Arguably the Greatest MASKED Wrestler EVER!-Rated by HERITAGE as No. 1!
The Notorious DOCTOR DEATH was a Sensation from 1958-1966 and a Massive Crowd
Puller filling 3000 Seater Luxury Amphitheatres!!
But WHO or WHAT Killed the DOCTOR DEATH Legend?
Was it JOINT PROMOTIONS who Absorbed PAUL LINCOLN'S Businesses?-Did they decide
they wanted to 'Push' only KENDO NAGASAKI-a Younger,arguably Fresher MASKED
Warrior?
Was it PAUL LINCOLN Himself?-Who left for AUSTRALIA for at least 2 Years pretty soon
after the CZESLAW Match at the ROYAL ALBERT HALL? Had he had enough?-or was he
Injured?
Was it the Numerous Fake Doctor Deaths along with Mercenary Promoters who made pots
of money on the back of the Huge Success of the Original?
Was it PETER MAIVIA?-Who finally Defeated him in the Ring to UNMASK him?
Was it Age?-By circa 1963 He himself was Claiming he'd Fought 2006 Matches??
Or was it a COMBINATION of some or all of the above??
Like BIG VAN VADER-Who himself Signalled the End of VADER TIME-did DOCTOR DEATH
HIMSELF decide that the Notorious Mayhem Days of his HOODED MENACE were finally
over?
YOUR Views please/
MAIN MASK
Thanks guys.
Main Mask - the Spanish stuff appears to be around late 1973 to late '74 or early '75. He could still have popped over to the UK, while in Spain, for the odd date of course.
Paul Lincoln seems to have been an entrepreneur all his life. His Father was a sign writer, in Sydney (where he was born, James McDonald Lincoln) and after leaving school he ran a gym, then learned to wrestle on Australian wrestling booths owned by Roy Bell, playing the young schoolboy in the crowd who wanted to have a go at winning some money. Then switched his name to "Elmo Lincoln" (presumably named after the original "Tarzan" actor) and began wrestling in Singapore with Chief Little Wolf (Benny Tenario).
Incredibly, aged around 20, he came to UK, as Paul (not Elmo), got a daytime job as a bodyguard to a currency dealer and wrestled at night. He did a stint in the German tournaments, but seemed to be going nowhere until George Kidd suggested he become a masked wrestler, to try a new rule breaking persona, and could always carry on as Paul Lincoln, without the mask.
The rest, as they say, is history.