You paint a great scenario here Anglo , and I must mention that at times in the USA they also pushed the Jap angle. Crazy stuff , Jap Judo expert from Hawaii etc. I checked some facts on Wrestlingdata and they have 1926-1981 correct and they also had him wrestling in Hawaii as early as 1943 as Bob Bataan. He did France and Spain and in particular Germany , even doing Hamburg as late as 1970. Billy Robinson beat him in Hamburg in 1962. He did a tag match with Ricky Starr (1958 USA)and one against Zebra Kid (1959 USA). Looks to have done it all. Mike Hallinan who donated the Cardiff programme makes an interesting point. The original owner of the programme, has marked a Hunter win on it and made no mention of a switch to Sammy Cohen for opponent. Still time with digital newspapers for more matches to come to light yet.

I have just added another bill for Cardiff , Dec7th 1960 Hakawa v Ray Hunter ,(thanks to Mike Hallinan) but Ray P's results show Hakawa was replaced by Sammu Cohen. Shown in any case though just to reveal the itinerary.

No results thus far for Seymour. Assirati Spurious. It's been a good debate and we might add yet. Here is a recap. 31stMarch1954 Hakawa v Marino Albert Hall 1st April1954 Hakawa v Ken Davies Bristol 5thApril1954 Hakawa v Apollon Bedford 6thApril Hakawa v Orford Colchester 8th April1954 Hakawa v Butch Johnson Southampton 9thApril1954 Hakaw v Orford Rochester 11thMay1954 Hakawa v Ernie Baldwin Reading 14thMay1954 Hakawa v Al Hayes Ramsgate 5thDec1960 Hakawa v Zaranoff Seymour Hall 6thDec1960 Hakawa v Apollon Watford 7thDec1960 Hakawa v Ray Hunter Cardiff ( Sammy Cohen came in for Hakawa) 8thDec1960 Hakawa v Howes Smethwick 9thDec1960 Hakawa v Alf Cadman Bolton 10thDec1960 Hakawa v Ray Hunter Brighton 14thDec1960 Hakawa v Digger Rowell Hove

Yes Assirati not important not really connected to Bolo , it's just that he was on the Dec1960 Seymour Hall bill. He apparently did not wrestle after April 1960 and those final years did his own promotion or maybe Jack Taylor. I thought leaving Joint/Dales was acrimonious and that there would be no way he would be on one of their bills again. But yes I see now that The Seymour Hall was Dales.

Some good observations there Anglo. And I don't doubt what you say about Seymour Hall being DM . I just would not expect Assirati to be working a match for them in 1960. I can rule out Bolo Hawayan being a copy. I had wondered about Bobo Matu seeing as they were so similar and Matu coming from Bolton. But Yes Cornelius running the travel would answer that. Also worked with Billy Howes at Smethwick on 8th December 1960. And Dec14th at Hove with Digger Rowell. There is enough here for a decent A-Z entry.

One of the very best for , he made it look real.

Here is some background on Bolo from a 1958 newspaper. It look pretty genuine as well mentioning meeting the Duke of Edinburgh. Another show Bolo did I found this report. Another barefooted wrestler and then also Bolo comes back in 1960 which do not look like Dale Martin bills. By now Assirati was virtually promoting odd shows himself before bowing out. See the Seymour Hall show. And a show at Brighton with Ray Hunter. But below , very suspicious that this is also our man. ( the day before Brighton ?)

For Bernard , It looks from the papers like once Ernie was champ or even a top contender , there was a requirement to travel at least a bit. Not as much as Mike Marino did in the other direction , but evidence he even went as far as Torquay.

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Yes and I don't think Johnny left Cape promotions until early 1969 so may have wrestled for a decade before coming across Breaks.

Breaks and Saint did the same bout 3 days earlier at Halifax , so it may be they did a few other venues too. Seems odd to finish at Bristol and not in the North , but I can't find anything later.

Jim had his own pub with a great name in Batley after he retired. Shown here 1992

Another good result for you Bernard. Osty got you a look at the Ghoul's face , Heritage has been good to us all. And for me You will always be the Heritage Champ. We had some great debates years back , and we do still have a few today.

Looks like maybe Dicky Swales. Mr and Mrs Dennison ???

Hope this helps Bernard. Cremated on 10th Jan so must have died the first week in January 1978.

Just a little report that I found on Peter Keenan's grip on Scotland. I know it's a lot later 1982 , but just shows how he ended up.

Norman Morrell was still promoting in 1975 as that was the year Masambula's career came to an end and Morrell was sued in 1981 by Masam. Not saying of course that he was still promoting that late. Relwyskow went well beyond 1974 at Hamilton In 1988 it was claimed that they were still TV Promoters. Never thought of it before , but maybe Relwyskow should be considered a separate entity to Max Crabtree's group as well as Brian Dixon after 1974. Of course one of the wrestlers could tell us so much more.

Before I look into this more , I would note that certain wrestlers did some promoting that may have looked "Joint" For sure Kendo was with Dixon. But Andy Robin , George Kidd , Street and the Borgs promoted along with Pallo and it looks certain that they all helped one another out. In Nooks and Crannies I often point to the art of making money on gates of only a few hundred. Scotland has many examples. Think this was Pallo's last TV match Thur 10/1/74, Wolverhampton (taped 11/12/73) Vic Faulkner (W) v Jackie Pallo KO) And I still think his last Dales match was at Bury St Edmunds 28th march 74

Hi Anglo , I think I have your answer. I show here his last Dales Show at Bury StEdmunds, then Best/Wryton at Liverpool and finally Hanley for Wryton. Within days he has jumped ship at Haverill basically selling the tickets.

Howes v Nagasaki in the works canteen sounds like something out of the wild west. This must have been one of their very first meetings.