Lembit Opik hurt in debut Wrestling match

Lembit Opik hospitalised in wrestling debut
Monday 4th June 2012, 10:59AM BST.

Former Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik was hospitalised after being beaten to a pulp in his full wrestling debut.

In an event attended by the world’s media, the reality TV star appeared at Welshpool Town Hall on Saturday in front of hundreds of wrestling fans. He had teamed up with Iestyn Rees to take on 18-stone Kade Callous and Bison Brody.

But a side-crunching slam and a choke hold ended Lembit’s bout early, with the 20-minute match ending about 15 minutes in.

Mr Opik had only been in the ring for about two minutes when the referee called time.

The 47-year-old was taken away by members of Llanfyllin St John Ambulance on oxygen with suspected broken ribs. Mr Opik said following the bout that he had been ‘destroyed’.

He said: “Kade Callous is a bully. He destroyed me and I am very sore. I think I need to think about what I am doing in future, because I think I may have gone a step too far this time.

“Kade choked me and kneed me in the ribs. I think I have broken two of them.

“I can’t say whether I will ever do this again because it is not funny. He is a bully and he hurt me.”

Lembit Opik is pulled into the ring and lifted up by Kade Callous during the wrestling match at Welshpool Town Hall. Pictures: Simon Williams
Callous hit back at Mr Opik, saying he shouldn’t have faced him.

He said: “The guy is 13 stone and a politician. He has no business coming into the ring with a guy like me.

“He didn’t even have the good grace to respect my profession and get training at a wrestling school. He was a liability to me and my health, his own health and the spectators’ health. He’s been taught a mighty lesson and I hope he doesn’t want to fight again, because I will put him in hospital again.”

Mike Breeze, of Rainbow Records in Welshpool which helped promoter Alan Ravenhill, said: “It was the best show we have seen in Welshpool in my 35 years.”

He added: “It was a full house and Lembit did really well. Everyone has been shaking me and the wrest-lers by the hand to say what a great show it was and we will be back in seven weeks.

“Will Lembit be back on the bill? It is too early to say, but I hope he is well soon.”

Graham Davies, from Newtown, said: “It was really good. Lembit played his part well.”

http://youtu.be/tJ2aYBzfGRs

Looking forward to his Wrestlemania debut

Working the marks ~~and sparks~~.

Sells better than Cena

Good angle.

Just covering up a Wellness violation.

This guy's such a joke. :lol:

"Is there a Doctor in the house" when there's 3 medical personnel already in the ring. :lol:

Why the strawberry float is he wrestling? :lol:

I hope Monica is impressed.

Still better than Impact.

What a geek~!

Prototype wrote:Still better than Impact.

Faaaaark off.

This has been in the local rag for weeks. He stood up at a wrestling match in Welshpool town hall and started chopsing at one of the wrestlers, setting up this fight. Nothing short of an attention whore. The best thing he could do is strawberry float off out off Wales and take his strawberry floating Segway with him.

Corazon de Leon

Lembit "The Clown" Opik. :fp:

Wait.. .what?

strawberry float me :lol:

I've just realised the Cheeky Girls look a bit like Natalya from Goldeneye.

aaronayl1 wrote:I've just realised the Cheeky Girls look a bit like Natalya from Goldeneye.

You think? More of a mix between Shelley Duvall and Freddie Mercury.

Who said Wrestling was fake? 8-)

Lembit Opik hurt in debut Wrestling match

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