Ron's magnificent discovery of La Boom Boom this week shows us another type of venue where wrestling took place. He found another Cabaret Venue in Birmingham and I can now add the Northern Ireland coast with some proper big 1976 names:
This gets me to thinking in just how many other types of venue Wrestling took place.
Can you add any more to the list below, updated 5th October 2022?
Cabaret Night Clubs eg Bangor, Co. Down.
Football fields eg Hastings Pilot Field
Piers eg Hastings Pier.
Corn Exchanges eg Bedford.
Cinemas eg Granada Tooting.
Circus: Tent matches eg Garden Festival in Stoke-on-Trent; Ring eg Blackpool Tower.
Markets eg Lincoln, Carlisle.
Works Canteens per Ron's thread
Pubs including: Merry Fiddlers, Dagenham; Lumely Arms, Maltby; Festival Inn, Trowell.
Ice Rink eg Durham
Working Men's Clubs. George IV seems to be responsible.
Cattle Market eg Norwich.
Public Library, eg Wimbledon.
Swimming Baths eg Saul Street, Preston
Hippodromes eg Great Yarmouth.
Theatres eg White Rock, Hastings
Rotundas, eg Brighton Dome and Royal Albert Hall.
Halls of various types: Aberdeen Music Hall, Brent Town Hall.
Village Hall playing field eg Garstang.
Farmyard at Cockerham 1964
Farmer's field at Out Rawcliffe, Lancs.
British Legion eg Runcorn
Civic Halls eg Ellesmere Port Vicarage at Stretton-on-Dunsmore
Wrestling/Boxing Stadia eg Wryton and Liverpool Stadiums, St James's Hall Newcastle.
Assembly Rooms eg Garstang, Tunbridge Wells, Tamworth
Mechanics Institute eg Crewe
Department stores including Sainsbury's and Jarrolds.
Parks, such as Roundhay, Leeds.
Slag Heap at Cutacre Clough, Little Hulton, Bolton.
Stately Manor, for Hunt Ball, near Bridlington.
Mining: Miners' fair at Settle, Yorks; "The Miners Scheme" Coalville, Leics; Miners' Hall, Tydesley.
Hospitals: St. Bart's in Little Britain.
Stringfellows' Night Club, Cambridge Circus
Town and Country Shows: Northampton; Lanchester.
Breweries in Newcastle and Liverpool.
Mental hospital
Astor strip club Albert Road, Blackpool
British Legion, Windermere Road
Rugby Club at Blaydon
Department store, John Lewis, Liverpool, Christmas party
Holiday at Home events across the country during WW2 including wrestling at Primrose Park in Jarrow.
Schools: St Francis Secondary, M'cr and St Albans Comprehensive.
Curling Pond at The Muir of Ord.
Banking Hall at Portland House in Cardiff
Jail: Les Prest on an inside job at Northallerton
Spas: Scarborough and Whitby.
ABOVE UPDATED 15.3.2025
There was a wrestling show in the Metrocentre shopping centre in Gateshead about 20 years ago, it drew a fair sized crowd