gamera 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Does anyone remember roller game? Wrestling on wheels. It's an American stuff which was popular in early '70s on TV in Japan. 2 teams fight on wheels skating around the track. Each team has 5 skaters skating around the track, 2 of them wear helmets which are called jammer. 1 period is just for a min. When whitsle is rang, jammers try to skate ahead, players of enemy team try not to let them go. When jammers get one lap ahead and get ahead of players of another team, that is what they score. So if 2 jammers in a team get one lap ahead and get ahead of all players of another team, they score 10. ( 2 jammers get ahead of 5 each ). But players of enemy team always try not to let them go ahead any more, so it was like wrestling lol.. Sometimes deffence skaters kick/punch the jammer which seemed too violent to a kid's eyes. Judy Sowinski, Colleen Murrel,Julie Patrick, Ronie Rains, Ralph Valadiaz , Big John Jonson etc were the pupular T-Birds skaters then. Probably I have to hear a lot of you were not born in yet!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 there was an updated version that was on rollerblades "rollerjam" or something equally as lame. there was different conferences across the states and stuff. it was bizarre. http://www.orgsites.com/fl/deltonahockey/_pgg10.php3 Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 Hi Manda. Thanks, that's it. I felt that players were really ojisans and obasans like my parents when I watched it on TV in early '70s but now I feel it kinda my sons and daughters lol.... Wonder if the teams in the 'team roster' are the same ones with teams when I saw them on TV. Teams I remember are LA T-Birds, Chicago hawks, Newyork Chiefs, Texas outlaws, Detroit devils, Boltimore cats, etc. Are they still active? Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 What's with the ? I've never heard of this Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Yeah, I remember watching it as a kid on old B&W TV. A quick google search found this - some interesting stuff ... sorry to say it's been 'cheapened' by the current promoters - the old days were MUCH better ... real biffo and blood! History: http://www.rollersport.us/history.cfm Reminisces: http://www.rollergames.com/ http://derbymemoirs.bravepages.com/ Today: http://www.bggw.com/ SZ Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 Oh thanks SZ and sorry for my delay. Did you know Ronie Rains married Colleen Murrel? Both are hero/heroin in my memory. Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by gamera: Oh thanks SZ and sorry for my delay. Did you know Ronie Rains married Colleen Murrel? Both are hero/heroin in my memory. Sorry 'G' but I wasn't into it that much. Just enjoyed watching a bunch of wild women bash the crap outta each other whilst skating at full speed around a circuit - I must admit though, I also like women mud-wrestling comps (but then who doesn't, right?) Link to post Share on other sites
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