Perhaps not common knowledge-especially at the Time-but PROMOTERS had to
contend with 'Outside Interference' when Staging Shows in certain Cities!
For example:-the City of Sheffield..... and Televised Shows from SOMME BARRACKS......
In this City the PROMOTER had to go before the 'Licencing Bench' and 'agree' to certain
conditions controlling the Wrestling!!!
These 'conditions' were generally based on the 1904 Handbook of the National Amateur
Wrestling Association!!!-and being applied in this Place more than 50 years later!!
The Sheffield 'Bench' prohibited the SCISSOR HOLDS used in Wrestling since the Ancient
Greeks!-They 'didn't like' the FULL NELSON at all!!-and they also BANNED the use of the
HAMMERLOCK!!-even though ALL of the above were Legitimate under MOUNTEVANS
RULES!!
It seems that these Holds were Outlawed due to the Death of a Wrestler in a Sheffield
Ring in the late 1940's and this 'Watch Committee' couldn't forget this!!
This made them 'out of kilter' with most other Major Cities in the Country and was viewed
by the PROMOTERS as 'ridiculous interference'!!
Did THE RIOTS or Anyone else know of these Strange Quirky Sheffield 'Conditions'
MAIN MASK
great post Hack, thanks, much appreciated. Scissors by ancient Greeks...very interesting, in 1896 during first Olympics they actually used Greek Rules not French (Greco-Roman) Rules, but long story short...when I was writing my story of catch I collected various catch wrestling rulesets which were in use since 1820s British, German (and Swiss) and American...and my summary would be - if applied hold doesn't lead to a proper throw which is a back fall (ONLY BACK FALL), but instead is used for the punishing purposes...then it's not catch wrestling, but something else. According to the most historical Lancashire Catch-as-catch-can Snipe Inn Rules of 1856 it was the most important requirement to the organizers and participants of pro wrestling matches.