During The GOLDEN AGE of BRITISH Professional Wrestling Some Very High Profile Matches were
Fought into Enduring 'Classics'-The MICK MCMANUS-JACKIE 'MR.T.V. PALLO Feud stands out!
Others-As Recently Mentioned would have been-could have been and SHOULD have been but
NEVER Actually Happened Such As a MASK versus MASK Contest between THE ORIGINAL
OUTLAW and KENDO NAGASAKI!!
Others weren't Possible due to Time/Era Differences Such As the 40's/'50's GHOUL and his
Namesake from The 1930's!
But here's a 'Super Fight' you'll be Very Hard-Pressed to Find Other Than the One-Maybe the
Only?- Below??
Also True That Some Matches didn't 'Work' That Well-so were Deliberately Not Staged!
This Match at MADELEY STREET BATHS on TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16TH 1960 is Probably
a 'Collector's Item'!!
The Fast Rising BILLY ROBINSON Comes into Conflict with Arguably at This Time at least-
THE Hardest Man in Wrestling-LES KELLETT!!
By 1960 LES hadn't yet 'Stepped-Up' his Comedy Routine to the Level of The 1970's and was
a Genuinely Feared Opponent by Most Other Wrestlers!
BILLY hadn't yet 'Filled-Out' to his 17 Stone Mark-so The Weights were more even!!
I've been told by One Wrestler that ROBINSON wasn't' too keen' to talk about how This Contest
Panned-Out!!
So a Friendly Challenge to RON!-Can he Find ANOTHER KELLETT-ROBINSON Showdown??
MAIN MASK
Unfortunately his comedy routines did as much to undermine the credibility of the sport as the dreaded Crabtree