Britain’s longest established wrestling organisation celebrated 40 years of high profile action around the country in 2010. Since then many stars and stars to be have competed in the All Star Wrestling ring.

In the early years, progress was steady with the first international stars attracted including John Gildon and Chief Billy White Cloud plus European Ladies stars Lena Magnanni and Lola Garcia. Later, top names like Mark ‘Rollerball’ Rocco, Tony St Clair, Wayne Bridges, Giant Haystacks, Marty Jones, Johnny Saint, Mitzi Mueller, Kendo Nagasaki and future WWE superstar Steven Regal began appearing.

After the fall of TV wrestling in the UK in 1988 All Star moved with the times, bringing in stars from North America and Japan, whilst encouraging top home talent and developing a whole generation of new younger stars. All Star had become a popular stopping off point for American globetrotters down the years after ‘Mighty’ John Quinn & ‘Gorgeous’ Terry Garvin blazed the trail.

Since then WWF/WWE names to appear for All Star include Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts, ‘Earthquake’ John Tenta, Yokozuna, Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart, The Bushwackers and Greg Valentine amongst others.

In more recent days stars such as Gangrel, Big Vito, Tatanka and Ricky Steamboat junior have graced the All Star ring.

Many talents who developed their in ring skills at All Star have gone on to greater thing with the WWE including:

• Steven ‘William’ Regal
• Dave ‘Fit’ Finlay
• ‘The Squire’ Dave Taylor
• Ireland’s first WWE Champion Sheamus O’Shaunessey
• Steve Sonic, formerly DJ Gabriel
• Scotland’s Drew Galloway, who now competes under the name Drew McIntyre
• Paul Birchill
• Stu Sanders, now under the alias Wade Barrett
• Barri Griffiths, now known as Mason Ryan

There is no doubt that more of All Stars talent will go on to bigger things so watch this space!