Wrestling Heritage
The home of classic British wrestling. Contact us: theriotsquad@hotmail.com
Whoever could have dreamt way back when that a world wide web would one day allow us to download images and texts of all kinds! The prospect was so unimaginable that we didn't imagine it.
So other means were required to nurture and organise a collection of memorabilia. Nowadays, the web-spawned ebay allows anyone to accumulate a collection in the fast lane of the mega-bucks.
Overcoming an initial shame at the naffness of these offerings, and with attitude duly adjusted, it is with pride that we share these original offerings, the effort for the first at least appreciated by the signatory:
Tibor winced as he signed just as he winced when in a painful hold:
Fellow Magyar Zollie came across as a literate but slightly sinister chap. We called him Bostik ... but the name didn't stick. He was, however, exceptionally pleasant in signing:
There must have been a million Bob Kirkwood body doubles as he seemed to appear on every Dale Martin bill. He seemed to lose status through the Paul Lincoln / Dale Martin merger, but had the ability to fulfil all kinds of roles. A great photo from his Lincoln glory days:
Fellow Hampshire wrestler John Kowalski was sometimes billed in the north as "Killer" Kowalski. To southern fans used to his generally amiable and regular presence, this was a prospect hard to fathom:
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The wrestling channel in the 21st century has allowed us to dissect the great supporting role the likes of Mel Stuart provided to characters such as Les Kellett. In those less knowing times it was hard to be so appreciative, and it is therefore a pleasure to repay some overdue respect now:
