Where Are They Now 2

Lightweight Champion Jim Breaks retired in the early 90's and now lives in The Canary Islands. Jim still returns to the UK for various reunions and has hardly aged in the last 20 years....The Mighty John Quinn retired from wrestling in the late 80's and returned to his native Canada. Big John does still return to the UK occasionally to visit his many friends here, but is not fully retired and lives the quiet life with his wife Linda in British Columbia, Canada.....Kendo Nagasaki still makes some personal appearances at wrestling shows, but for all intense and purpose Kendo is retired. He now lives the life of a mystic and is still very much the mystery man. Having been top billing from the mid 1960's right through to his retirement a few years ago Kendo savored success both in solo and tag team action. Following his much publicized comeback in the mid 80's he saw regular tag action partnered firstly by yours truly and then by my good friend Blondie Barratt...........Rollerball Mark Rocco was forced to retire from the ring around 20 years ago following a health scare. But before that Rocco was one of the most feared of opponents, not to mention one of the fastest guys in the ring. Frankly you never knew where Rocco was, he was quite literally that fast moving around you just could not keep an eye on him. Since his retirements Rocco has lived in The Canary Islands where he's now a very successful businessman. He's just make an appearance for TNA as a mentor with their "Boot Camp"........"Bomber" Pat Roach was one of the big guys in UK wrestling. Coming into wrestling at a late age and after being successful in both Judo and Boxing, Pat soon made a name for himself, but not always a popular one. In his early wrestling years he was something of a tearaway, and only after challenging John Quinn on TV in the late 70's did the public take Pat to their hearts. Then once his TV & Film career took off he became both popular and very must a household name....In the 80's and 90's Roach was in great demand in films and I once remember answering my car phone to a certain Steven Spielberg when travelling with Pat....The renowned Hollywood Director wanted to speak to Pat, and as we were travelling to a show that day Pat had given him my car number! My claim to Hollywood fame. Sadly Pat passed away a few years ago after losing a battle against cancer......

World of Sport Wrestlers

Here are a few top World of Sport wrestling stars from the past......Mal Sanders, Giant Haystacks, Fave Finlay, Jim Breaks, and Kendo Nagasaki.....Sanders & Finlay are still in the ring, Jim and Kendo are happily retired and sadly Giant Haystacks passed away some years ago......All stars, and we mean real stars!

A Blast From the Past

All our yesterday's.....The top photo shows a group of British wrestlers on their wat back from a successful trip to Israel in 1987 and includes: William Regal, Dave Taylor, Psycho Stevens, Klondyke Kate, Miss Mitzi Mueller and the UK's longest running promoter, Brian Dixon.... We then see Jim Breaks and Tom Thumb followed by Tony St Clair with a fan. He's followed by a recent photo of Colonel Brody and we have the big man himself Giant Haystacks bringing up the rear........

Peter Bainbridge

Peter Bainbridge, seen here as a 16 year old. Peter came from the west country and was a product of the Roy Harley stable of wrestlers. As well as Peter Bainbridge Roy Harley was also responsible for bringing the following guys into professional wrestling: Danny & Peter Collins, Richie Brooks, Jeff Kerry, Steve Speed, Jason cross, Dave Diamond, Bozz Berry, Jerry Silvanos, and a few more. He even had a hand in the early career of Andy Flyer.... Peter Bainbridge started wrestling as a 14 year old under the guidance of Roy Harley and was soon snapped up by All Star Wrestling on who's events he went on to challenge the legendary Jim Breaks to a title match when only 15 years old, defeating the Yorkshire star to become (albeit for a short time) European lightweight number 1....Needless to say Breaks soon took revenge and his belt came back to where it belonged. Although popular, Bainbridge did not stay in wrestling for very long as had retired by the time he was just 19.......

More Guys Who Can and Could Really Wrestle!

Here are a few more guys who could and can really "Wrestle". It probably goes without saying that Dave Taylor, Dave "Fit" Finlay, Danny Collins & Rob Brookside can all wrestle to a very high standard. Jim Breaks was also a very highly rated amateur before turning professional. But what is probably less well known is that Gary Cooper AKA: Catweazle) was also a very good amateur and before turning to the Catweazle gimmick he was a highly rated and skillful wrestler in his own right. Also, it has to be said that Shirley Crabtree (like his brothers Max & Brian) was also a better than average amateur in his younger days...