A few years ago this site produced a list of the wrestlers with most TV appearances and he was in the top five.He did get some wins over the 26 years between 1960-1986 including over Mike Bennett,Marc Rocco and Adrian Street
I always considered Mick a very good and entertaining wrestler but during the early to mid 1960’s don’t recall him ever winning a televised bout, despite being one of the most frequently featured combatants.
You’d have thought that now and again the promotors would have rewarded his fidelity to them.
I hadn’t realised McMichael wasn’t his original name and wonder whether the adoption of this was to his advantage as I recall on one occasion at Morecambe Winter Gardens the M C announcing “Next week we have the appearance of Eric Sands versus Mick Mc……..Michael” and an audible groan went around the hall.
In his early days he wrestled under his name of Michael Gale. On two programmes recently I've seen him listed as Michael Gay. He must have been happy about that.
A few years ago this site produced a list of the wrestlers with most TV appearances and he was in the top five.He did get some wins over the 26 years between 1960-1986 including over Mike Bennett,Marc Rocco and Adrian Street
I always considered Mick a very good and entertaining wrestler but during the early to mid 1960’s don’t recall him ever winning a televised bout, despite being one of the most frequently featured combatants.
You’d have thought that now and again the promotors would have rewarded his fidelity to them.
I hadn’t realised McMichael wasn’t his original name and wonder whether the adoption of this was to his advantage as I recall on one occasion at Morecambe Winter Gardens the M C announcing “Next week we have the appearance of Eric Sands versus Mick Mc……..Michael” and an audible groan went around the hall.
In his early days he wrestled under his name of Michael Gale. On two programmes recently I've seen him listed as Michael Gay. He must have been happy about that.