1959 and we have a Dale Martin bill. At first sight it has a northern flavour with four northerners on the bill. Whilst that's true it's not necessarily a case of the four jumping in a car and travelling down there. At this time all four worked frequently in the south. Dempsey was reported in The Wrestler magazine saying that he preferred southern fans as they appreciated wrestling more than the northerners.
As you see Ray Hunter in the main event. His friend and business partner in the 2i's, Paul Lincoln, had already jumped ship and was promoting his own shows. There must surely already have been a plan in place for Hunter to follow. Maybe he was left behind to recruit disgruntled Dale Martin workers.He didn't have any luck with these seven.
Ron found the earliest tag match in 1949 The rules in this programme for today in 1949 are not too dissimilar to the tag matches we watched in later years.
Testament to the high level of credibility these fights had in this era that so much space was given to the rules