Events
Action pictures and reports from wrestling shows around the country. The
venues vary from indoor to outdoor rings, and from small wrestling booths to the Royal Albert
Hall. Also included here are snapshots and descriptions from the traditional Saturday
afternoon television wrestling coverage.
RAH63
- The Royal Albert Hall wrestling spectacular in 1963. A 7-bout promotion, featuring George Kidd, Tibor Szakacs, McManus,
Joe Cornelius, Pallo, Billy Robinson plus many other big names.
Ringside Seat 1966
- Two "A Seat at the Ringside" features from "The Wrestler" magazine in 1966, describing the action from the Royal Albert Hall.
RAH71
- The Royal Albert Hall wrestling spectacular in 1971. Another Dale Martin 7-bout extravaganza, featuring McManus, Pallo,
Veidor, Street, plus many other big names.
Nottingham
- The annual 3-day Goose Fair at Nottingham in October - one of Britain's greatest traditional fairs, featuring Ron Taylor's Boxing &
Wrestling Booth.
Hurst Show
- Top professionals of the 1970s/80s displaying their wrestling skills at the local show in the English village of Hurst.
Kendo
- Kendo Nagasaki's "Last Show", Saturday 22nd December 2001
Ray Steele vs
Pete Roberts
- Still photographs and explanatory narrative of a heavyweight bout shown on British television in the 1980s.
Ben/McCoy vs Wiseman/Jordan
- Still photographs and explanatory narrative of a tag match involving a father/son team, shown on British television in the 1980s.
Vic Faulkner vs
Leon Fortuna
- Still photographs and explanatory narrative of a welterweight bout shown on British television.
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