The Beginner's Guide To British Wrestling

[David Mantell]

3 hours ago, PeteF3 said:

Since he was considered "innocent", the documentary could not show the guy's face and censored his name

Well that kind of makes it hard to identify. 

Apart from Saville obviously I could tell you horror stories of these kinds about two other British wrestlers (as with any walk of life you get one or two rotten apples) but I'm not sure of the rules on naming and shaming on this board. (One of the two in question ended up in prison, the other, AFAIK, didn't and I'm not sure he's dead). A bunch of posts on another thread on here got deleted and I'm not sure if it's because stuff about a certain big former AEW star got discussed in those posts.  There are hills worth dying on to do with British and European Wrestling but this ain't one.

[PeteF3]

Well, yes, that makes it hard. That's why we're trying to crack the mystery. If they'd said his name was Joe Blow no one would be asking.

I have to assume that a 74-year-old ex-wrestler in 2004 is dead in 2025 though the post doesn't seem to say so definitively. So it's not a case of libeling the guy.

[David Mantell]

40 minutes ago, PeteF3 said:

Well, yes, that makes it hard. That's why we're trying to crack the mystery. If they'd said his name was Joe Blow no one would be asking.

I have to assume that a 74-year-old ex-wrestler in 2004 is dead in 2025 though the post doesn't seem to say so definitively. So it's not a case of libeling the guy.

I've sent you a private message.  I'm not sure of the forum rules on this sort of conversation so .I'll leave it there. 

Once I've dealt with the latest two French Catch matches to drop, I'll be on here with a great match to review from 1972.