:
Harley Race = $3,512.24
David Von Erich = $3,433.02
Kevin Von Erich = $742.50
Bob Backlund = $844.50
Tom Andrews = $462
Dick Murdoch = $624.50
Leilani Kai = $512.25
Judy Martin= $512.25
Winona Little Heart= $512.25
Alfred Hayes = $571
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
1980 St. Louis Payoffs: 🧵
Jan 4:
Harley Race = $3,512.24
David Von Erich = $3,433.02
Kevin Von Erich = $742.50
Bob Backlund = $844.50
Tom Andrews = $462
Dick Murdoch = $624.50
Leilani Kai = $512.25
Judy Martin= $512.25
Winona Little Heart= $512.25
Alfred Hayes = $571
Jan 4:
Harley Race = $3,512.24
David Von Erich = $3,433.02
Kevin Von Erich = $742.50
Bob Backlund = $844.50
Tom Andrews = $462
Dick Murdoch = $624.50
Leilani Kai = $512.25
Judy Martin= $512.25
Winona Little Heart= $512.25
Alfred Hayes = $571
This photo of Terry Funk climbing on top of a steel cage from a 1976 NWA Worlds Title match vs. Gene Kiniski from St. Louis is fantastic.
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This photo of Terry Funk climbing on top of a steel cage from a 1976 NWA Worlds Title match vs. Gene Kiniski from St. Louis is fantastic.
Terry Funk's dog Cooter Brown interrupts an interview with Between the Ropes from 2008.
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Terry Funk's dog Cooter Brown interrupts an interview with Between the Ropes from 2008.
The Heavyweight Champions, drawn in a Sauna
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Heavyweight Champions, drawn in a Sauna
I just listened to Flammende Herzen (song) for the first time by Michael Rother.
Excellent track, I'm really enjoying this dive I'm doing into Krautrock assortedness.
Excellent track, I'm really enjoying this dive I'm doing into Krautrock assortedness.
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I just listened to Flammende Herzen (song) for the first time by Michael Rother.
Excellent track, I'm really enjoying this dive I'm doing into Krautrock assortedness.
Excellent track, I'm really enjoying this dive I'm doing into Krautrock assortedness.