@Powerlock Tuma Odooma. Manchester based light heavy Odooma would enter the ring dresses in a leopardskin cloak and grass skirt. Known variously as Jimmy or Juma Odooma, and sometimes simply Odooma or Tooma. Worked mainly in the north and midlands for Wryton Promotions between 1962 and 1965, a popular good guy in the ring. Billed randomly from Ghana or the West Indies we suspect Manchester might have been closer to the mark. We have confirmation of his Manchester credentials but, came to Britin in the late 1950s and made his professional debut in 1961.
It's two for the price of one with our lads wrestling overseas today, as Ray Glendenning took on, and beat, John Foley in Houston, Texas, USA, on this day back in 1973.
Wrestling overseas today, Steve Clements was disqualified in his match against Joey Rossi, in Florence, Alabama, USA, on this day in 1972.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1974:-
Rocky Wall (2) v Pat Roach (1)
Johnny South (W) v Harry Palin
Borg Twins (KO) v Steve Best/Johnny Saint
Ray Hunter and Al Hayes are in tag team action, over in France, today.
20 April 1920
Birth of Johnny Kwango
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Just realising how active Mr Big was for a short while:
Good balanced bill below; Kung Fu a good opponent for Logan, good matchmaking all-round:
Mighty fine poster ... with three wrestlers billed as Mighty.
Before Quinn monopolized the moniker.
And it's also a "television tournament" ????
Two different shows from 1963:
Steve Logan in a Judo Jacket!!
Another Kendo/Daddy fight at the Fairfield Halls in 1976.
It's two for the price of one with our lads wrestling overseas today, as Ray Glendenning took on, and beat, John Foley in Houston, Texas, USA, on this day back in 1973.
On our TV screens, on this day back in 1963: -
Johnny Czeslaw (2) v Monty Swann (1)
Jackie Pallo (1) v Ted Hannon (0)
Clayton Thomson (2) v Arjit Singh (1)