For almost 4 Years ATHOLL OAKELEY Staged his Spectaculars at LONDON's Jewel in the Crown
Venue-ANGLO's Beloved ROYAL ALBERT HALL!-Like ATHOLL or not he Filled this Iconic Theatre
to Capacity from Show to Show and from 1952 he was a Big Rival to the Newly Formed JOINT
PROMOTIONS!
But then in The AUTUMN of 1953-Suddenly OAKELEY was gone!-No longer in the Building and in
SEPTEMBER-Enter JOINT's Representatives in The SOUTH-DALE MARTINS!
Torch had been Passed and a 'New Dawn' in LONDON Wrestling had 'Risen'!
But Which Wrestlers were Featured on This 'Milestone' 1ST Show?
Well Below for ANGLO in Particular and Everyone as well-I Share My Mega-Rare 'Souvenir'
Programme for this DM Inaugural Show!....
Starting with The Cover-THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 1953!...
MAIN MASK
And maybe this experience of some kind of buyout formed a template for DM's takeover of PL thirteen years later - in which Hayes and McManus were also centrally involved.
This is a real soap opera over decades.
Chissà indeed!