Sad news to report as John Short has passed away at his home in Bristol.
John was one of the characters of wrestling and had been involved in the sport for over 60 years working for various promoters around the country.
In 2021 John received a Services to Wrestling Award from the British Wrestlers Reunion at The Bridges Public House.
John will be much missed by all who knew him and was possibly the last link between the old and new generation of wrestler. May he now RIP.
While I knew him through wrestling, he was also our neighbour for three years. John was unique and there was no mistaking which was his house, but he was always extremely kind and courteous to my family. As with David Franklin, I always enjoyed picking his mind as somebody who'd been watching wrestling since the sixties and was still a fan today, and would give honest opinions about the good and bad of every era. It was also greatly amusing after moving all my stuff to be able to point out to my wife that I had only the second biggest collection of memorabilia in our street.