In 1945 at Belle Vue, Manchester, Bert Assirati defeated champion George Gregory to establish himself as British heavyweight champion.
Assirati vs Gregory - The Return
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In 1945 at Belle Vue, Manchester, Bert Assirati defeated champion George Gregory to establish himself as British heavyweight champion.
Assirati vs Gregory - The Return
Early outing for Mick:
The event at Belle Vue was taking place 27 January just as the Concentration Camp at Auschwitz was been liberated
Not the KIngs Hall as the circus was still on.
27 January 1993
Death of Jean Ferre
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Wrestling overseas today, Chris Adams partnered with "Iceman" King Parsons, defeating The Super Destroyers (Scott and Bill Irwin), in Dallas, Texas, on this day in 1984.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1973:-
Mick McManus (W) v Frank Dhondt
Johnny Kwango (W) v Frank Rickard
CasweII Martin (W) v Bob Kirkwood
Wishing Thursday and Friday away and before you know it 53 years have gone
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On our TV screens, on this day, in 1968,
George Kidd (W) v Peter Rann
Peter Preston v Bobby Barnes (DDQ)
Lee Sharron (W) v Barry Douglas (Not billed)
Jim Breaks (W) v Adrian Street
I know I wasn't the only one who dashed to look at the Saturday matches in TV Times (we've discussed it before). This was a bill that would have had me wishing Thursday and Friday away.
Another Kendo v Bartelli bout at the Fairfield Halls in the mid 70s
Our overseas Wrestler today is Tony St. Clair, who was in winning form, on this day, in 1979, beating Kantaro Hoshino on a New Japan Pro Wrestling show, in Gamagori, Japan.
On our TV screens, on this day, in 1968,
George Kidd (W) v Peter Rann
Peter Preston v Bobby Barnes (DDQ)
Lee Sharron (W) v Barry Douglas (Not billed)
Jim Breaks (W) v Adrian Street
Yes, and amusing how specific they were with the weights. Did wrestlers know that scales existed?
13st.8lbs the lightest on the card!