1943 , I found a claim that this is the first pro wrestling as we know it in Stafford Town. Love these county towns , tea and toast here , with the bread cut two inches thick dripping in butter. They call the slices "Doorsteps"
Gran was from a Staffordshire Town and that was just how she cut her bread.
Might be inclined to think a boxing promoter put this show on as it's a duel advert. No wrestlers advertised on it but I can tell you that Dave Armstrong beat Francis Gregory , Van Wurden beat Bill McDonald , Dick Wills beat Hussey , and Pat Madden beat Bill Ogden.
Promoter could have been Jack Callaghan.
By the end of the 1940's Wrestling was on regular in the Market Hall. Not long though before The Borough Hall took over and continued through to the 1980's. The promoters though seemed to come and go. Here are my examples.
By the end of the 1950's the picture changes but I will save that for another post.
Another venue and another promoter for Stafford. The Sandonia was a one time cinema that had already turned to bingo when it was bought by the Midland Entertainment Agency in 1964, owned by Vic Kendrick. The same year he took over Dudley Hippodrome from Jerry Jeary.