Pete Roberts,The Great Sportsman from Birmingham in The Midlands always kept to the rules and he was the judo man with Kung Fu Tag Team Partner against Dave Butcher Bond & Johnny Kincaid at The Fairfields Halls Croydon on Tuesday October 4th 1977.
The 3rd & Final Session referee Max Ward sent Kincaid & Bond back to the dressing room by the M.C Mike Judd and The Kung Fu Fighters won and mayhem broke out.
The Great Bout against Amet Chong from The Orient Far East at Lewisham Concert Hall Catford London since 1974 and Pete won the bout in the 4th round.
Saturday December 12th 1981 against the late Wayne Bridges at Leamington Spa in The Midlands when Bridges knee hit Roberts on the deck and Bridges sent back to the dressing room by referee Jeff Kaye and the M.C Brian Crabtree on ITV's World of Sport.
Wayne turned into the heel for a while against Super Destroyer Peter at Aylesbury when the two meet again and Pete beat Wayne in the 4th round in January 1982.
Wayne Bridges met Pete Roberts for The World Heavyweight Wrestling Title at The Royal Albert Hall in London and Bridges won The World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship Belt in Round 11 beat Roberts and the pair shook hands for the final time and Wayne turned into the blue eye once again settled the feud.
The Great Sportsmanship icon Pete Roberts.
Terry Christie
Pete was probably more respected by the fans in Japan he certainly worked there enough, his no nonsense serious style went down well in Japanese rings. His versatility meant he was in demand out there and probably spent as much time in Japan as the UK for NJPW, UWF and AJPW . Stan Hansen a legend in Japan used to request Pete as a tag partner. There's some of his Japanese bouts online but aren't always easy to find but hunt them out if you can and see how much he was over.
Poor Kent. He got away with it all at the time but didn't know the internet would appear years later only to tarnish his memory.
Actually, I love his Waltonisms. They show he was 100% in on it all, and doing his best to shave years or decades off wrestlers' ages.
Bless him!
Rather hilariously in his commentary for a 1980s match between Roberts and Marty Jones we are told by Walton that Roberts turned professional at 76.
Assuming he did not mean 76 years old it was probably meant to mean 1976.Equally ridiculous for the many fans remembering his televised matches from the 1960s
The most underrated and under appreciated wrestler of my generation, always gave good value and had great battles with Rocco, Finlay, Murphy and great technical matches with Marty Jones, Ray Steele and Dalbir Singh
Very early Pete Roberts
Always clean cut, and very good. I think he tagged early on in his career, with Judo Alf Marquette as the Judoka’s. Had some terrific matches versus Pat Roach, and Skull Murphy. Great wrestler.
Pete Roberts and Dave Taylor in Durban, South Africa