Every now and again we get a chance to open a window in time and glean a bit more about a wrestler.
On Heritage Gerry Hoggarth has been one of our greatest success stories , but today I have found a report that really opens up a picture for us of one of Gerry's finest hours as a showman. For me this is unexpected , but enjoy it folks. Hope William R is looking in.
Looks like Gerry stole the show from Jack Pye.
I’d agree with you entirely on this Ron. I recall Gerry commenting with disdain on the Ghoul’s tactics even though they got on well and occasionally travelled to venues together. (In later years he was disgusted with the belly bouncing tactics of Big Daddy and remarked that he wouldn’t have got away with these had he been in the ring with him!). Gerry was a technical purist and had little time for gimmicks, always acknowledging Ernest Baldwin as the finest heavyweight of his generation.
As I’ve mentioned many times before, it’s such a pity Gerry’s long term memory was failing by the time I met up with him, but his eyes didn’t half light up when I used to take round to him the bills you kindly published on the site. However, I may be mistaken but sometimes got the impression that he wasn’t telling me quite all he knew, thereby sticking strictly to the code prevailing amongst his retired brethren from that era!