As far as I am aware there is only one country in the world that doesnt teach people to work on the left and that is Mexico. They do a great deal on the right.

Americans are tought to use their left but being Americans they also tend to be sloppy, for example Dusty Rhodes used to put Ric Flair in a right figure four all the time during their fueds as well as a generation of people growing up idolising Ricky Steamboat who always did right sided arm drags.

As far as the idea of working on a right body part becuse they do a move using that is very clever in its working, I always do forearms and chops with my right arm, because its stronger I assume. Yet I kick with both legs...maybe someone with some more experience can shed some light on this.

I think you are confused about Nitron. I think you are referring to the guy who became Big Sky in WCW and who teamed with either DDP or Nash when he was Vinnie Vegas. Nash had Al Greene as his partner for most of the Master Blasters existence, there was briefly another one at the start but I do not think it was Big Sky. Al incidently became the Dog and wrestled for all star I think at somepoint in the last few years.

I think you are confused about Nitron. I think you are referring to the guy who became Big Sky in WCW and who teamed with either DDP or Nash when he was Vinnie Vegas.

Yes, Sky Walker was definitely Nitron/Big Sky.

As far as I am aware there is only one country in the world that doesnt teach people to work on the left and that is Mexico. They do a great deal on the right.

And several European countries - France, Spain etc. George Kidd in his 1977 TVTimes interview, skating on rather thin kayfabe ice, said that he went to France to learn the right-handed _style_ so as to confuse opponents ...

Maybe I mis-read somewhere, but Akira Maeda ...
Yeah, but Simon Mason already mentioned him.
Kwick Kick Lee. Alleged relative of Sammy Lee.

On the plus side, he had a run as European Heavyweight Champion in 1983.

On the negative side, millions of viewers who tuned in to watch Spurs beat QPR in the '82 FA Cup Final would first have seen Maeda get pasted by Crusher Brannigan & Skull Murphy and have to be rescued by Big Daddy. Such was life under the Office Hold ...

Maeda, the pioneer of shoot-_style_ wrestling
???
Ever seen Joe Stecher vs Earl Caddock, 31st January 1920 in New York?
(Mind you, that particular one developed into an actual shoot, but you get my general point, right?)

:? ...it's posts like this that convince me that 99% of the people who write about wrestling don't have a clue what they're talking about....stick to being fans for gods sake!

Before I go on to prove Mr Cullen correct, take it from me that this next comment is that of an uneducated outsider :wink:

I have heard one suggestion that a benefit of working the left (particularly the arm) is that when your opponent makes his comeback he can use his natural right arm for punches/chops/holds/throws without 'undoing' all the selling of the left arm.

Perhaps, but could any of the experience wrestlers answer my question? There are times when it is logical to work your opponents weaker arm, sure, but there are just as many, if not more, cases when it'd surely make more sense to work his stronger/more dangerous arm...