Also known as Mark Question, Kung Fu
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Another of the glamour boys of post war British wrestling. With the gold boots, purple trunks and ponchos it could only have been the 1970s! Yes, this was Ian Gilmour, often partnered by another popular middleweight, Jeff Kaye and collectively known as The Barons.
Gilmour was born in Dumfries, but was more often associated with Middlesbrough, where he made his home. He trained at St Lukes Matmen under the watchful eye of Norman Walsh. Starting out on the professional road in July, 1962 losing to Frank Robb at Newcastle. His speed, skill and looks were quickly to establish him as a fans favourite. Here was a boy who looked just too good to be true.
Most of his wrestling bookings came from Norman Morrell and Relwyskow Green Promotions, which meant long distance travel throughout the north of England and Scotland. A television debut came his way in November, 1963, working for Morrell at the Lime Grove Baths in London. Regular television exposure of around forty matches established him as a national favourite, but despite his wrestling skill he was destined to remain in the shadows of the more exuberant personalities McManus and Pallo. Yet, as we’ve told readers many times before, there would have been no McManus or Pallo without unsung heroes such as Ian Gilmour.
His spell of working with Jeff Kaye as the Barons tag team was limited to a few years but certainly raised the profile of both men, who had previously often opposed each other in singles combat. The Barons were a very popular early 1970s tag team remembered for their matches with the other top teams of the day, the Royals, the Dennisons and the Black Diamonds.
In the later years of his career Ian worked for independent promoters, sometimes assuming the identity of masked men Mark Question or Kung Fu.
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