Did good eyecatching wrestling posters help draw the crowds?

When you saw the posters, they were always eye catching in either the traditional red and blue, or yellow, red and black. Then you would think what a great lineup of bouts.

The posters with descriptions and weight of the wresters were always fascinating when they showed each match.In the pre TV era crucial to enticing fans

It wasn't just wrestling:

Did anyone see this Dr Death v Ray Hunter bout?

They used it with great regularity, probably once or twice a week.

But there must have been a five or six stones weight difference. With Hunter a champion or trophy winner of some kind, how was this plausible?

I would have avoided this match.

I bet Hunter never lost in any clear cut way...

I always thought that the coloured background posters always caught the eye but when the wrestling was regular in Newcastle you looked for the traditional black white and red of the joint promotions posters. we used to get asked to do bill posters for a few local promotions and always asked where they were to be put, we worked in colour so the background wasn't always as important but suggested that when they found a layout they liked to stay with it as the promotion became known by the posters to casual fans.

Great posters MM.I notice one is almost an amber colour,very eyecatching.Some Promoters now print off their own computer generated A4 ones but they don't have same effect.Thanks once again.

Certainly I would have thought eye catching posters drew the crowds . I agree about the yellow background and a photo being attractive. The independent posters I saw for Preston and Chorley also tended to be more descriptive than the Joint Promotion posters.

Absolutely. Paul Lincoln's posters were a masterclass in how to attract punters.