We always harp on proudly about another of "our" wrestlers in a James Bond film: OHMSS in 1968.
But can we really claim him as one of "our" wrestlers? He seems to have had little ring action before the film; and none after. Hardly a career at all.
He started wrestling in 1961, but his name appears on very few of the sixties bills we pore over.
We seem to know nothing of substance about him; and whether he was really Russian, who on earth knows?
Any thoughts?
But you, Saxonwolf, just stated that Yuri wrestled as Red Staranoff.
This is precisely the point we are investigating.
For the reasons mentioned below, and also based on The Ost's photo, 18-year-old Yuri was clearly not the Red Staranoff who featured on UK bills from 1950, billed as the strongest Russian.