In 1938 the Daily Express sports reporter Henry Rose wrote that until yesterday he had seen neither television or all-in wrestling. His first experience of television was to watch a wrestling match between Earl McCready and Anaconda.
His opinion of both? The television was astonishing, the wrestling was nauseating.
In 2011 the death of Sheik Michael Taylor.
Wrestling overseas today, Judo Pete Roberts defeated Rene Lasartesse, in Stade, Germany, on this day in 1976.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1968:-
Mike Marino v Johnny Yearsley;
Clay Thomson v Tug Holton
Peter Cortez v Peter Szakacs