Those of you old enough, like me, to go back to Ron's original advert of 1969.
Take another look at all those descriptions of every wrestlers. Your hand would have been in your pocket looking for the change to buy a ticket before the print on the newspaper was dry. Compare it to the banal efforts of 1975 and beyond. The word promoter has a definition and the old time promoters had read the dictionary.
"One should not scoff at Champion of Kent. It had a long Lineage. Would love to see the belt. "
I bow my head in shame Ron. But I still think it's akin to Jim Hussey and his northern belt. That too had pervious holders, but finding a championship match is like a needle in a haystack.
John Elijah is much loved, but he took time to develop and was an apprentice for many years. Here we see him stepping into the main event in his first year. He may have had novelty value for Leicester fans, but it must have been awkward, to say the least.
Hack, with your "a mythical champion of Kent" you risk opening up a can of worms. You imply that the rest of professional wrestling was real. I shan't burst your bubble ....
Something a bit special again is possibly the bill here. More than a handful of years ago I did a research into Kendo's Stampede Tour and the Itinerary. We were debating if Kendo ever came across Gordienko and although billed to have fought him twice on tour at least one was cancelled and no evidence of the other taking place. They did crop up in a battle Royal. Here in Britain Kendo v Gordienko seems to have missed the main halls of Liverpool , Newcastle and Belle Vue , so did it happen.
Finally I have an example.
The only trouble is the Plunkett index has John Elijah filling in for Gordienko that night.
Great that , do you know the date and venue. Can only think it was Nov3rd at Calgary or possibly the next night at Edmonton. The tour Itinerary I put together is here.
Twenty five years of Morrell Promotions would give a start of 1944, which seems right. We have heard previously that Bill Best and Ted Beresford benefited from the wartime Holidays at Home scheme, I would be surprised if Morrell wasn't involved.
Just why anyone in Leicester would be interested in a mythical champion of Kent I can't imagine.
And no sign of Pallo, Kellett, McManus or Nagasaki!
Would definitely pay for Street/Barnes to get an all time thrashing
Those of you old enough, like me, to go back to Ron's original advert of 1969.
Take another look at all those descriptions of every wrestlers. Your hand would have been in your pocket looking for the change to buy a ticket before the print on the newspaper was dry. Compare it to the banal efforts of 1975 and beyond. The word promoter has a definition and the old time promoters had read the dictionary.
Bobby Barnes/Adrian Street causing a international incident in Spain!
I think it must have been Oakeley who decided on County champions. He came up with Carver Doone as Champion of Devon. I think that set the tone.
Ron Historyo:
"One should not scoff at Champion of Kent. It had a long Lineage. Would love to see the belt. "
I bow my head in shame Ron. But I still think it's akin to Jim Hussey and his northern belt. That too had pervious holders, but finding a championship match is like a needle in a haystack.
John Elijah is much loved, but he took time to develop and was an apprentice for many years. Here we see him stepping into the main event in his first year. He may have had novelty value for Leicester fans, but it must have been awkward, to say the least.
Hack, with your "a mythical champion of Kent" you risk opening up a can of worms. You imply that the rest of professional wrestling was real. I shan't burst your bubble ....
Something a bit special again is possibly the bill here. More than a handful of years ago I did a research into Kendo's Stampede Tour and the Itinerary. We were debating if Kendo ever came across Gordienko and although billed to have fought him twice on tour at least one was cancelled and no evidence of the other taking place. They did crop up in a battle Royal. Here in Britain Kendo v Gordienko seems to have missed the main halls of Liverpool , Newcastle and Belle Vue , so did it happen.
Finally I have an example.
The only trouble is the Plunkett index has John Elijah filling in for Gordienko that night.
The search goes on.
Twenty five years of Morrell Promotions would give a start of 1944, which seems right. We have heard previously that Bill Best and Ted Beresford benefited from the wartime Holidays at Home scheme, I would be surprised if Morrell wasn't involved.
Just why anyone in Leicester would be interested in a mythical champion of Kent I can't imagine.
I believe we all love the prose.
Shame he didn't know Gillingham's Bridges was Champion of Kent (no less).
Morrell using 6 or 7 Southerners.