Coupled with my Current Topic on BERT ROYAL-I don't suppose we can leave out his much Younger Brother!!
WHEN was VIC FAULKNER'S 1ST Professional Bout??-My Information Sources have him
starting about AUGUST 1960-When he was just 16 Years of age!
My earliest Photo of him is a VERY Fresh-Faced VIC from early 1961-and -to DATE- My
earliest Programme that I have for him is BANBURY WEDNESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 1962-
St. Valentine's Day!- VIC FAULKNER vs. ADRIAN STREET-I may have an earlier one-I'm still ploughing thru tons of Programmes in the Vault!
Bet the Bout against ADRIAN was a Cracker-2 Rising Stars with Something to prove!!
-A Rivalry that was to endure for many Years!
Surely RON can find him in 1961 out of all his BILLS?
It seems Faulkner's Last Solo Bouts were in 1983-can't find him yet in 1984-so a 23 Year
Career then!
I always remember him saying in a post Wrestling Days Interview-'I have to be very Careful
getting up in the Mornings!'-A kind of Haunting Memory for me!
I'm Spoiling FRANK-A Companion Topic on his other 'Favourite' Wrestler!?!
Photo/Programme to follow!
MAIN MASK
I remember Vic’s style of wrestling well. Especially the great move off the bottom rope, and out of trouble. Bert would use the same impressive move, and come back into a full Boston Crab to the delight of the crowd. Great wrestling from the Bolton brothers.
Just as an answer to Leonards earlier post re Bert and Rocco,whilst I was never a "Royals" fan ,In my opinion Bert in his prime could have given Rocco a "real arse kicking " had he chosen to.Rocco was all energy,but Bert was a far superior wrestler.Just my opinion
Just going back to this old thread as I have found another 1960 Vic Faulkner Bill
Vic and Jim were doing this bout years later. Amazing.
The temptation of a pre Christmas purse would make the journey well worth while
So, did Vic travel with Arthur and Cyril? Bolton to Newcastle is quite a journey for a 16 year old.
Well done The Ost so Vic wrestled even before he was sixteen and a half and we can deduce that he was initially kept away from Belle Vue and probably even Wryton. 1960 for sure.
Another Newcastle one:
Dec 17th 1960;NEWCASTLE;Faulkner bt Dennison;Oakley 1-1 Graham;E.Taylor bt Tony Olivera, Branch/Johnson bt Ryan/A.CadmanVic had some great bouts versus Jimmy Breaks, especially when he won the belt back in a close contest. When Bert placed the belt around Vic’s waist, the whole audience just erupted into applause, and clearly an emotional moment for Vic.
Vic Faulkners singles matches were always more impressive than tag matches for which he is more remembered now
Fair play and also Foley v Tom Faulkner was a welter weight contest. Doubt if Lew could pass as Welter.
So was Foley actually helping Vic Faulkner when Vic was 16.
John Foley had not been wrestling long here , perhaps 2-3 years (I think)
Could Tom Faulkner actually be Lew Faulkner , who by now was probably part time.
Had Lew took him up to Newcastle for big stadium experience.
Good Clue Ost and you certainly have a point.
This really puts the cat among the pigeons
Maybe someone can verify/discount this one, we have a few Newcastle gurus here:
October 15th 1960;NEWCASTLE;Colbeck bt Lucon;Foley bt Faulkner;Kaiser bt Graham;Mitchell bt KutiThat means at the time of his first TV appearance in April 1962 he was seventeen
Wrestlingdata.com have him 14th June 1944 . That's probably correct.
At least this thread shows that he was top of the bill before and after his tag team years
Just checked another angle. That date of birth of 14th July 1944 is wrong.
It is not much out but Vic;s birth was registered in quarter 2 of 1944 so birthday between April and end June.
Apologies , my mistake MM.
Anyway thus far we have him at sixteen years and three months. Not many have ever beaten that.
Main Mask.....Your Banbury bill WEDNESDAY FEB 14th equates to 1962 on the calculator. (not 1961)
Just for the love of god don't start a Johnny Saint tread ...