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It was something of a surprise to most fans when Jackie Pallo announced that he was leaving Joint Promotions to set up a rival business. He had been a mainstay of Joint Promotions for a quarter of a century and television wrestler since broadcasting began.
Jackie broke away from the cartel and started his own promotion, Pallo Enterprises, with himself and Jackie Junior topping the bills alongside many other disenchanted Joint Promotion wrestlers.
He styled himself “The Star Who presents the Stars,” and the name was justified because Pallo put on some tremendous shows with the biggest names around at the time.
Jackie, assisted by his son staged wrestling shows throughout Britain. He provided more than a credible challenge to Joint Promotions and is rumoured to have come close to snatching the television contract in 1982.
It has been said that his business skills lagged behind his matchmaking and wrestling skills, which may well be why the illusive television contract remained just that.
After ITV stopped broadcasting wrestling Jackie did make an attempt to stage television wrestling once again. WAW (Wrestling Around the World) was a subsidary of Jackie Pallo Enterpises, owned by Jackie and his son, and formed specifically to make wrestling shows for television. The enterprise was a commercial flop.
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