WCW was better before Hogan came along ... Early 1994 roster included Vader, Rude, Austin, Cactus Jack, Steamboat, Sting, Orndorff, Anderson, Flair, Nasty Boys, Harlem Heat, Funk, Windham, Muta, Regal, Badd, Pillman, Rhodes, DDP and more ... The presentation went from serious to cartoonish.

Flyer for an All-Star Promotions show in Mansfield on 11 May 1991 #OnThisDay 35 years ago ... Headlined by Marty Jones vs Dave Finlay @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Worthing on 9 May 1966 (includes the rules governing professional wrestling) #OnThisDay 6️⃣0️⃣ years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Portsmouth on 8 May 1978 #OnThisDay 48 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Flyer for a Joe Coates Promotion show on 5 May 1958 #OnThisDay 68 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Flyer for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Chelmsford on 4 May 1965 (with Paul 'Butcher' Vachon visiting from Canada) #OnThisDay 61 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Southern Promotions show in Hove on 3 May 1988 #OnThisDay 38 years ago... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Poster for an All-Star Promotions show in Croydon on 3 May 1988 #OnThisDay 38 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Happy Birthday to Roy St. Clair, here he is in the '70s with a very tidy headscissors escape:

Happy Birthday to Roy St Clair (pictured left) with younger brother Tony. Roy is 84 today!

Happy Birthday Dave 'Rocky' Taylor 🎉 The former British Heavyweight Champion (later Squire David Taylor in WCW) turns 69 today!

Heartwarming story involving @dereiss.bsky.social "People don't talk to each other enough. If you strike up a conversation, you'll often find someone has an interesting story." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Programme for a Paul Lincoln promoted show at the Granada, Kingston (south London) on 28 April 1966 #OnThisDay 60 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Paul Lincoln promotions show at the Granada, Kingston on 27 April 1965 #OnThisDay 61 years ago ... @sirlariato.bsky.social @sherifflonestar.bsky.social

Flyer for a wrestling show in Cheltenham on 26 April 1993 #OnThisDay 33 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Flyer for a Best/Wryton show in Manchester on 23 April 1980 #OnThisDay 46 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a one night Heavyweight tournament for the Mackeson Trophy, in Croydon on 21 April 1964 #OnThisDay 62 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Does anyone else remember Double Trouble - the Canadian tag team that wrestled in the UK in the early 1990s? @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social @deanayass.bsky.social

Flyer for a Joe Coates Promotion show in Kirkby-in-Ashfield on 14 April 1962 #OnThisDay 64 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Newspaper advert for Easter Saturday wrestling in Brighton on 13 April 1963 #OnThisDay 63 years ago ... @sirlariato.bsky.social @sherifflonestar.bsky.social

Newspaper advert for a great night of wrestling in Brighton on 12 April 1963 #OnThisDay 64 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Relwyskow and Green show in Leeds on 10 April 1986 recorded for TV #OnThisDay 40 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Flyer for a Joe Coates promoted show in Kirkby-in-Ashfield on 7 April 1958 #OnThisDay 68 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

British wrestling legend Kendo Nagasaki has posted a video on YouTube distancing himself from a Farage-supporting UK promoter, and calling the Reform leader "a really hateful man" 👏

#OnThisDay in wrestling history 35 years ago... Dave 'Rocky' Taylor won the British Heavyweight Championship, defeating Dave Fit Finlay in Kings Lynn on 6 April 1991 Taylor would later join fellow Brit Lord Steven Regal in WCW as Squire David Taylor

Uploaded some new wrestling magazines to my ebay - 32 titles for sale in all from 1980s & 90s Grab yourself a bargain, and a little bit of wrestling history ... www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...

Flyer for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Colchester in 4 April 1967 #OnThisDay 59 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Uploaded some new wrestling magazines to my ebay - 32 titles for sale in all from 1980s & 90s Grab yourself a bargain, and a little bit of wrestling history ... www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...

Flyer for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Hastings on 2 April 1974 (Johnny Kwango pictured) #OnThisDay 52 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Poster and a photo from the 1994 British Bulldog UK tour in Worthing on 31 March 1994 #OnThisDay 32 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social Davey Boy Smith & Tony Stuart defeated Karl Krammer & Kamikaze in the main event

Flyer for a Joe Coates promoted show in Kirkby-in-Ashfield on 31 March 1962 #OnThisDay 64 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Blackburn on 31 March 1985 #OnThisDay 41 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Flyer for a Joe Coates promoted show in Kirkby-in-Ashfield on 30 March 1959 #OnThisDay 67 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Hammerlock Wrestling show in Ashford, Kent on 30 March 1996 #OnThisDay 30 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social @deanayass.bsky.social

Happy Birthday Tony St Clair 🎉 The former British Heavyweight Champion turns 78 today!

Poster for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Bedworth on 26 March 1982 #OnThisDay 44 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Flyer for a Joe Hopewell promoted show in Nottingham on 23 March 1923 #OnThisDay 103 years ago ... @sirlariato.bsky.social @sherifflonestar.bsky.social

RIP Dennis Condrey PWI readers named the Midnight Express Tag Team of the Year 40 years ago in 1986 @official.prowrestlingillustrated.com 1952-2026

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 21 March 1984 #OnThisDay 42 years ago... @sirlariato.bsky.social @sherifflonestar.bsky.social

Poster for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Ipswich on 20 March 1970 #OnThisDay 56 years ago ...

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Portsmouth on 17 March 1980 #OnThisDay 46 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Joe Coates Promotion show in Kirkby-in-Ashfield on 17 March 1962 #OnThisDay 64 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Happy Birthday Brody King 🎉 The AEW star turns 39 today! #FuckICE

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show in St Albans on 15 March 1985 #OnThisDay 41 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Swindon on 10 March 1984 #OnThisDay 42 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Poster for a Relwyskow and Green show in Hull on 9 March 1976 #OnThisDay 50 years ago ... Giant Haystacks tagging with Big Daddy in the main event @sirlariato.bsky.social @sherifflonestar.bsky.social

Flyer for an All-Star Promotions show in Croydon on 4 March 1986 #OnThisDay 40 years ago ... @sirlariato.bsky.social @sherifflonestar.bsky.social

Flyer for an All-Star Promotions show in Croydon on 3 March 1987 #OnThisDay 39 years ago ... This is the night Fuji Yamada (later Jushin Liger) defeated Mark Rocco for the World Heavy Middleweight title. And a young Regal on the bill too. @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Tunbridge Wells on 3 March 1975 #OnThisDay 51 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social

Programme for a Dale Martin Promotions show in Croydon on 2 March 1982 #OnThisDay 44 years ago ... @sherifflonestar.bsky.social @sirlariato.bsky.social