Bartelli was beaten in 1951

So it looks like it took time for the Bartelli Legend to spread out of Wryton Land.

We are re-writing history here.

Yes, he'd only had the bonnet for a couple of years and wouldn't have envisaged such a long run. His masked predecessors hadn't lasted long.

All those Southend Gliderdrome appearances probably had to do with the wrestler looking for different career paths.

He probably discovered that only the protective arm of Uncle Arthur could give him the invincibility he craved. It probably also explains why he wasn't on Dale Martin bills: they couldn't be doing with this Norvener coming down occasionally and ripping through their talent around the halls where that same talent would each have to pull in audiences 4, 5, 6 or 7 times a year each. I'm talking fifties Mancelli, Garfield, Fisher, Hayes and the likes.

I wonder if masked Count Bartelli ever faced the formidable Bill Torontos? (Just to unite so many of these current threads...)

That seems a feasible shout over Dale Martin's reluctance to use Bartelli, though does assume the reluctance on their part. It may be that he didn't want to travel or they didn't pay enough. Beware of "all those Southend Gliderdome appearances." We have no evidence of any more.

Hard to figure it out. Did we ever discuss Bartelli and his fame/impact with Bernard who could probably tell us if Bartelli was significant outside Wryton Land at this stage. We know that Marino was "The GoldenBoy" and I expect that might be the reason he was not going down to Bartelli. But why not a draw. Was it because nobody would know outside Aberdeen. Would the fans of Aberdeen have any reason to know of a custom that a beaten masked man should unmask. Or had they either never had a masked man or a beaten one. (Well they did have the Ghoul)

We know now they all lost , even Kendo and it was kept low key. Bert Assirati when at the elite level also had to lose, and reading about him, and with youtube evidence , seemed to choose to charge his man low , go through the ropes and either just fail to beat the count or get back so groggy that he was slammed for the winner.

It's always been about what was acceptable to not deflate the persona. Two Rivers chopped everyone , but Streiger managed to recover to do a low punch to get disqualified. All part of the game.

I think at this point in time the longest masked run must be The Green Asp (Van Wurden) what was the promoters intentions. Or did Bartelli have total creative control over his masked status.

All this is probably why today , a few of us enthusiasts are still wrapped up in debating it all , still with some considerable enjoyment.

No sign in the report that Marino would not accept the victory.I think Bartelli just thought , "What the hell" and gave him this one.

My opinion , not worth any more than the next.