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The British Wrestling Association version was undisputed 1930-1934 and 1938-1950. The Joint Promotions version was undisputed 1952-1958, 1966-1974 and 1975-1982. This version was then transferred to All Star Wrestling where it remained undisputed until 1985 and became so again from 1989 until the late 1990s (as smaller, often American-style ...
A professional wrestling match between Atholl Oakeley and "Bulldog" Bill Garnon, circa the early 1930s in London, England. In this match, Oakley and Garnon emphasise a grappling-based style intended to suggest the match is a legitimate wrestling contest rather than a performance. While various styles of amateur wrestling continued as legitimate ...
Retired. 1935 [2] Sir Edward Atholl Oakeley, 7th Baronet, of Shrewsbury (31 May 1900 – January 1987), known under the ring name Atholl Oakeley, was a British professional wrestler and wrestling promoter who was one of the pioneers of professional wrestling in the United Kingdom. He was Britain's first heavyweight all-in wrestling champion ...
Bellatrix Female Warriors. Norfolk, Essex. Saraya Knight. 2006–2009, 2011–present. Female-only wrestling promotion originally known as World Association of Women's Wrestling. Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) Portsmouth, Essex, London. Elisar Cabrera, Mark Sloan, Alex Shane, Tony Simpson. 1993–2007, 2009–2012.
Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules were a set of professional wrestling rules mainly used in the United Kingdom in the second half of the 20th century. Introduced in 1947, they were named after Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, who ordered a unified set of rules written up for professional wrestling in the British Isles to re-legitimise ...
The following is a list of professional wrestling attendance records in the United Kingdom. World Wrestling Entertainment holds the record for the largest wrestling crowd in the UK with an attendance of 78,927 for Summerslam '92 '. In its heyday, British-based Joint Promotions and its independent rivals generally relied on intensive touring ...
All Star Wrestling (ASW), also known as Super Slam Wrestling (SSW), is a British professional wrestling promotion founded by Brian Dixon in 1970 and based in Birkenhead, England. Founded as Wrestling Enterprises of Birkenhead in October 1970, it has also been known over the years as All Star Promotions and Big Time Wrestling .
British Championship Wrestling (BCW) is an independent professional wrestling promotion [1] based in East Kilbride, Scotland, UK.It is currently owned and operated by promoter Graham McKay (who also performs under the name Charles Boddington) [2] after being founded by his brother Colin McKay (who performed as The Highlander) [3] in 2003.