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Top 50

Kent Walton's top 50.
A pull-out guide, probably from the TV Times in the 1970s, in which Kent presents a brief introduction to the top television wrestlers at that time.
Illustrated with sketches of the wrestlers.

Vic Coleman

The remarkable life story of Vic Coleman, British Empire Middleweight Champion, 1951. At 15 years old, Vic had been billed as the world's youngest professional wrestler. Trained by his father, Bull Coleman, who wrestled for Great Britain in the 1908 Olympic Games, Vic went on to become British Empire Champion in 1951.

Joe D'Orazio

Wrestler, Referee, Actor, Artist, Poet, Writer ... Joe's amazing life has spanned many different fields. His first professional wrestling bout was in 1948, and he is still active on the Reunions committee.

Kent Walton

Kent Walton will be remembered by all British wrestling fans quite simply as "The Voice of Wrestling". Three articles are reproduced here to help explain his enormous contribution to British Professional Wrestling

Frank Rimer

Frank Rimer is known to many wrestling fans today principally for his Master of Ceremonies duties in the ring and at the annual wrestlers' reunions, but there is so much more to him than that. Read here about his 50 years of dedication to British Professional Wrestling.

Dwight J Ingleburgh

Billed for much of his professional wrestling careeer as "Dwight J Ingleburgh from New Jersey", heavyweight Sam Betts from Barnsley in Yorkshire wrestled all over the world. Read the inside story about his life as a professional wrestler in countries such as the UK, India, Pakistan, Kuwait and Sweden.