Really Top Class MASKED MEN in the Ranks of the Wrestling World were very few and far between!
But one such made his First Appearances in BRITISH Rings around the Mid 1940's!
Rock Hard and very Speedy-He pretty much Demolished every Opponent put in front of him!
THE BLACK ANGEL was the First MASKED Incarnation of a Top,Top HEAVYWEIGHT and his Bouts were Exciting and Big Draws!-Picking up the Mantle of the recently Retired-and
Undefeated BLUE MASK-One of my All-Time Favourites-He bridged the Gap in Serious MASKED Grapplers before the Nascient COUNT BARTELLI got 'Up and Running'!
And when the COUNT was into his 'Stride'-THE BLACK ANGEL Voluntarily UNMASKED-the
reason given was that he wanted to Fight for HEAVYWEIGHT Titles and the MASK debarred
him from Challenging for these Honours!
So after only around 3 Years as THE BLACK ANGEL-The Face beneath the HOOD was
revealed as Welshman SANDY ORFORD- A Full Decade later he was again to don a MASK
for his 2ND Run.....But that is for another time!.......
It seems BERNARD thinks highly of THE BLACK ANGEL seeing him as a Worthy Adversary
for THE GHOUL in a MASK vs. MASK Contest-but as often happened in Wrestling-They 'missed Each Other' due to Timelines!
But even now THE BLACK ANGEL stirs Great Memories and an Appearance by SANDY ORFORD as a Guest can still be seen on You Tube on BIG DADDY'S This Is Your Life!!
BLACK ANGEL-Billed from the GOLD COAST??## vs. JACK BEAUMONT
MAIN MASK
Crossing over to Tardis who was the 1961 Hooded Terror? He doesn't seem to be in the A-Z. Too many of them?