Dear Friends,
need help. I came across the bills on BNA which advertised B. Assirati (Ramsgate, Jan 1936) and G. Gregory (Nelson, Lancs starting Jan 1936) British heavyweight all-in wrestling champions in 1936.
How is that possible, and which promotion backed those title claims?
And off-topic, I see Max Krauser of Poland being billed WORLD HWT ALL-IN WRESTLING CHAMPION, Feb 1937 at Ramsgate. Same question, who backed those title claims, which promotion?
Thanks, R
Hi Ruslan
I have also seen that Oakley vacated the title in 1935 and Bill Garnon holding it into 1936, then you had disputes on titles usually down to different promoters Douglas Clark was also billed as Champion in 1936. At that time it would be extremely rare for bills to be advertised or promoted outside the immediate area.
Promoters were not unknown to be economical with the truth on their advertising as we all know. Also some wrestlers would claim they still held titles when they had been stripped because of not turning up, vacating a title because of dispute with promoters, not handing over belt and no doubt many more reasons . I don't think this would be exclusive to the UK and if we search could no doubt find similar instances in other countries.