I was at Preston Queens Hall in 1964 or 1965 when on a televised bill, Fu Man Chu fought Billy Graham. Don’t recall ever seeing either of them again, live or on TV
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Oct 02, 2022
Or Blackpool or Coventry or Birmingham. Mind you, that was then and this is now. Most chippies double as kebab shops these day.
This is the Ishka Khan Tiki which wrestled in the 60-70s in continental europe mostly in france, germany and austria. I dont know if this is your Khan, but he was not from Blackpool. He was born in yugoslavia from mongolian parents and his real name could be Ishka Brühihoff ) this was the name he used in vienna).
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Sep 05, 2022
Kendo Nagasaki "Has never claimed to be Japanese. Has never claimed to be anything" according to TVTimes, 1976
My favourite subject: discussion of the crazy political geography and naming of the British Isles. (BTW, don't say British Isles in Ireland, that's taboo. Even though they have no alternative for it.)
I'd love to argue on and on about it. But what's the point...wasn't Eddie from the Irish Free State?
all the things I have seen about Eddie state his place of birth as Belfast.
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Sep 08, 2022
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In one of Eddie's first matches post unmasking, Kent Walton said that he had heard Kung Fu talk with an Irish accent but still couldn't get a reply out of him, so he was still not much the wiser.
Could an argument be made for Rocco as Black Tiger?
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Sep 14, 2022
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No - leaving aside that he was wrestling for the Japanese, Black Tiger was traditionally portrayed as a Gaijin heel and that has extended to all the Black Tigers since.
Various British wrestlers, under a mask, as "Kamikaze", which could be guessed at as being a Japanese gimmick.
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Kamikaze was a Spanish gimmick originally. Two masked heels in the 1960s who specialised in slingshotting themselves back into the ring when thrown over the ropes. The second one was, for some unknown reason, nicknamed "Benny". Both big draws for the Corporacion Internacional de Catch while it lasted.
The blue-eye Kamikaze of 1981-1982 that appeared in three TV bouts (a tag win as a substitute and a pair of TKO losses, one each to Jim Breaks and Tally Ho Kaye) was played by Ian Gilmour.Another Kamikaze, a heel, was wrestling for Max Crabtree/RWS circa 1991-1992 - he fought Big Daddy on the Grampian/STV taping and was also on the Battle of the Brits tape. Not sure who he was.
Alan Dennison proposed Len Ironside crop his hair, wear yellow makeup and portray a Chinaman. He rejected it partly on taste grounds and partly for fear of what happened when he sweated and the makeup ran!
I was at Preston Queens Hall in 1964 or 1965 when on a televised bill, Fu Man Chu fought Billy Graham. Don’t recall ever seeing either of them again, live or on TV
Or Blackpool or Coventry or Birmingham. Mind you, that was then and this is now. Most chippies double as kebab shops these day.
Best to read the replies Hack and your summary will nudge ten.
And here is the Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP:
So, just who have we got so far?
Joe D'Orazio as Kito Tani.
Paul Lincoln as Togo Tani.
Milton Reid and Crusher Mason as Mighty Chang.
There's more to explore surely. And did Thatcher know what the inside of a chip shop looked like?
Call it a draw boys. There were two Iska Khans. One was from Blackpool.
Well. At least one.
Ishka Khan, one of the true great visiting internationals. Royal Albert Hall bill-topper. From far flung and exotic Mongolia. The pigtail, the menace.
You devastate me, Beancounter...Blackpool.😪😪😪
Kendo Nagasaki "Has never claimed to be Japanese. Has never claimed to be anything" according to TVTimes, 1976
Ishka Khan, from Blackpool, I believe?
Is Eddie Hamill British?
Not forgetting Eddie Hamill who was the original Kung Fu
Could an argument be made for Rocco as Black Tiger?
Various British wrestlers, under a mask, as "Kamikaze", which could be guessed at as being a Japanese gimmick.
Does Judo Alf Marquette count? His Mitzi Moto (or whatever) was supposed to sound oriental.
Does the Wild Man of Borneo count?
Does the Scourge of the East, Ahmet Chong count? He wasn't British, but we wasn't Oriental either!
James Morton writes:
What about Paul Lincoln when he partnered Joe d'Orazio?
Alan Dennison proposed Len Ironside crop his hair, wear yellow makeup and portray a Chinaman. He rejected it partly on taste grounds and partly for fear of what happened when he sweated and the makeup ran!
If someone could tell us more about Kim Kendo, it would help.
I suppose the next "obvious" one would be Crusher Mason as The Mighty Chang.
That name was also used by Milton Reid, whom I believe to have been British.
Presumably we count Joe D'Orazio's Japanese character.