Following on from the recently posed Question regarding Evidence of LOU THESZ
Wrestling MIKE MARINO-Nowhere near the same Class-to a 1-1 Draw-I was rummaging in
my Vault and came across a BILL for LEEDS Featuring BUDDY ROGERS taking on
GWYNN DAVIES!-At the QUEENS HALL on MONDAY MARCH 6TH 1967!
A Fantastic 7 Bout Programme with RELWYSKOW/GREEN 'Proudly Announcing' this Show
as BUDDY'S ONLY Appearance in EUROPE!!
And Supported by 2 Great Tag-Team Matches to boot!
Wish i'd been there for this Great Show!-Maybe POWERLOCK was?
Flyer to follow!
MAIN MASK
He definitely did not appear.
I remember the match was previewed in the Lancashire Evening Post. It was said that Rogers would do just the one match in Britain as a consolation for failing to turn up on a planned visit around 1963/4 that was cancelled due to his car crash. If I remember right the preview was even on the sports pages which was quite something. Anyway, on the night the MC, George DeRelwyskow I think, got in the ring to say that Rogers had failed to appear. He said they had been let down and as a result Rogers would never appear in one of his shows again, not that there was any chance. As The Ost says earlier in the thread Bill Robinson substituted and knocked out Davies. When I asked Gwyn Davies about the match a few years ago he said he couldn't even remember the planned match.
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