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Photo of Steve Clements

in Memories of the Old Days

Dear Friends,

please let me know if any of you has the original of this or similar photos of Steve Clements.

I would highly appreciate that.

Thanks in advance.

6 comments

6 Comments

Hack

Dec 24, 2019

Ed Lock

Dec 27, 2018

As you can see, the belt over Steve Clements' left shoulder represents a Southern (States of America) championship. This belt is the Southern Tag Team Title, recognised in the state of Tennessee. Clements won the vacant Southern Tag Team Title in partnership with Al Greene (against Jerry Jarrett & Tojo Yamamoto) on 25 August 1971 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Clements had managed the previous champions, Al & Don Greene, but an injury to Don Greene caused the brothers to vacate the Southern Tag Team Title.

I cannot identify the belt over Clements' right shoulder. It looks a rather generic strap, in my opinion. The fact that the name plates are not inscribed could indicate that this title belt had yet to be used.

I agree with Ruslan that the belt around Clements' waist is not a championship that was originated in Mexico. It is certainly not the World Welterweight Title belt that was defended in the EMLL (Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre) promotion (today known as CMLL - Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre) in which Clements wrestled decades ago.

I also concur with Ruslan that this belt looks like a very old British strap, probably owned by Ted Beresford . However, it does not appear to be the one of the European Tag Team Championship belts held by the Yorkshire Terriers (Steve Clements & Mick McMichael). The main plates look different to me. For a look at the European Tag Team Championship belts please refer to https://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/evergreenandgolden.htm near the bottom on the page.

Cheers!

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ruslan-pashayev

Dec 25, 2019

Replying to

As for the old belt around Clements waist, it appears to me that the inscription on it says World Middleweight Championship. If this is the case then more likely someone like Tommy Mann also held it. I'm trying to get a normal quality image of this belt.