British content from the American Ring magazine, take two.

Peter

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Might have been an opportunity for BBC2 to delve further into the world of Professional Wrestling after the two 1965 broadcasts

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Shame they didn't. That could have been a pivotal moment for pro wrestling. Lincoln may well have continued working independently, Jarvis Astaire could have also built on his independent niche and not bought his way into Join. Who knows?

I had a couple of articles published in Ring Wrestling, a pretty rubbish one on tag teams and a better one on Bartelli. This would have been around 1971 - 2. They paid, I think, $20 dollars an article, much more than The Wrestler (3 guineas). I bet Russell Plummer got more. But getting the dollars out of them took ages, and it came as an international money order. That cost money to change, and with the exchange rates I decided it wasn't worth the effort.

Clearly nothing came of it Peter. There was a report on the Daily Mirror of 13 April 1965 that Jack Solomons was to go into partnership with Paul Lincoln and Bud Flanagan and they would start promoting wrestling from September. Nothing more was heard.

Possibly the BBBC put pressure on Solomons to withdraw.

Or the fear of this new competition was the catalyst that led to Dale Martin making an offer to Paul Lincoln that he could not refuse, leading to the 1966 takeover.

"The new partnership intend to promote on TV from September".What became of that?

Bud Flanagan and Solomon's,I wonder if they had a HQ in Walford under the arches.

As the article mentions Jack Solomons was a notable Boxing promoter.