Belt on this photo is not a belt of British origin. I saw this photo next to the paragraph talking of Norman Walsh's South African tour, may be it was the belt they used for him when he was wrestling over there.
Great post, thanks so much!!! International titles were run by Relwyskow and Green Promotion. Green even occupied position of secretary of the European Wrestling Alliance, a little known of organization which was reportedly in charge of running those international championships.
Originally it was only two titles and physical trophies (belts): European Cruiserweight (silver belt) and World Jr. Hwt (gold belt). Junior Heavyweight is basically another word for Cruiserweight. So yeah same weight class basically.
Euro was held by legends like Mike Demitre and Les Kellet and many others. Worlds was held also by Mike Demitre, Norman Walsh and many others.
As for the British titles. By the mid 50s those were 100% under control of Morell's Promotion. If we will look at the weights classification under the official Mountevans Rules (Hack made a post on it few days ago) of pro wrestling we can see that there were no such categories as Jr Hwt, Cruiser, or Heavy Middle. It was pretty simple Middle, Lt Heavy, Heavy.
Later when Morell had established the full control over all territories he gave his best men all the titles he possibly could, and yes he didn't follow the initial Mountevans Rules, instead he created heavy midlle for Eric Taylor and mid heavy for Norman Walsh.
Speaking of who was the best crowd puller. I see Norman Walsh wrestling everywhere at any location and defending his titles very often and in fact he held both titles Relwyskow's (World Jr Hwt) and Morell's (British Mid Heav).
I am surprised that Mark Rocco has never been mentioned, never saw him in a dull match
What about Les Kellett?
Marty Jones was a good draw who held a few of those titles.
Thanks Ruslan. The mystery deepens.
Belt on this photo is not a belt of British origin. I saw this photo next to the paragraph talking of Norman Walsh's South African tour, may be it was the belt they used for him when he was wrestling over there.
Hi Ruslan, please can I ask you again? what belt is the one that Norman Walsh is wearing in the photo in the A-Z?
Thanks Powerlock.
Incidentally was Rikki Starr ever a title holder of any sort? If so he would have to be a strong contender .
Great stats and photos Ruslan.Thanks so much.
This photo should help. It is original 1940s and 50s titles.
Great post, thanks so much!!! International titles were run by Relwyskow and Green Promotion. Green even occupied position of secretary of the European Wrestling Alliance, a little known of organization which was reportedly in charge of running those international championships.
Originally it was only two titles and physical trophies (belts): European Cruiserweight (silver belt) and World Jr. Hwt (gold belt). Junior Heavyweight is basically another word for Cruiserweight. So yeah same weight class basically.
Euro was held by legends like Mike Demitre and Les Kellet and many others. Worlds was held also by Mike Demitre, Norman Walsh and many others.
As for the British titles. By the mid 50s those were 100% under control of Morell's Promotion. If we will look at the weights classification under the official Mountevans Rules (Hack made a post on it few days ago) of pro wrestling we can see that there were no such categories as Jr Hwt, Cruiser, or Heavy Middle. It was pretty simple Middle, Lt Heavy, Heavy.
Later when Morell had established the full control over all territories he gave his best men all the titles he possibly could, and yes he didn't follow the initial Mountevans Rules, instead he created heavy midlle for Eric Taylor and mid heavy for Norman Walsh.
Speaking of who was the best crowd puller. I see Norman Walsh wrestling everywhere at any location and defending his titles very often and in fact he held both titles Relwyskow's (World Jr Hwt) and Morell's (British Mid Heav).
Thanks again.
P.s.to my previous post.British,European and World titles.