Championships

This is an extremely simplified version of title histories recognised in Britain. It only covers the ITV years of 1955-1988. Please do not contact us with any corrections for this page: instead, please visit the far more detailed listings at http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/

Title wins listed in bold aired on television.

Heavyweight

Mid-Heavyweight

Light-Heavyweight

Heavy-Middleweight

Middleweight

Welterweight

Lightweight

World Heavyweight

• Spiros Arion, 1979
• Wayne Bridges, 19/12/79, London
• John Quinn, 21/4/80, London (Aired 10/5/80)
• Tony St. Clair, 8/5/82, Hanley
• John Quinn, 13/2/84, Slough
• Tony St. Clair
• John Quinn, 4/04,
• Wayne Bridges, 20/5/85, Slough
• Vacant, 1986
• John Quinn, 12/4/86, Hanley (Defeats Tony St. Clair in tournament final.)
• Wayne Bridges, 9/9/86
• Kendo Nagasaki, 17/9/87, Bradford (Aired 21/11/87)
• Wayne Bridges, 27/3/88, Cheltenham

European Heavyweight

• Yvar Martinson
• Shirley Crabtree, 1960, Leicester
• Milo Popocolis
• Shirley Crabtree, 1961
• ?
• Jim Olivera, 1961
• Billy Joyce, 1961
• Bill Robinson, 12/6/65, Manchester
• Vacant, 1970 (Robinson leaves for North America.)
• ?
• Horst Hoffman, 7/71, Koln, West Germany
• Albert Wall, 4/2/74
• ?
• Hans Streiger, 1978, Stuttgart, West Germany
• Pete Curry, 24/3/78
• Wild Angus, 30/6/78, Liverpool
• Vacant, 1978 (Angus stripped of title)
• Hans Streiger, 1978
• Steve Veidor, 15/9/78, Liverpool
• Hans Streiger, 1979
• ?
• Johnny Kincaid, 1980, Hamburg, West Germany
• ?
• Wayne Bridges
• Kwick-Kick Lee (Akira Maeda), 25/1/83, London

British Heavyweight

• Bert Assirati, 19/10/55
• Vacant, 1958 (Assirati stripped) 
• Billy Joyce, 15/4/58, London (beat Gordon Nelson for vacant title)
• Ernie Baldwin, 11/59, Glasgow
• Billy Joyce, 12/59
• Dennis Mitchell, 12/59   
• Billy Joyce, 15/7/60, Bradford
• Geoff Portz, 9/3/64, Bradford
• Billy Joyce, 26/9/64, Middlesborough
• Albert Wall, 20/2/66, Nottingham
• Gwynn Davies, 17/2/66, Nottingham
• Billy Joyce, 17/3/66, Nottingham
• Ian Campbell, 4/5/66, Perth
• Billy Joyce, 28/6/66, Edinburgh
• Billy Robinson, 18/1/67, Manchester
• Vacant, 02/70, (Robinson leaves for North America)
• Albert Wall, 13/4/70, Nottingham (beat Steve Veidor for vacant title)
• Gwynn Davies, 18/1/71, Loughborough
• Albert Wall, 8/5/71, Manchester
• Vacant, 1974 (Wall retires temporarily)
• Gwynn Davies, 15/2/75, Manchester (beat Tibor Szakacs in tournament final)
• Tony St. Clair, 28/5/77, Manchester
• Giant Haystacks, 23/11/78,  London
• Tony St. Clair, 25/4/79, London
• (Title splits in 1982 when St Clair moves to All Star Wrestling)
• Pat Roach, 1985 (Joint Promotions version, wins tournament)
• Ray Steele, 1985 (Joint Promotions version)
• Pat Roach, 18/3/86, Dorking (Aired 26/4/86)
• Vacant (Roach left Joint Promotions)
• Dalibar Singh, 2/10/86 (Joint Promotions version), Croydon (Aired 8/11/86)
• Kendo Nagasaki, 1988 (All Star Promotions version)
• Tony St Clair, 1988 (All Star Promotions version)

World Mid-Heavyweight

• Mike DeMitre
• Mike Marino, 1957, Aberdeen
• Vic Hesselle, 1958, Bolton
• Norman Walsh, 1958, Middlesbough
• Mike Marino, 1960, Newcastle
• Norman Walsh, 1961, Middlesbough
• Mike Marino, 1961
• Al Hayes (Lord Alfred Hayes), 1964, London
• Mike Marino
• Vacant, 6/81 (Marino dies)
• Marty Jones,  8/11/82, Bedford (Beat Bobby Gaetano for vacant title) (Aired 27/11/82)
• Dave Finlay, 10/5/83, Croydon
• Marty Jones, 7/6/83, Croydon
• Dave Finlay, 2/11/83, Leeds (Aired 12/11/83)
• Marty Jones, 29/5/84, Dartford
• Dave Finlay, 8/6/84, Carlisle
• Marty Jones     
• Dave Finlay      
• Marty Jones, 13/11/84, Dartford (Aired 1/12/84)
• Pete Roberts, 18/12/84, Croydon
• Marty Jones     
• Bull Blitzer (Steve Wright), 23/4/86, Walkden (Aired 31/5/86)
• Vacant, 1986 (Blitzer did not defend title)
• Marty Jones, 5/3/87, Bradford (Beat Owen Hart for vacant title) (Aired 25/4/87)

European Mid-Heavyweight

• Norman Walsh
• Vacant, 1962 (Stripped for not defending title abroad)
• Bill Howes, 5/5/62, London (beat Jacques Lageat for vacant title) (Aired live)
• Mike Marino (claimed title by 69, relinquished claim, reclaimed title when Howes retires)
• Vacant, 8/81 (Marino dies)

British Mid-Heavyweight

• Norman Walsh
• Arthur Riccaldo, 1/7/63
• Norman Walsh, 8/63, Middlesborough
• Johnny Allen, 12/64, Middlesborough
• Norman Walsh, 1965, Newcastle
• Vacant, 1965 (Walsh retires)
• Geoff Portz, 5/66, Newcastle
• Vacant, 1966 (Portz injured)
• Mike Marino, 12/66, Sheffield
• Vacant, 8/81 (Marino dies)

World Light-Heavyweight

• Black Butcher Johnson
• Norman Wash, 2/56
• Vacant, 1959 (title inactive) 
• Marty Jones, 17/2/83, Leeds (beat Skull Murphy for title)
• Vacant, 12/84 (Jones won Mid-Heavyweight title)

European Light-Heavyweight

Not active in Britain

British Light-Heavyweight

• Ernie Riley, 1955 (beat Steve Logan)
• Billy Joyce, 1957
• Ernie Riley
• Roy St. Clair, 1960, Nottingham
• Ernie Riley
• Vacant, 12/69 (Riley retires)
• Billy Joyce, 27/3/71, Blackburn (Beat Tony Charles for vacant title)
• Vacant, 1976 (Joyce retired)
• Marty Jones, 12/10/76, Wolverhampton (Beat Mark Rocco for vacant title) (aired 23/10/76)
• Vacant, 1982 (Jones won World Mid-Heavyweight title)
• David Finlay, 24/2/83, Oldham (Beat Ringo Rigby in tournament final) (Aired 12/3/83)
• Marty Jones, 26/11/83, Manchester
• David Finlay,
• Marty Jones, 8/2/84, Leamington
• Vacant, 1984 (Jones won World Mid-Heavyweight title.)
• Alan Kilby, 16/1/85, Walsall (Beat Steve Logan for vacant title)
• King Ben, 25/3/88, Keighley
• Alan Kilby 1988

World Heavy-Middleweight

• Mark Rocco, 26/8/81, Southport (beat Joel deFremery for vacant title) (Aired 29/8/81)
• Chic Cullen, 30/10/85, Leicester
• Mark Rocco, 4/11/85, Bradford
• Fuji Yamada, 26/9/86
• Marc Rocco
• Fuji Yamada, 3/3/87, Croydon
• Mark Rocco, 28/4/87, Catford (Aired 13/6/87)

European Heavy-Middleweight

• Tommy Mann
• Rene Ben Chemoul
• Tommy
• Vacant, 1963 (Mann retired after an injury)
• Bert Royal, 30/11/63, Manchester (Beat Armand Zarparanian for vacant title)
• Rene Ben Chemoul
• ?
• Jean Coorn
• ?
• Vasilios Mantopoulos, 1969
• Walter Bordes, 1970
• Vacant, 1973
• Luc Bejar, 10/11/73, Barcelona, Spain (Beat Halcon Peruan for vacant title)
• Vacant
• Adrian Street, 1976
• Vacant.
• Jon Cortez, 19/5/78, Liverpool (Beat Johnny Palance for vacant title)
• Vacant
• Ian Gilmour, 29/3/79, Southampton (Beat Adrian Street for vacant title)
• Vacant, 1979.
• Adrian Street, 27/4/79, Liverpool (Beat Johnny Palance for vacant title)
• John Cortez
• Keith Hayward, 13/11/82, Sun City, South Africa

British Heavy-Middleweight

• Eric Taylor
• Vacant, 1966 (Taylor left Joint Promotions)
• Bert Royal, 16/1/68, Blackburn (Beat Peter Preston for vacant title)
• Jackie Pallo, 21/4/69, Nottingham
• Bert Royal
• Steve Logan, 29/8/75, Liverpool
• Bert Royal, 11/11/75, Manchester
• Mark Rocco, 11/6/77, Manchester
• Marty Jones, 13/9/78, Woking (Aired 23/9/78)
• Vacant, 13/9/78 (Jones already held Light-Heavyweight title)
• Mark Rocco, 6/12/78, Blackburn (Beat Chris Adams in tournament final) (Aired 16/12/78)
• Vacant, 8/81 (Rocco won World Mid-Heavyweight title)
• Alan Kilby, 7/10/81, Preston (Beat King Ben in tournament final) (Aired 31/10/81)
• David Finlay, 9/8/2, Bath
• Alan Kilby
• David Finlay, 14/9/82, Croydon
• Alan Kilby, 10/11/82, London
• David Finlay, 15/11/85, Bradford
• Alan Kilby, 11/82
• David Finlay, 21/12/82, Wolverhampton
• Alan Kilby, 1/83
• Chic Cullen, 21/3/84, London
• David Finlay, 29/9/84
• Chic Cullen, 1985
• Rocky Moran, 7/1/86, Croydon
• Kung Fu, 3/3/86, Bradford
• Chic Cullen
• David Finlay, 17/9/87, Bradford (Aired 31/10/87)

World Middleweight

Not active in Britain.

European Middleweight

• Tommy Mann, 1960
• Rene Ben Chemoul, 1962
• George Kidd, 28/1/63, Leeds
• Rene Ben Chemoul
• Chick Purvey, 14/12/73, Manchester
• Bobby Steele, 30/5/64, Manchester
• Tommy Mann, 1964
• Vacant, 1965 (Mann injured)
• Jose Rodriguez Questra , 1966
• Vic Faulkner, 28/11/66, Nottingham
• Mick McManus,
• Vic Faulkner, 23/9/68
• Mick McManus, 26/4/71, Nottingham
• Mal Sanders, 8/2/78, Huddersfield (Aired 9/8/78)
• Mick McManus, 21/4/78
• Mal Sanders, 2/8/78, Huddersfield
• Mick McManus, 4/11/78
• Mal Sanders, 27/6/79
• Keith Haward, 29/4/81, Walthamstow
• Clive Myers
• Keith Haward, 15/7/83
• Mal Sanders, 17/1/84, Croydon
• Clive Myers, 24/4/84, Croydon
• Mal Sanders, 2/86
• Keith Haward, 29/4/86, Guildford
• Clive Myers

British Middleweight

• Les Stent, 1954
• Guido Ronga, 1956
• Tommy Mann, 1956
• Harry Fields, 1958
• Bobby Steele, 1958
• Harry Fields, 1958
• Alan Colbeck, 1961
• Tommy Mann, 5/61, Leeds
• Chic Purvey
• Tommy Mann
• Chic Purvey
• Tommy Mann
• Chic Purvey
• Tommy Mann
• Bobby Steele
• Tommy Mann
• Bert Royal, 26/10/63, Manchester
• Tommy Mann, 1963
• Vacant, 1963 (Mann injured)
• Bert Royal, 26/10/66, Sheffield (Beat Peter Preston for vacant title)
• Clayton Thomson, 28/11/66, Nottingham
• Mick McManus, 13/11/67, London
• Clayton Thomson, 24/1/68, London
• Brian Maxine, 1/6/71, Croydon

World Welterweight

• Jim Lewis
• Ischa Israel
• Jack Dempsey, 1956, Leeds
• Ischa Israel
• Jim Lewis
• ?
• Jim Lewis
• Jack Taylor
• Steve Clements, 1/70, Mexico City (Beat Karloff Lagarde to claim title)

European Welterweight

• Alan Colbeck (Beat Les Stent in tournament final)
• Jack Dempsey,  25/10/58, Newcastle
• Alan Colbeck
• Jack Dempsey, 1959
• Alan Colbeck, 1960, Bradford
• Jack Dempsey
• Alan Colbeck, 6/61, Bradford
• Jack Dempsey
• Alan Colbeck, 24/6/64, Bradford
• Vacant, 1976 (Colbeck retired)
• ?
• Jack Taylor, 1976
• ?
• Jean Come
• Dynamite Kid, 22/3/78, Leicester
• Vacant, 27/4/78 (Kid left country)
• ?
• Jorg Chenok
• Danny Collins, 23/4/85, Watford (Aired 18/5/85)

British Welterweight

• Jack Dempsey, 1953
• Mick McManus, 5/1/57, London
• Jack Dempsey, 23/4/58, London
• Vacant, 10/66 (Dempsey temporarily retired)
• Alan Sargeant, 26/11/66, Hemel Hempstead (Beat Alan Wood in tournament final) (Broadcast live)
• Jim Breaks, 6/11/67, Leeds
• Alan Sargeant
• Brian Maxine, 30/9/69, Croydon
• Vacant, 6/71 (Maxine wins Middleweight title)
• Vic Faulkner, 20/7/71, Croydon (Beat Adrian Street for vacant title)
• Jim Breaks, 31/6/76, Bradford
• Vic Faulkner, 28/8/76, Manchester
• Jim Breaks, 9/3/77, Buxton (Aired 19/3/77)
• Vic Faulkner, 5/7/77, Leicester (Title immediately held up due to interference by Bert Royal) (Aired 16/7/77)
• Jim Breaks, 30/11/77, London (wins rematch) (Aired 6/12/77)
• Dynamite Kid, 25/1/78, Preston (Aired 4/2/78)
• Vacant, 1979  (Kid left country.
• Jim Breaks, 27/6/79, London (Beat Steve Grey in 8-man tournament final)
• Alan Dennison, 11/6/80, London
• Jim Breaks, 29/3/83, Croydon
• Steve Grey, 25/5/82, Croydon
• Alan Dennison, 21/6/82, Croydon
• Jim Breaks, 29/3/83, Croydon
• Alan Dennison
• Jim Breaks, 9/12/83, Barnsley
• Danny Collins, 21/3/84, Croydon
• Steve Grey, 21/6/84, Malvern (Aired 22/9/84)
• Danny Collins, 22/6/84, Bath
• Steve Grey, 21/8/84, Malvern
• Danny Collins, 1/11/84, Manchester (Aired 17/11/84)
• Sid Cooper, 23/5/85, Bristol
• Danny Collins

World Lightweight

• George Kidd
• Vacant, 1976 (Kidd retired)
• Johnny Saint, 3/11/76, Bolton (Beat Jim Breaks for vacant title) (Aired 13/11/76)
• Steve Grey, 1979            
• Johnny Saint, 25/11/79, St. Neots
• Jackie Robinson, 18/1/84, Bath
• Johnny Saint, 19/1/84, Hastings
• Jim Breaks, 5/11/85, Croydon
• Johnny Saint
• Jon Cortez, 23/10/85
• Johnny Saint
• Jim Breaks, 5/11/85, Croydon
• Johnny Saint, 12/85
• Jon Cortez, 13/3/86, Bristol
• Johnny Saint, 14/4/86, London
• Jon Cortez, 4/86, Bristol
• Johnny Saint, 5/6/86, Bristol
• Mike Jordan, 1/9/87, Croydon
• Johnny Saint, 24/5/88, Wolverhampton

European Lightweight

• Julien Morice, 4/56, Toulouse, France
• Jean Rabut
• Julien Morice
• ?
• Johnny Williams, 1964, Malta (Beat Zoltan Szabo to claim title)
• ?
• Julien Morice
• Vacant, 1967 (Morice called into military service)
• ?
• Modesto Aledo 1967
• Jim Breaks, 9/3/67, Bradford
• Vacant, 1967
• Jim Breaks, 29/5/67, Bradford (Beat Mike Bennett in tournament final)
• Bill Ross, 27/3/70, Stirling
• Jim Breaks
• Bill Ross, 11/9/72, Nottingham
• Jim Breaks, 20/11/72, Nottingham
• Bill Ross, 19/4/74, Stirling
• Jim Breaks, 4/74
• Bobby Ryan, 9/75, Wolverhampton (Aired 6/9/75)
• Jim Breaks, 24/1/77, Bradford
• Bobby Ryan, 1977
• Jim Breaks, 11/10/77, Wolverhampton
• Johnny Saint
• Jon Cortez, 18/3/81, London
• Jackie Robinson
• Johnny Saint
• Mike Jordan
• Jackie Robinson
• Mike Jordan, 3/84
• Jackie Robinson, 8/3/84, Woolwich
• Jim Breaks, 18/2/85, Bradford
• Jon Cortez
• Jim Breaks
• Jon Cortez
• Jim Breaks
• Jon Cortez, 25/2/87, Bath
• Peter Bainbridge, 9/3/87, Cheltenham
• Jim Breaks, 3/87
• Peter Bainbridge
• Jim Breaks, 4/87
• Peter Bainbridge, 10/3/88, Bristol
• Jim Breaks, 4/4/88, Bath
• Steve Grey, 3/10/88, Tunbridge Wells
• Jim Breaks

British Lightweight

• Melwyn Riss
• Jim Breaks, 16/10/63, London
• Alan Miquet, 15/2/67, London
• Jim Breaks, 17/12/68, Leeds
• Zoltan Boscik, 18/6/69, Sheffield
• Jon Cortez, 6/70
• Zoltan Boscik, 7/70
• Johnny Saint, 12/5/71, Sheffield
• Jim Breaks, 21/8/71, Manchester
• Jon Cortez, 26/1/72, London
• Jim Breaks, 1972
• Bobby Ryan, 18/5/74, Hanley
• Jim Breaks, 15/6/74, Hanley
• Alan Miquet, 1974
• Jim Breaks, 25/2/75
• Bobby Ryan
• Jim Breaks, 1/76/01, Wolverhampton
• Dynamite Kid, 23/4/77, Manchester
• Vacant, 1978 (Kid wins welterweight title on 25/1/78)
• Steve Grey, 5/4/78, Blackburn (Beat Bobby Ryan in tournament final) (Aired 8/4/78)
• Jim Breaks, 27/6/79, London
• Steve Grey
• Jim Breaks, 6/4/82, Wolverhampton (Aired 10/4/82)
• Steve Grey, 25/5/82, Croydon
• Jim Breaks, 21/4/83, Colne (Aired 7/5/83)
• Steve Grey, 4/5/83, Bradford (Aired 28/5/83)
• Jim Breaks, 22/3/84, Peterborough
• Steve Grey,
• Kid McCoy, 7/5/87, Ardwick-le-Street (Aired 27/6/87)