Quite a few spring to mind.First,I felt Jean Breston,a massive Belgian giant,just wasn't showcased properly. Although a few years before the Big Daddy roadshow,he should have been used in a similar vein to John Quinn.Further,as I've stated previously,Jon Guildon could have been given a bigger push,instead of matching him with heavyweights when he was barely a middleweight.Are there any touring wrestlers you feel were not used properly?
top of page
bottom of page
tell us more bk
Reluctance to use him wasn't his no shows,but his reluctance to work with certain individuals he deemed damaged his and wrestlings reputation.
Frank Dhondt was another Belgian making one or two appearances then vanishing without trace
He must have liked the fish and chips a bit too much, in Cleethorpes, because he appears to have put on five stones in two weeks, between his appearances.
The Morecombe bill has plenty of famous names on it, probably a good night out for holiday goers there.
He also faced John Kowalski, Prince Kumali and Wayne Bridges, in 1974, defeating the latter two.
In terms of other Brits that Jean Breston faced, over here, his late 60's appearances were against John Lees and John Cox. I am sure there were more.
Overseas he took on Barry Douglas, Earl Maynard, Billy Robinson, Les Thornton, Ray Glendenning, Geoff Portz, Jack Rowlands, Dave Morgan, Danny Lynch, Don Vines, Jim Hussey, Terry Rudge, George Gordienko, Judd Harris, Steve Wright, Marty Jones, Johnny South, Roy St. Clair, Steve Taylor, Colin Joynson, Caswell Martin, Jim Moran, Bobby Graham, Pat Roach, Johnny Saint, Mal Kirk, Johnny Kincaid, George Burgess, Jim Moser, Pete Roberts,
I included big George Gordienko, as I always consider him an honorary Brit!
In the vast majority of these bouts, Breston won. He even had a few wins against big George (who would have been coming to the end of his career). He never got a win against Billy Robinson, naturally!, nor Pat Roach from what I can see.
More often than not, though, he appears to have been booked to win, throughout his career.
As for his UK matches, I can only assume that all of the above wrestlers, who faced him, didn't come back home and give the promoters glowing praise?
Breston may have been unreliable, I recall no-shows. Maybe they steered clear of investing too heavily in him.
I don't remember him but you have to wonder where the matches were with Gwyn Davies , Pat Roach , etc. Could we say he was Top of the Bill here.
Do you remember anything about Breston's style? Did he have any signature holds?