Wrestling Heritage

The home of British wrestling history.
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Britain's  best  wrestling  website   -   Wrestling Heritage is the home of British wrestling history.


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WRESTLING BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED

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Klondyke Kate Gets To Grips With the Press

Admittedly Wrestling Heritage does not cover women's wrestling. We will make an exception for one of our favourites, and an all time great. Read more.

Orig's Welsh Project

Welsh heavyweight Orig Williams will be looking down, smiling and watching tv. Read more about Orig's Welsh project.

Twenty Years Ago Today

Bert Assirati was probably the nearest Britain has come to producing their own Hackenschmidt. On 31st August we remember the man who many would claim to be simply the greatest British heavyweight of all time. Simply? Nothing in wrestling is ever simple, and no less so than with the story of Bert Assirati, who we add to the Shining Stars section in No Angel of Islington. 

The Bromsgrove Trilogy

The biggest stars in wrestling could appear one night at the Royal Albert Hall and the following night at the smallest Corn Exchange or swimming baths.  The subsidy of the smallest halls by the biggest means that half a century later we can all share memories of the greatest names in wrestling. Mike Richards, who became hooked on wrestling in Garrington's works canteen, shares more of his memories in the third and final part of the Bromsgrove Trilogy, Final Memories. Read all of Mike's story  by beginning with part 1, Wrestling While You Work. 

John Da Silva v Pat Roach

Thanks to Cal for adding photos of this match to the Heritage Galleries.

 
 

 

One More Battle for Wayne
Former World champion Wayne Bridges is once again taking on the big boys, this time with wife Sarah in his corner. Read more....

Loving Memory

We always think of Wrestling Heritage as a site written with love. Yes, both the suave Continental one but the professional flat capped northerner are both big softies at heart. Now they're joined by another tough northerner writing from the heart in this week's Dressing Room Tales. Read more....  

New Book To Be Published

It seems that in the last few years we have enjoyed more books about the golden days of grappling than all those years ago. Regal, Rose, Kincaid, and now we are about to read the story of one of the great heavyweights. Read more.. 

Wrestling Legends Heading Back To Leeds

Following the success of the World of Sport Legends show in March Norman Ellis Promotions have today formally announced a follow-up show in Leeds, with the biggest names in wrestling on the bill. Read more....

Leeds Reunion News Briefing 

With only a little over four weeks to go until the Leeds Reunion further details of the event are beginning to emerge.Read more...

 
 

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A-Z Portraits and photos of hundreds of wrestlers active in the UK.
Shining Stars Tributes to the stars of British wrestling.
Personality Parade More tributes to British wrestling favourites.
Year of Wrestling British wrestling history year by year.
Armchair Corner Settle into your favourite armchair and re-live TV wrestling.
Autographs The Golden Scribbles of wrestlings good, bad and ugly. 
Dressing Room Tales  Wrestlers speak out, and share their thoughts.
The Evolution of Wrestling Tales of pride and fall.
The Clothed  Those that made wrestling great and kept their clothes on! 
The Venues The wrestling halls of Britain
Wryton's FILO  Wrestling careers begin and end.
Heritage Features  British wrestling's background stories.
Fanpower  Focus on the wrestling fans that made the stars. 
Ray's Retro Results British wrestling results from the classic years of wrestling.
Mat Mixture News and topics of British wrestlers then and now.
Ringsport Revival    Remembering "The Journal that was Different". 

Wrestlers' Reunions Reunion plans, reports & photos
Heritage Galleries
 Photos from our readers. 
Heritage International  Links,  Heritage France, Heritage Germany, Heritage Spain and Heritage Italy.
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Wrestling Heritage is a tribute site to all those who made wrestling Britain's most popular indoor sport. The site is owned by two fans of the 1960s and 1970s Anglo Italian and Hack.

Wrestling Heritage offers evocative descriptions of those heady days when the stars that made professional wrestling the enormously successful spectacle it was, of the important lesser lights that helped those stars to shine, and the disciplined management that allowed the whole business to blossom.  Read our editorial

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 1978 Kid, Stephen Ashfield, Tony Bates.Earl Black, Ray Clark, Tony Francis, Grizzled Veteran, Ray Hulme, Al Marshall, Ray Noble, Ray Plunkett, Mike Richards, Eddie Rose, David Schmida, Spinner, Wryton

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