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21 April 2024
A NEW TRIBUTE
By the late 1970s British wrestling was jaded and in need of a boost. Not quite a saviour, but it wasn’t for the want of trying, was a twenty stone, leotarded, bearded and solid Canadian, John Quinn.
21 April 2024
A NEW TRIBUTE
Steve Clements was a man with two distinct identities, one on each side of the Atlantic……
21 April 2024
A NEW TRIBUTE
Jim Hipkiss was hidden away in the depths of the Wrestling Heritage A-Z for years, noted as a short lived 1930s wrestler with a background in judo. Whilst that turned out to be true we found there was much more to his story…….
21 April 2024
A NEW TRIBUTE
Max Martin Schultz has the misfortune of holding a tragic niche in the history of British wrestling……
21 April 2024
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A powerful heavyweight with little regard to the rules….
21 April 2024
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21 April 2024
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14 April 2024
A NEW TRIBUTE
The Bearded Wrestler was something of an enigma for us for years. No mask to conceal his identity, but who was he?
14 April 2024
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Making an impression in professional wrestling was about much more than an abundance of skill in the art of combat……
14 April 2024
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Ray Neal was a promising newcomer at a time when talented new blood was becoming scarce…..
07 April 2024
NEW IN PEOPLE
Over a hundred years ago British wrestlers were exporting their sport. The story continues with Donald Dinnie, Tom Cannon and Duncan C. Ross
07 April 2024
NEW IN PEOPLE/A-Z
A top class mat man for more than twenty years.
31 March 2024
A NEW TRIBUTE
A powerful Belgian heavyweight who made his way to Britain for a just two high profile bouts.
31 March 2024
NEW IN PLACES
“1938 opens and I love it when I capture the opening night and last show of the season. ….”
31 March 2024
A NEW TRIBUTE
Eddie Rose “He was a great talker (Three Bouts Micky he was dubbed by colleagues) but an interesting and amusing one all the same. Good to work with, too. Very experienced and more skilful than often given credit for.”
31 Marsh 2024
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This boy could move, and move fast. Maurice Hunter was a fast and skilled lightweight from Widnes who seemed equally at home as Lancashire’s Maurice Hunter and his dual personality, Scot Ian McKenzie.
24 March 2024
NEW IN PLACES
The decade marches on and Ron Historyo explores 1937 at one of Britain’s iconic wrestling venues
24 March 2024
A NEW TRIBUTE
The dark haired muscular Frenchman Jacques Lageat wrestled all over the Continent and this included numerous visits to Britain.
Read our tribute to Jacques Lageat
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