The British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship was one of the first Heavyweight professional wrestling championships in the United Kingdom and Australia[1][2]
| British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
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The championship was recognised and defended on matches screened by UK national television network ITV as part of the professional wrestling slot on World of Sport as well as standalone broadcasts.[3] Pre-publicity for these championship match broadcasts was given in ITV's nationally published listings magazine TVTimes[4] The retirement of final champion Count Bartelli in 1986 received coverage from sources such as ITN.[5]
Title history
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References
edit- ^ "British Empire Heavyweight Title".
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Title". Wrestlingdata.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Count Bartelli successful defence of Commonwealth Heavyweight title against Pete Roberts in Solihull 10 February 1976". World Of Sport – Wrestling. ITV. 10 March 1976.
- ^ "Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship: Count Bartelli v Pete Roberts". Saturday 10 March – Friday 16 March 1976 – Saturday listings page. TVTimes. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Image collections | Getty Images UK".