There is now an excellent match on You Tube from 1972 with school teacher Professional Wrestler Steve Best giving Jim Breaks a bloody nose.Not very often that ITV matches gave us blood
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Wayne Bridges v Mighty John Quinn World title fight and not sure whether there was blood when Les Kellett fought Peter Rann. can not remember either venue
In the late eighties Welsh Channel Four had blood more often.Unfortunate most of us could not view it at the time
I remember Haystacks shedding blood when in with Nagasaki
Marvellous Mike Bennett, giving Danny Boy Collins a real tough time in the ring with a nose bleed to follow.
The prevalence of blading in later years gave bloody nose bouts a greater authenticity
Matey Dave has written:
Back in the day there was a blood bath at Wembley Town Hall in a match between Les Kellet & Clayton Thompson. There was blood flying everywhere from our Les, including front row. This was wrestling was live and in black & white.
There is another match with Steve Best's tag partner Johnny Saint also giving Breaks a bloody nose a few months later in March 1973.It makes their match ten years later seem very bland,