Perhaps many of Us remember MAX more for being a PROMOTER/BOOKER than a
Wrestler! But in the early '60's he was quite Prominent-resulting in WRESTLING WORLD
making him 'WRESTLER OF THE YEAR' for 1961-Complete with Trophy!!
Pick ANY Year in the GOLDEN AGE and say WHO would be YOUR WRESTLER OF THE
YEAR??-and WHY?
Mine would be 1966 and KENDO NAGASAKI after his Epic Victory over BARTELLI rocketed
him to the very Top of the Heavyweight Division!!
MAIN MASK
Of Course they had to take advantage of the award and use it on the billing.
Leon Arras had a big shift in ID being an Adonis from Australia.
Pure Tosh
From the May 1962 edition of "The Wrestler."
And from the pages of the "TVTimes" December 1962.
Great stuff!
From "The Wrestler" November 1962.
1978 - Mal Sanders - for beating Mick McManus to become European Middleweight Champion
Nice stat Peter (though I had to re-read it several times to digest it).
Mine will be Jon Guil Don, therefore 1974. His five months in the UK were magical.
My wrestler of the year for 1965 would be Mike Bennett.He won the TV trophy versus the Spaniard Castella in a January TV broadcast accredited with the largest non Cup Final viewing figures for Professional Wrestling
He must have voted for himself