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This category lists British professional wrestlers, or professional wrestlers whose characters are purportedly from Britain. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
The history of professional wrestling in the United Kingdom spans over one hundred years. After a brief spell of popularity for Greco Roman professional wrestling during the Edwardian era, the first catch-as-catch-can based scene began in the 1930s, [1] when it was popularised under the concept of "All-in Wrestling", which emphasised an "anything goes" style and presentation.
This category lists English professional wrestlers, or professional wrestlers whose characters are purportedly from England. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Joint Promotions, All Star Wrestling, British Wrestling Federation: late 1970s-1993 United Kingdom: Renamed King Kendo after legal action from Peter Thornley. Unmasked repeatedly at 1981 All Star Wrestling house shows around the UK by the real Kendo Nagasaki. [20] [21] Also appeared as the Red Devil on UK television 1982, unmasked as Clarke by ...
Les was an engineer in the merchant navy and was demobbed in Manchester, where a meeting with Joe Hill led him to consider life as a professional wrestler. During the 1950s he earned £50 a week, wrestling nationwide. In the 1960s Kellett was nominated for ITV's Sports Personality of the Year and met Prince Philip in the 1970s. [2]
Pages in category "English male professional wrestlers" The following 151 pages are in this category, out of 151 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Jackie "Mr TV" Pallo (born Jack Ernest Gutteridge; 12 January 1926 – 11 February 2006) was an English professional wrestler, a star of British televised wrestling in its 1960s and 1970s heyday, when the sport had a regular 40-minute slot before the Saturday afternoon football results on ITV.
1969 in professional wrestling (3 P) This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 15:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...