WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

 

If you have any information about any former star of British Wrestling and their whereabouts please email admin@britishwrestlingarchive.co.uk so we can update this page.

 

BIG DADDY – Died in 1997

 

GIANT HAYSTACKS – Died in 1998

 

KENDO NAGASAKI – Currently working on his long awaited autobiography.

 

JACKIE PALLO – Died in 2006

 

CATWEAZLE – Died in 1993

 

MARK ROCCO – Currently residing in Tenerife where he has business interests.

 

MARTY JONES – Publican in Greater Manchester.

 

STEVE LOGAN – Died in 2003

 

MICK McMANUS – Retired and living in South London.

 

PAT ROACH – Died in 2004.

 

DAVEY BOY SMITH AKA THE BRITISH BULLDOG AKA YOUNG DAVID -  Died in 2002.

 

THE DYNAMITE KID – Now wheelchair bound, has an autobiography called ‘Pure Dynamite’.

 

FIT FINLAY – Currently wrestling in the WWE.

 

DOC DEAN – Retired and living in the USA.

 

ROB BROOKSIDE – Still wrestling.

 

JUDO AL HAYES – Died in 2005.

 

ALAN DENNISON – Died in 1984.

 

WAYNE BRIDGES – Now running a pub in Kent.

 

LES KELLETT – Died in 2002.

 

MIKE MARINO – Died in 1981.

 

ADRIAN STREET – Now living in the USA and still occasionally wrestling.

 

STEVE GREY – Still occasionally wrestling.

 

GREG VALENTINE – Works for BT on Humberside.

 

BLACKBELT CHRIS ADAMS – Died in 2001.

 

KING KONG KIRK – Died in 1987 during a tag match with Big Daddy.

 

BILLY TORONTOS – Died in 1981.

 

DAVE TAYLOR – Currently in the USA training wrestlers for the WWE.

 

DREW McDONALD – Still wrestling.

 

BANGER WALSH – Has a security business in Leamington Spa and is busy on the after dinner speech circuit.

 

GEORGE KIDD – Died in 1998.

 

JIM BREAKS – Retired and living in the Canary Islands.

 

JOHNNY SAINT – Retired and living in Blackpool.

 

MAL SANDERS – Wrestled his farewell contest at Haywards Heath in March 2008.

 

JOHNNY KIDD – Still occasionally wrestling.

 

TONY ST.CLAIR – Now living in Germany and recovering from a stroke.

 

BLONDIE BARRATT – Still occasionally wrestling.

 

BRIAN MAXINE – Still occasionally wrestling.

 

JOHNNY CZESLAW – Retired and living in Bristol having gone blind.

 

BILLY LA RUE – Retired and living in Kent, now a great granddad.

 

REX LANE – Now working for his local council as a care for your area officer.

 

VIC FAULKNER – Living in Bolton and working for Thwaites Brewery as a rep.

 

RAY ‘THUNDER’ GLENDENNING – Died in 2007.

 

JACK DEMPSEY – Died in 2007.

 

JOHNNY KINCAID – Released his autobiography this year.

 

ROY PARKES AKA MR.BIG – Died in 2007.

 

MICK SHANNON – Now living in Deal, Kent and working as a locksmith.

 

‘TIGER’ JIMMY RYAN – Died in 1998 after a short illness.

 

ROBBIE HAGEN – Living in the Bournemouth area.

 

HANS STREIGER – Died in 2002.

 

JACKIE ROBINSON – Retired and living in Stockport.

 

KEITH MARTINELLI – Retired and living in Bolton.

 

KLONDYKE KATE – Still wrestling, but recently announced her retirement from the ring.

 

DROPKICK JOHNNY PETERS – Retired and living in the Brighton area.

 

BOB FRANCINI – Retired and living in Mid Wales

 

BOB WALSH – Died in 2008