While we are compiling lists what about one of wrestlers with names and soubriquets of, or billed as, birds and animals?`They can, of course, appear in other lists. For a start White Owl, Gray Owl, Johnny Eagles, Bengal Tigers ...
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Black Hawk
Black Tiger
Golden Eagle
Red Eagle
Spider Webb
Spider Harvey (referee)
Spiderman
Tarantula
Ronto the Bull
Bull Coleman
Sharky Ward
Kiwi Dean Lee
The Zebra Kid (Please can I have double points for this one?)
Bulldog Joynson
Ezzard Hart
Roy Bull Davis
Ian Mad Dog Wilson.
Kid Pitman
Caswell Martin
The Katt
Bully Pye.
The Yorkshire Terriers
The Hornets
The White Eagles.
Charlie Fisher
Pat Roach
Buster Martin
Kiwi Kingston
Andy Robin
The Choppington Chicken
Cocky Kaye
Billy Riley, Billy Robinson, Billy Two Rivers
Martin Conroy
Kid Hawaii
N'Boa the Snake Man
Duke Badger
The Walthamstow Bear / Bearman Elijah
Joey Skarlo
Kid Chocolate
Geo. Kidd
Saxonwolf
Vic Faulkner
Dynamite Kid
Bearcat Wright
Ripper Raven
King Kong Kirk
Wolfgang Starck
Les "The Fox" Kellett
Chic Purvey
Tom Dowie
Tom Tyrone
Tom Thumb
Elephant Boy
Robin Hoode
And their nemesis: Rebel Ray Hunter.
Put the scores up, Referee!
Lupo the Wolf (that will be a new one for Anglo) - yes he did exist
Tiger Delmonte
Tiger Daula
The Cat (Sam Rabin)
Black Panther (Grant Foderingham)
Two Polish Eagles.
Batman.
The Doncaster Panther.
Grasshopper.
Los Halcones Doros
The Flying Scots!
Golden Hawk is an old one, (Wharton Johnston I think.)
Black Eagle (Robert Adams)
Dark Owl ( Billy and Ernie Riley)
Anaconda ( Henry Purvis)
Red Scorpion (Ted Heath)
I suspect a big list.