Quite a few Top Wrestlers decided to try their hand at being a Wrestling PROMOTER!!
This usually happened towards the end of a Career as Bookings became fewer and Bodies
became more Tired!!
One of the Notable Examples of this in the 1970's was JACKIE 'MR. T.V.' PALLO!!
Setting up his own Company-he managed to Attract quite a Host of Famous Wrestlers onto
his Books! Often-like himself no doubt-these were 'Names' that for various reasons had
become 'Disaffected' and 'Disgruntled' with JOINT PROMOTIONS!!-This coupled with his own Popularity served to make his Operation quite Successful in the mid to late 1970's!
Wrestlers like LES KELLETT-Not averse to doing a bit of 'Moonlighting' anyway-EXOTIC
ADRIAN STREET-and even BRIAN 'GOLDBELT' MAXINE and RICKI STARR!
Also the TIMING of the Launch of PALLO'S Promotional Activities COINCIDED with the
start of the Decline of JOINT PROMOTIONS-So shrewd move there then!
Did Anyone Attend any of PALLO'S Shows?-How did they Compare to JOINT Shows!?
Note the Top Left Hand Corner of JACKIE'S Posters with his 'STAR' LOGO/SLOGAN!
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I was present at Pallo shows in Bexhill where it all went wrong and Jack was apologising from the ring offering money back. It was very asd.
Talking about non-regular promoters, I wonder if there were more "no shows" at these promotions.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this type of bill?
Here's one from my poster collection (which I haven't got around to photographing yet, but this one's near the top of the pile):
Don't think I have ever seen so may different fonts used in one poster!
Jackie Pallo did a couple of shows in Inverness. It was held in a social club and the ceiling was very low which meant they had to be careful when doing certain holds. I believe Adrian Street may of been one of the other wrestlers. I also remember a young lad in a wheelchair turned up and due to the restricted space around the ring they had a problem putting him at the front so Jackie Pallo arranged for two tables to be put together at the back and got the security men to lift the chair onto the tables.
Amazed to see Maxine and Kwango on Pallo bills.
Abe Ginsberg and Dave Finlay? Worth the entrance money alone!
And Featuring LES KELLETT.........AND 'RIKKI' STARR!!
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