Quite often the M.C.would announce that a certain wrestler hadn't turned up for his bout on the bill that evening or a couple of wrestlers had'nt turned up due to unforseen circumstances,and the punters would surmise that they had probably got a better offer elsewhere or couldn't be bothered just to turn up.but in fact they had probably been involved in a road accident or their car had broken down due to having an older or unreliable vehicle,a typical week would involve probably involve 3 or 4 bouts a week or more,and probably clocking up more than a thousand miles in a average week,so the odds of letting the promoters down could be unavoidable. Regards. Les. 💪
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Nice story Frank.
On the rare occasions a Dale Martin top-of-the-biller didn't appear, I do remember a very clear poster outside the auditotium inviting punters to claim a ticket refund if they didn't want to come in. That was very fair.
And of course Mike Judd used to tease the audience magnificently into thinking McManus was an absentee.