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Picking one from any era divides loyalties and makes this very hard to do. From my main era, the 1970's, we have the rise of Nagasaki, Marty Jones, Marc Rocco, the Dynamite Kid, Jim Breaks,the decline of McManus and Logan, Les Kellet, the TV appearances of Daddy and Haystacks........anyway, here goes...
1950's - BERT ASSIRATI - AMONGST THE BEST IN THE WORLD IN HIS DAY, WENT OVER TO THE USA AND BEAT JUST ABOUT EVERY BIG NAME AT THE TIME.
1960's - MICK MCMANUS - ONE OF THE FIRST CELEBRITYS AND THE MOST WELL KNOWN NAME IN THE SPORT AT THIS TIME, EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY KNEW WHO HE WAS.
1970's - TOO MANY TO MENTION, BUT I GUESS KENDO NAGASAKI WOULD BE MY CHOICE.
1980's - ROCCO - POSSIBLY THE GREATEST TALENT WE HAVE EVER PRODUCED ALONGSIDE DYNAMITE KID.
1990's - REGAL - KEEPING UP THE TRADITION.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. FOR HIS SERVICES TO WRESTLING, FOR BEING A BRITISH, EUROPEAN AND VARIOUS USA _title_S CHAMPION, FOR WRESTLING IN EVERY DECADE SINCE THE 1950'S, FOR CREATING A MUCH COPIED CHARACTER AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS YEAR, FOR WRESTLING IN A LEGENDS REUNION MATCH, FOR BEATING CANCER AND THEN PROPOSING MARRIAGE TO THE WOMAN HE LOVES, THE ONE AND ONLY "EXOTIC" ADRIAN STREET.
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