On This Day 23rd November

23 November 1933

Boxer Larry Gains revealed his secret boxing protege was wrestler Mitchell Gill.

Good men. They always were on Morrell bills. You were hooked but I'm sure there were far more exciting nights to come. Only the Davies match gives me any excitement.

Saturday 23rd November 1963

St James' Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne

Donald Mitchell v Martin Borman disq.

Francis Sullivan v Bob Sweeney 1 - 1

Billy Howes v Gwyn Davies n/c

Jim Rawlings v Brian Trevors 2 - 0

My first live wrestling experience.

I name you Bernard the Wise.

(In public at least).

Because no-one knows the future.

Compare and contrast Saxo's bill with Main Masks Bedworth bill.

Why do old men live in the past?

Wrestling overseas today, Geoff Portz defeated Hans Dillinger, in Oldenburg, Germany, on this day in 1965.

On our TV screens, on this day in 1963:-

Ernest Baldwin (W) v Eric Leiderman

Jackie Pallo (W)v Bob Steele

Bill Robinson (W) v Frikki Alberts

Andy Robin v Perez Polman (W)

We send birthday greetings around the world to Fiji and our 1960's visitor Mohammed Yakub. Yakub will be 96 today. Photo below from his 94th birthday.

Yes I'd pay my five bob for your Wolverhampton show Main Mask,but that Hatfield one I'd pop round to the dentist and ask him to take my teeth out whilst I could still feel the effect.

Wall v Howes on the opposition. Who would have believed it?

The Hells Angels on this 1974 bill from Ron was Steve Young and Bobby Barron, the Undertakers were not the usual suspects (by now working for Joint) but Chris McManus and Ron Marino). The Borgs were presumably the Borgs but whether or not even the opposition had the audacity to introduced Andreas Svajic and Mel Riss as the Riot Squad remains a mystery, unless Brian Dixon would like to tell us.

This bill shows the defection of Albert Wall and Bill Howes to Dixon.