On The Mat

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Series Synopsis

Legendary professional wrestling TV show On the Mat ran from 1975 until 1983. Each half-hour show featured wrestling matches accompanied by commentary - promoter Steve Rickard described the technical in-the-ring aspects and Ernie Leonard, and later Barry Holland, added colour. The larger-than-life wrestlers were a mix of US imports and local characters: King Curtis, Samoan Joe, Aussie Larry O'Day, Rick Martel, and Sweet William and Brute Miller (soon famous in the US as The Bushwackers). The show was the catalyst for the boom in popularity of Rickard's pro-wrestling tour.

Title list
Track Name	Duration	Year
On The Mat: 29 July 1980		1980
On The Mat 1980 (clip 1)	12:56
On The Mat 1980 (clip 2)	11:14
On The Mat 1980 (credits)	00:25
On The Mat: 17 March 1981		1981
On The Mat 1981 (clip 1)	16:20
On The Mat 1981 (clip 2)	07:45
On The Mat 1981 (credits)	00:26

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