We've had a lot of interest in Bobby Barnes in the past. Here he is looking very well indeed, out to lunch last week with Heritage member Chris Buckwell.
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I remember Bobby Barnes so well. He was a fantastic wrestler with some really unique holds and moves. A great career with Adrian Street in tag team action. Bobby Barnes wrestled all the greats in his time. One of the best.
Bobby Barnes is the great wrestler best remembered for The Hells Angels Tag Team with the late Adrian Street on ITV World of Sport.
Bobby's final wrestling match against Robbie Brookside from Liverpool at Dewsbury Yorkshire and Robbie beat Bobby by one-fall in round 3 and Lee Bamber,The M.C told Bobby this is one fall contest not two falls in 1988.
The Great Man of Wrestling Bobby Barnes.
Terry
A young Bobby in 1950, long before dreams of wrestling Peter Rabbit. Dick Conlon was also in the same club and event.
The hells Angels were two good looking blokes and no mistake. ๐๐๐
BOBBY BARNES told Me Personally That his First Ever Professional Bout was
Against PETER RANN for The Independents RON!!
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A very early view of Bobby Barnes. (1958)
Bobby Barnes and Adrian Street, my favourite two wrestlers of all time. ๐ฏ Lovely picture above of Bobby, there doesn't seem to be a great amount of info on the internet overall about him.
By the eighties shortening the career of wrestlers was designed to make everything more credible.We were never told McManus turned professional in 1945!
I remember watching you when l was a kid watching Black and White TV. My god you do looking well as l am 71 year old. Love to come see you in person and having a pint . Take care and be strong. Philip
The question is:
Did Kent invent his Waltonisms?
Or did the wrestlers tell him exactly what they wanted to be said? If so, at what price?
His final TV match broadcast in May 1988 is on You Tube. Walton tells us he turned Pro in the seventies!Not sure what fans who saw him live thirty years earlier in 1958 would say to that
Great to see this!
I also appreciated that, even though he had obvious similarities with his tag partner, he was also quite distinct and created his own persona.
In the interests of objectivity, however, I didn't like it when he had a dark moustache.
BOBBY BARNES was a Fabulous Wrestler-and One of My Top 5 EVER Anywhere at ANY
Weight!!-Just watch Any of his Bouts and Marvel at the Sheer AMOUNT of Wrestling
Moves and Holds he Fits into Every Match!!
As One Half of The Fabulous HELLS ANGELS with ADRIAN STREET-his Showmanship
was Par Excellence!
I had a Long One-To One Conversation with BOBBY Last AUGUST which was Most
Interesting!-I took along One of My Huge HELLS ANGELS Files and went Thru it with
him!-A Couple of Snippets he told Me was his First Professional Bout was Against
PETER RANN for The Independents!-Also The Vast Collection of Ring Gowns and
Trunks are Long Gone Now!!-He Retains just ONE Pair of Trunks and ONE Pair of
Wrestling Boots!
He was More Than Amazed when I Showed him My Original PORTSMOUTH Poster
Featuring BOBBY BARNES AGAINST ADRIAN STREET!!
Great Sense of Humour too!-I told him I Knew his Mother's First Name was OLIVE!
Quick as a Flash he Fired Back-'What was her Middle Name'?
I could Only Reply-'You Got Me There'!!
Great Fella and a Titan in BRITISH PROFESSIONAL History!!
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He's getting blonder than ever!
Great pro, great autograph signatory.
The audience would go wild with delight when he got roughed up.
Happy days.