I saw this list of winners on another forum (http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=004781;p=0) and was interested to know mroe about the tourament, its prestigue and what it mean for the winners. I read (maybe on this forum/site) that Kendo was not invited to participate, was this to keep the tournament more legitiate and away from more flashy/gimmicky characters?
Finally were any of tournaments broadcast on World of Sport?
Many thanks.
YEAR -- WINNER -- DEFEATED
1956 DENNIS MITCHELL [GBR] Jim Olivera
1957 no tournament held
1958 TIBOR SZAKACS [HUN] Bill Verna
1959 TIBOR SZAKACS [HUN] unknown
1960 TIBOR SZAKACS [HUN] Ray Hunter
1961 BILLY ROBINSON [GBR] Joe Cornelius
1962 TIBOR SZAKACS [HUN] Bruno Elrington
1963 JOHN DA SILVA [NZL] Josef Zaranoff
1964 GORDON NELSON [CAN] Steve Veidor
1965 STEVE VEIDOR [GBR] Bruno Elrington
1966 STEVE VEIDOR [GBR] Ian Campbell
1966 (Dec) TIBOR SZAKACS [HUN] Bruno Elrington
1967 no tournament held
1968 WOLFGANG STARCK [GER] Jim Hussey
1969 BRUNO ELRINGTON [GBR] Tibor Szakacs
1970 GEORGE GORDIENKO [CAN] Bruno Elrington
1971 STEVE VEIDOR [GBR] Mal Kirk
HRH PRINCE PHILLIP TROPHY
1963 TIBOR SZAKACS [HUN] John Da Silva
Hack, you're wasting everyone's time by cluttering this important thread with your trivial chauvinism. You are the only one uttering negative comments. We even have enthusiam from Sydney. (Not Sydney Who, Sydney Australia.)
Yet you call it an irrelevance?
More like a bag of chips now on your shoulder.
So come on. Add some substance to your grumbling.
If the Royal Albert Hall Tournament Trophy wasn't the biggest annual knockout tournament in the 20th century in the UK - WHAT WAS?
If you have no answer - don't answer. Then leave this thread to us purists.