Dynamite Kidd & British Bulldog

Shots of a young Tommy Billington (The Dynamite Kidd)seen here both solo and with Davey Smith (The British Bulldog). Both went on to have great careers in North America. Unfortunately Tommy suffered severe injury due to his time in the ring and is now wheelchair bound and Davey sadly passed away some years ago. A very sad end to some of the most incredible wrestling talent to have graced the UK....

The British Bulldog

Some early shots of Davey Smith, The British Bulldog before he left the Uk for North America.

Festive Delights # 3

A few more festive delights.....Andy Flyer, Billy Lodi, The British Bulldog, Cameron Matthews & Callum McKenzie

The British Bulldog

Here we have a selection of picture from the early years of Davey Smith's ring career which began with appearances in Joint Promotions rings at the age of 15 during 1976 when he was billed as Young David. He became a big World of Sport favourite facing top stars including Dave Finlay and Marty Jones as well as regularly hitting the tag team trail partnering Big Daddy before heading to Canada's Stampede Wrestling with cousin Tommy Billington in the early 1980s, then debuting for New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 1984. Smith's glory years with the old WWF began when Vince McMahon bought Stampede Wrestling and continued until an acrimonious parting of the ways with WWF in 1992 - although he later returned to figure again for WWF and World Championship wrestling. Sadly, Davey died at the age of 39 after suffering a heart attack while on holiday in Canada in 2002.