Following on from my Piece on THE BLACK ANGEL-We can now turn to the 2ND
Masked Incarnation of that Great WELSH Heavyweight-SANDY ORFORD!
A Decade on from his First Run as a Solid HOODED Wrestler-another Formidable
MASKED Character began to Appear in our Rings in the Late 1950's!
Clad from Top to Toe in Black-Enter THE MASK...........
A Hard,Rugged Fighter with Exceptional Wrestling Skills and a Devastating Submission
Move-THE MASK simply Demolished every Wrestler who was put in against him!
His Career was to last almost 10 Years until he was forced to Retire-Unbeaten-due to
reasons of Health and following a Heart Attack!
The ELEVATED CROSSBOW Submission Move employed by THE MASK was a Killer
and produced a very quick 'Tap Out'
ORFORD'S Accomplishments as THE MASK were Outstanding including the Defeat of
the FRENCH WHITE ANGEL in a MASK vs. MASK Contest in 1962-securing the Win
albeit due to an Injury sustained by THE ANGEL during the Bout!
SANDY was a very Hard and Capable Wrestler who never had to UNMASK in the Ring-
and Rates very Highly on a very short List of the Very Best Career Masked Wrestlers in
this Country!-He took on the Best around and 'Ducked' Nobody!
A Definite Hall of Famer!
Did Anyone see THE MASK Wrestle Live?.....
Below:- THE MASK vs. PAUL VACHON........
MAIN MASK
The programmes make good reading and bring back the memories of fighters I liked. I didn't go every Saturday as there needed to be at least 5 out of 8 fighters that were crowd pleasers. I noticed another Emile Poilve v The Mask but Emile and six others weren't worth going for as far as I was concerned. I noticed a reference to Ernie Kingston on a programme and I remember he was often billed as Ernie Kiwi Kingston as he came from New Zealand. He also played the part of Frankenstein's monster in a Peter Cushing Film, but I guess you all know that.
Tony