British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PromotionJoint Promotions
British Wrestling Federation
All Star Wrestling
British Wrestling Federation
All Star Wrestling
First champion(s)Scotty McDougall
First champion(s)Scotty McDougall
Final champion(s)Count Bartelli
| British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||
| Promotion | Joint Promotions British Wrestling Federation All Star Wrestling | ||||||
| |||||||
The British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship was one of the first Heavyweight professional wrestling championships in the United Kingdom and Australia[1][2]
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]
