British Heavy Middleweight Championship
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The British Heavy Middleweight Championship was a top British wrestling
championship
found throughout the country's circuit. The title's history dates back to its foundation by Joint Promotions in 1953 and runs to around 2004. Officially heavy middleweights were required to weight between and .
. The title remained active until the mid 1990s.
Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
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championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
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found throughout the country's circuit. The title's history dates back to its foundation by Joint Promotions in 1953 and runs to around 2004. Officially heavy middleweights were required to weight between and .
Title history
The title was founded in 1953 and remained in Joint Promotions until the mid 1980s when it was taken over by All Star WrestlingAll Star Wrestling
All Star Wrestling is a British Professional wrestling promotion also known as All Star Promotions, Superslam Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling and originally known as Wrestling Enterprises , run by Brian Dixon and based in Liverpool, England...
. The title remained active until the mid 1990s.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
| Eric Taylor | 1 | 1953 | Vacated the title in 1966 when he left Joint Promotions. | |
| Bert Royal | 1 | before 4 May 1966 | ||
| Bert Royal | 2 | 16 January 1968 | Blackburn | Defeated Peter Preston, having lost the title at some point before this date |
| Jackie Pallo Jackie Pallo Jackie "Mr TV" Pallo was an English professional wrestler, a star of British televised wrestling in its 1960s and 1970s heyday, when the sport had a regular 40-minute slot before the Saturday afternoon football results on ITV.Even before the publication of his 1985 autobiography "You... |
1 | 21 April 1969 | Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... |
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| Bert Royal | 3 | before May 1969 | ||
| Steve Logan | 1 | 29 August 1975 | Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
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| Bert Royal | 4 | 11 November 1975 | Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
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| Mark Rocco Mark Rocco Mark Hussey is a retired English professional wrestler who competed for All-Star Wrestling as Mark "Rollerball" Rocco and as the original masked Black Tiger in New Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1970s and 80s... |
1 | 11 June 1977 | Manchester | |
| Marty Jones Marty Jones Marty Jones is a retired English professional wrestler best known for his work in All Star Promotions throughout the 1980s and 90s. Jones was also responsible for training Darren Matthews. Jones was trained by Billy Robinson.... |
1 | 13 September 1978 | Woking Woking Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station.... |
Jones, already the holder of the British Light Heavyweight Championship British Light Heavyweight Championship The British Light Heavyweight Championship was a top British wrestling championship found throughout the country's circuit. The title's broken history dates back to the 1920s and it was last claimed actively in 2004.-Title history:... , vacates the title immediately. |
| Mark Rocco | 2 | 6 December 1978 | Blackburn | Wins tournament final against Chris Adams. Vacates title in August 1981 after winning the world title. |
| Alan Kilby Alan Kilby Alan Kilby is a professional wrestler from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He was born in the 1940s and made his debut in the 1960s then went on to hold many British championships especially in the Mid-Heavyweight and Light-Heavyweight classes... |
1 | 7 October 1981 | Preston | Wins a tournament for the belt, defeating King Ben in the final |
| Dave Finlay Dave Finlay David John "Fit" Finlay Jr. is a Northern Irish professional wrestler and road agent. He is perhaps best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and WWE as an active wrestler and later as a road agent... |
1 | 9 June 1982 | Bath | |
| Alan Kilby | 2 | before August 1982 | ||
| Dave Finlay | 2 | 14 September 1982 | Croydon Croydon Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross... |
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| Alan Kilby | 3 | 10 November 1982 | London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
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| Dave Finlay | 3 | 15 November 1982 | Bradford Bradford Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897... |
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| Alan Kilby | 4 | November 1982 | ||
| Dave Finlay | 4 | 21 December 1982 | Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region... |
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| Alan Kilby | 5 | January 1983 | ||
| Chic Cullen | 1 | 21 March 1983 | London | |
| Dave Finlay | 6 | before 29 September 1984 | Legacy from Cullen uncertain | |
| Chic Cullen | 2 | before 1985 | Legacy from Finlay uncertain | |
| Rocky Moran | 1 | 7 January 1986 | Croydon | |
| Kung Fu (Ed Hamill) | 1 | 3 March 1986 | Bradford | |
| Chic Cullen | 3 | before May 1987 | ||
| Dave Finlay | 6 | 17 September 1987 | Bradford | |
| Danny Boy Collins | 1 | 4 July 1989 | Croydon | |
| Richie Brooks | 1 | 29 May 1990 | Croydon | |
| Danny Boy Collins | 2 | 4 September 1990 | Croydon | Last known title claimant |