Very rarely has it happened in British Wrestling History where a Newcomer Wrestler has
Rocketed to the Top as quickly as did the DYNAMITE KID!
Even highly rated by ROLLERBALL ROCCO as being only one of a handful of Wrestlers
who could 'live with him'
It HAS happened elsewhere for example-BILL GOLDBERG in WCW/WWE-but this Lad from
GOLBOURNE near WIGAN was almost Unique in his Meteoric Rise to Fame!
TITLES came thick and fast-within a Year he was BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION!
with a Top of his Game JIM BREAKS Struggling to handle him and losing 2!! Title Verdicts!
Piling on the pounds in pretty short shrift the BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT TITLE was to follow
-TOMMY BILLINGTON had ARRIVED!-He then went even further!! to Defeat FRENCH
Star JEAN CORNE to Win the EUROPEAN WELTERWEIGHT TITLE!!
Still a TEENAGER!! in 1978 the KID went to CALIFORNIA and was to Challenge the Ring-
Wise DICK STEINBORN for the WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT!! TITLE!! Another
Victory for DYNAMITE saw him return home as Champion!
By 1980-he had already had some Epic Clashes with ROCCO and other Top Wrestlers!
A Whirl of Important Contests were to follow in CANADA and JAPAN!
I was lucky enough to see him Wrestle Live and have to rate him as one of the very BEST!!
I prefer to remember him at the Beginning of his Career as a Huge Home-Grown Talent
rather than even dwell for a moment on what Tragically happened to end a Great Career!
Programmes/Article to follow!
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