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The Cockney Spirit Lives On
Bermondsey golden boy Dino Scarlo came from one of London’s famous wrestling families. He was given a hyper push at the start of his career as one of the “Parade of New Faces” that seemed to feature on most of the Dale Martin shows of 1977-78.
Dino was the welterweight son of the original Cockney Kid, Tony Scarlo, and tagged with his father in the Cockney Kids, a team that feuded long-term and in single combat with Peter and Steve Kelly.
Although the promoters push failed to have the desired result (the “Parade of New Faces” was a turn off for the fans) Dino demonstrated that he had the skill and the staying power to succeed at a time when British wrestling was in serious decline.
Dino’s grounding in old school traditions served him well. He went on to gain his wrestling long service medal; a significant trainer at Dropkixx Academy and Frontier Wrestling. and a promoter into the twenty-first century, long after the days covered by this wrestling website.
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