British wrestling history has a name - Heritage
Wrestling Heritage celebrates the glorious days of
British professional wrestling
between the years 1930 and 1988.
Wrestling Heritage - Preserving Britain's social history
24th August
The colourful Maurice LaRue has died. Was he magnificent? Or just magnificent? Read our tribute, Majesticly Magnificent.
24th August
Well known around the halls for many years, Bill Ogden is our latest Local Hero.
Everyone was someone’s favourite. That’s very true of Bill Ogden. A man who falls into the category of forgotten names, yet a man who played an important part in the history of professional wrestling for so many years. By no means unique Bill is one of those unsung heroes who made wrestling great by entertaining us fans for almost forty years.
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24th August
Remember one of our greats, who died on this day in 1981.
Golden Boy Mike Marino was one of the great names of post war British professional wrestling.
24th August
Loved by all, Mucky Mal Kirk died on this day in 1987.
Mal Kirk was one of the last great heavyweight villains, a man who carried forward the proud tradition of great wrestling villains Robert McDonald, Jim Hussey and Ian Campbell.
22nd August
Three Cornered Jack they called him. Born this day in 1905.
One of the most fondly remembered characters of wrestling Jack Atherton was a hard man who was well skilled in wrestling and very familiar with its less sophisticated aspects; which was no doubt led to disqualification in his first professional bout!
20th August
Remember Les Stent on the anniversary of his birth in 1913.
14th August
13th August
The A-Z keeps on growing.We have added more entries to add to the more than 2,000 wrestlers we already remember
Martin Deneef, Al Diamond,
Wally Dix, Billy Donnegan,
Jimmy Doran, Marcel Douvinet,
Mick Duffy, Vince Earnshaw,
Vince Edward, Saxon Elliott,
Emerald Phantom
11th August
We celebrate Frank Robb,always remembered with fondness.
British wrestling boasted an abundance of larger than life personalities. The names most readily remembered today are those who brought a splash of colour; names like Pallo, McManus, Kellett and Big Daddy. Flamboyant and entertaining most definitely, but not necessarily the best wrestlers.
11th August
Llew Roberts, not a famous name, but most definitely a Local Hero
Llew Roberts joined the professional wrestling ranks in the early 1960s; born in 1937 he was in his mid twenties, “A bit late getting into the business” was his own admission. Late maybe, but not too late to become a favourite for the next fifteen years.
5th August
In Memory of Jim Rawlings, who died recently.
28th July
We pay tribute to one Tony Baer, one of the greats of the 1940s and 1950s as we add him to Personality Parade.
28th July
Sandy Soutar died a few weeks ago. Heritage looks back at the Scottish wrestler and add him to our Local Heroes series.
28th July
Not every wrestler was a tv star. Many of the best didn't make it to our screens. We have added Tony Ancell to our Local Heroes.
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