Joint Promotions

Joint Promotions (1952-1988)

After pro-wrestling had fallen out of public favor, there were attempts to reorganize and regulate the "sport." A group of promoters banded together to form "Joint Promotions," a British version of the NWA. Like the NWA, they were able survive the hard times by sticking together, starve out any competition, blackball any troublemakers and control the prestigious championships. When television became popular, they made sure to secure the only TV deals doled out and it spelled huge financial success for the promoters. They had an iron grip over the industry spare a few independents for over thirty years. As the promoters aged and left, Joint Promotions' power structure began to crumble. Promoter Max Crabtree took over and helped British wrestling to another boom period with his brother Big Daddy as the massive star that people loved to see. This formula worked for a surprising number of years before it began to slowly kill Joint Promotions. It allowed for indy promoter Brian Dixon to gain some footing and he began luring away the best talent that did not leave out of frustration with the glass ceiling. Although pro-wrestling was still had a large viewing audience, ITV's Greg Tyke decided to cancel "World of Sport" and he began shuffling things around before British pro-wrestling was effectively taken off television. It was the deathblow to the weakened Joint Promotions and seriously harmed Joint's competitors as well.

"Black Belt" Chris Adams

Bobby Barnes

Robby Baron

Count Bartelli

Steve Best

Big Daddy

Bull Blitzer (Steven Wright)

Dave "Butcher" Bond

Zoltan Boscik

Jim Breaks

Wayne Bridges

Ian Campbell