Giant Haystacks vs Mighty John Quinn 

Quinn & Haystacks an awesome tag combination in the U.K late 1970s early 80s.Wrestled each other a hand full of times in Europe, Britain & Ireland. John Quinn was easily one of the greatest heels ever to wrestle in the U.K! Up there with Kendo Nagasaki for me.

John Quinn a friend and one of the nicest guys you could ever meet !

I was at a local farm auction one day as a kid, and in the cattle barn I was surprised to see John standing there. Later I found out he was raised on the farm across the road in Onondaga Township in southern Ontario. He was first cousin to Pat Quinn the hockey player. Condolences to his family. Sorry to hear he just passed away.

A great magic from the past. Thanks for putting it on You Tube

That was impressive to tip Haystacks out from the ring! And the crowd went wild! This proves once again that wrestling without super heavyweights is but a shadow of what it could be!

Quinn was one of the greatest heels. Definitely up there with Kendo

Lenient ref, dare say that Kent Walton was commentating at the ringside - “have a good week, till next week”.

I wonder how many wrestlers have managed to lift Haystacks outta the ring? So far I've only counted 2 - Quinn and Big Daddy.

Man the ending is great! This is what wrestling should be!

loving your uploads - these are ones that dont seem to have been reaired on tv

Yes it was Mick McMichael as ref, he was a regular in Germany & Austria, unusual to see him wearing the kilt as he originated from Doncaster.

I once did the corner for the mad monk Rasputin and klodyke kate in Wales a bit scary they were .I was fifteen at that time.

Strange to think that all 3 x participants are no longer with us 😇

I remember watching Quinn on ìTV in Vancouver and Calgary. Awesome wrestler. Also the cousin of Pat Quinn former coach of the Toronto maple leafs.

Quinn was a big powerful bloke. Why didn't more wrestlers cross the Atlantic ? Did wrestling receive much coverage in the tabloids ?

Just thinking if when they where to fight back in uk, win or lose Haystacks would have had more credit if he actualy fought Quinn any thing like this, Instead they both chose to share prize money and public felt ripped off.Dont know if was scripted ? but thought was not good credibility for him at all.Still used to enjoy those days on tv, And Quinn played the villain well winding up the crowd.

is this really 1985? this looks like early/mid-70s

Great stuff, you obviously know your wrestling. Did Nagasaki ever fight Albert Wall?

I thought these two were tag partners

they did ? Haystacks wrestled in USA and CAN many times.

Great fun...

These guys put the modern over paid over hyped wrestlers to shame

Quinn had short hair, so there was no reason for Mick McMichael to check to see if Haystacks was pulling it! RIDICULOUS!!

Quinn busted that huge gut at 12:15 while Haystacks looked him in the eye and sucked wind... then rode it and worked Haystacks over like mule… too bad he had to throw the fight to the lesser man at the end

looks like mike mc micheal as the ref

WTF is that thing in the skirt?

RIP John Quinn, legend. No way Haystacks is 6ft 11 ! John Quinn's fake height is 6ft 5. And Haystacks is barely taller than him.

Is the ref Mick MacMichael?

Mick musta had the whistle cause being in germany , John & Haystacks would automatically forget to speak English, sheesh!

This more or less proves that Martin was NOT 6' 11". He seems to be about the same height as tosser Quinn who was billed as 6' 5" which is entirely possible when compared to the footage of the time when Quinn got his arse well and truly kicked by "Big Daddy" Shirley Crabtree who was 6' 3"

You mean The mighty quinn

This match is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

totally fake and yet people think its for real

Och, no! A Scottish referee?

How is this entertaining???? Haystacks is a big slow no skilled wrestler