Articles

A miscellany of articles chosen to give an insight into the entertainment and excitement generated by the sport of British Professional Wrestling.

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Mick Whitfield Collection
  • Wrestling photographs contributed by reader Mick Whitfield.
Mike Waller Collection
  • An unique collection of wrestling photographs from the personal collection of "The Bolton Bull".
Wrestling Posters
  • An enormous collection of wrestling posters from the personal collection of Steve Mitchell.
Adrian Street
  • A heartfelt tribute from Floridian exile "Ada" to his former colleagues, written for the Canadian Slam! Wrestling site.
Bodybuilder / Wrestlers
  • Bodybuilders, featured in "Health & Strength" magazine, who also enjoyed successful wrestling careers.
Wrestling Cartoons
  • A humorous look at wrestling.
November 1961
  • A look at British Wrestling in the 1960s, by means of selected articles from 'The Wrestler' magazine of November 1961.
ATV Show Book, 1962
  • Article about wrestling from a television 'annual'
Musclemen 1962
  • 'The Wrestler' magazine of May 1962 asks "Do musclemen make good wrestlers?"
September 1963
  • Articles about lightweight wrestlers and the rise of tag-team wrestling in 1963.
"WoS" 1965
  • A look at British Professional Wrestling from the first ever "World of Sport" book in 1965.
Anglia Wrestling Promotions
  • A feature on Brian Trevors' Wrestling Organisation in East Anglia in the 1960s and 70s.
British Wrestling 60s
  • An article written in May 1970 looking back at a decade of British wrestling - the 1960s.
Two 'Ringsport' features
  • "Midlands Miscellany" c.1974, and "Fighting Welshmen" c.1969
1966 Welterweights
  • "The Wrestler" magazine of November 1966 looks at the welterweight scene.
1966 Programme
  • Wrestling programme from June 1966. A Wryton Promotions Ltd show from The Floral Hall, Southport
European Ratings 1972
  • The European ratings in February 1972.
Tiger 1973
  • The "feud" between Mick McManus and Jackie Pallo, as seen by a boys' sports annual.
Holiday Camps 1974
  • Anglia Promotions 'Holiday Camp' wrestlers, plus two Southampton grapplers, from 1974.
1980 Matstars
  • A collection of 11 photographs of the stars of 1980.
7 to watch in '85
  • 7 wrestlers tipped for stardom in 1985.
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