Another Iconic Wrestling Arena in LONDON was The SEYMOUR HALL in MARYLEBONE!
Epic Contests were Fought Out here between All the Top Stars of the Day!
But for This Special-which I Know will particularly Interest ANGLO and OSTY-as well as
many Others-We are going to Concentrate on the Many Different Types and Styles of
POSTERS for Various Shows down the Years!!
Always Eye-Catching!-Care and Thought was put into these 'Designs' arguably rendering
Some of them- Mini Works Of Art!!-Starting with the Large Poster Below-Vibrant INKS with
Alternating REDS and BLUES- WHO? could fail to Notice this Promotion as they drove by?
GEORGES GORDIENKO Headling the Show against PRINCE KUMALI!!
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Impressive number of Irish wrestlers for the eve of St Patrick
Here's a couple from 1959, notice they keep the style the same but the promoters have changed:
This is something we covered in the other Seymour Hall topic - before I unearthed these posters.
Eddie Capelli and Reg Trood top of the bill would be worth £2 entrance fee
Hi Ian
My point was the opposite. Mendoza and Miquet were NOT on bills together (in spite of being related)
Hi Anglo, no wonder Mendoza & Miquet were often seen on the same bills . M[quet was Mendozas son.
Kind regards, Ian.
Great stuff, MM thanks so much for sharing. I have one or two here that I will add to the topic when I can.
Pasquale Salvo won the Silver Cup. As a Cricket fan, it's interesting that they were able to get Peter May to present the Cup on that night.
Great presentation, Main Mask, thank you.
This is the West End after all, so good luck to them in getting away with those prices. Probably a transient crowd rather than Preston regulars. They were probably angling for ambassadors and wealthy business people with more expensive promotion in hotels. They probably had to throw the kitchen sink at the sales every time whereas Preston and elsewhere would have, I imagine, 90% regular and reliable attendees.
It was also a charity venue in some way. Donald Cave of the Cottage Homes was The Man. No mention of him here. Some of the posters show signs of another hand involved, though. Seymour Hall certainly seems a bit of a Dale Martin Peculiar.
A few ugly matches there. Churchill v Yearsley's a disaster. 3+ stone weight difference and maybe six inches in height. Spencer was diminutive. Must be tiny now in his 90s?
McManus and Pallo seemingly booked as a team, the tv stars? This was poor, they were sworn enemies.
Billy Joyce also right down the card as British Heavyweight champion. Didn't seem to value him and didn't seem to showcase the premier championship.
In fact Billy Joyce clearly wasn't a smash hit in Preston either, judging by the blatantly anti-Billy Joyce wording under Billy Robinson's write-up. Unusual. I mean, he was from Wigan, not so very far from Preston.
Don Mendoza doesn't seem to have shared many bills with Al Miquet?
The Seymour Hall shows were one of the few advertised in The Wrestler magazine. From Lancashire the Seymour Hall prices looked a small fortune to me. Preston in 1967 and the Seymour Hall one year earlier.
In many ways this is/was a better central London venue than the Royal Albert Hall because a seat near the ring did not cost a small fortune
The Next One is Dated for Today and Transfers over to REDS and BLACKS
for The INKS!
A Tag Match Tops The Bill and STEVE LOGAN Faces TONY CHARLES!
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