THE WRESTLING FURNACE PICTURE GALLERY Classic British Professional Wrestling
PETER PRESTON
BRADFORD MIDDLEWEIGHT
Peter Preston will forever be remembered as the first man to defeat Mick McManus in a televised bout, but there is so much
more to him than that. Read on ...
Peter's entry in the Who's Who of Wrestling
(i) Knee drop on Bert Royal, (ii) Face bar on Mike Eagers, (iii) Over-the-knee backbreaker on Mike Eagers
(i)&(ii) Feature from "The Wrestler" February 1968, (iii) Leg stretch on Tony St.Clair (iv) Peter puts a leg lock on his opponent
Feature from "The Wrestler" March 1969
(i) Match report from September 1969 (ii & iii) Feature from "The Wrestler" August 1970
(i) Leg lock and face bar on Tony St.Clair, (ii) catching Tony St.Clair's attempted dropkick, (iii) Forearm smash by Leon Arras, (iv) Wrist lock by Clayton Thomson
Feature from "The Wrestler" January 1971
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