Grapple stars went to war at Dundee’s Caird Hall on Saturday night.
A host of international and home-grown wrestling talent thrilled fans at Scottish Wrestling Entertainment’s annual Hell for Lycra.
Dundee-based SWE has previously brought big names to the city including Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, Virgil, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Chyna, Tatanka and Hacksaw Jim Duggan.
This year’s special guest was The Genius who delivered a poetic tribute to his late brother Macho Man Randy Savage before singing Flower of Scotland on stage.
The Genius, real name Lanny Poffo, who started life in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1985, also brought the Macho Man’s Hall of Fame ring to the event.
Wrestler and actor Grado brought the house down with a pantomime performance not seen at the Caird Hall since Big Daddy used to headline in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
The Scot Squad star entered the ring to Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ before brandishing his opponents “dafties” and leading the crowd in chants of “easy” during a four-way title match up.
Grado, from Ayrshire, who is combining his wrestling with a new acting career, said afterwards that it had been an honour to perform in front of “one of the best crowds in Scotland”.
Former WWE star Colt Cabana returned to Dundee to fight in the SWE for the fifth time having competed in every corner of the globe, from Japan to India, and worked, in some capacity, for every promotion of note over the last decade.
There was also a Battle Royal in memory of Tommy Stevenson who was due to be another special guest at Saturday’s event before he passed away in July aged 77.
Stevenson competed under the name Scott Thomson in a career that spanned three decades from the 1950s to the late 1970s.
His last public appearance was at a legends ceremony at SWE Hell for Lycra in August 2015 but he was due to return to the stage on Saturday to mark what would have been his 78th birthday.
The Genius, Grado and Cabana mixed with fans before and after the show signing autographs and posing for photographs.
The Caird Hall has a rich history of wrestling dating back to legendary heavyweight Bert Assirati topping the bill before and after the Second World War.
Former world lightweight wrestling champion George Kidd was cheered on to victory dozens of times in the Caird Hall, while Primo Carnera also grappled there.
In 1959 Dundee’s Dave Kidney beat George Allan in front of 2,000 fans to win the BWA British Featherweight Championship while Big Daddy performed for three decades at the venue.
Yokozuna, Greg Valentine, Tatanka and Jake the Snake Roberts were also there in the early 2000s.
