The Wrestling St11rs of T.V. - only in JANUARY, 1967 GPEt'/Al FEATUil$ JOHNNY KWANGO SPENCER CHURCHILL RINGSIDE GOSSIP RINGSIDE CANADA CHARLES ATLAS, World's No. 1 Body-Builder, says: Let Me SHOW How I Can Make You a Real HE-MAN from Head to Toe- in Just 15 Minutes a Day ! Take a good honest look at yourself! Are you proud of your body-or are you satisfied to go through life being just "half the man'' you could be'! No matter how ashamed you are of your present physical condition-or how old or young you are-the ..sleeping ''muscles already present in your body can turn you into a real HE-MAN! Believe me. I know­ because I was once a skinny, scrawny 7-stone half-alive weakling! People used to laugh at my build and make fun of me. I was ashamed to strip for sports or the beach ..• shy of girls •• . afraiJ of healthy competition. HOW I CHANGED FROM A " MOUSE" TO A MAN! One day. 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I OFFICIAL MONTHLY OF THE EUROPEAN WRESTLING ALLIANCE Regular Contributors Charles Mascall Russell Plummer Bob Leonard John Rackham Ken Osbom Page Tony Flood Johnny Kwango 4 and 5 Eddie Caldwell Let's Talk Wrestling 6 and 7 Terry Nylands Bob Andrews 8 Triumphant Return for Chic Purvey 9 Dave Pirie Spencer Churchill 10 and 11 Mike Glover Northern Ring Gossip 12 and 13 John Gledhill The Les Kellett Story, Part 2 14 to 16 One Gain, One Loss for the Faulkners 17 Action on the Mat ... 18 and 19 Ringside Canada 20 and 21 1966 and All That 22 Wrestling Quiz 24 Ivan Penzekoff, the Rugged Action Star 25 DESIGNED, PRINTED and Lee Sharron 26 PUBLISHED By Round the Amateur World "THE WRESTLER" LTD., 28 CAXTON HOUSE, Jack Rowlands 29 SHOREHAM-BY-SEA , Fan Club Favourite, Eddie Swan 30 SUSSEX. 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John Rackham looks at I'm always delighted to find that Johnny Kwango, the West African Champion, is featured in a programme of wrestling, for I know that I will undoubtedly enjoy a polished ring performance JOHNNY leavened with a little humour of the type unlikely to displease even the most vehement textbook purist. KWANGO The truth is that the natural sense of fun which is part and parcel of the irrepressible Kwango just won't remain quiescent for the whole of a bout, and a smile is sure to appear on his face during a part of the action as he sees the funny side of some ring incident. Outside of the ring, the humour bubbles forth in full torrent, and the impression JS of a man who bel:eves that a joke and a smile is very necessary to this drab world. Naturally, the humour ,,f Johnny Kwango is inclined to wear a little thin when he finds himself in opposition to one of those ring tyrants who believes that the illicit punch, chop or prod is the easiest ladder to wrestling success. S~1ch an opponent may find himself lined up for "the treatment", which could mean that Kwango's humour may turn a little macabre, with the opponent suffering m­ dignity as well as punishment for deviating so recklessly from the wrestling textbook! It is not really surprising to find Johnny Kwango the mat star he is today. After all, his elder brother "Black Butcher" Johnson is remem­ bered as being one of the premier wrestlers of the thirties, while even his mother spent a spell as a wrestler and strong woman with a travelling circus! Johnny Kwango was first billed professionally as "Bully" Johnson, brother of the famous "Black Butcher". But he decided that he wished only to progress in the sport of his choice by individual effort and not with the aid of any reflected glory that went wit,h bearing the same surname as his [Photo: Geo. Reid] brother. He decided to change his name to Kwango - a name suggested by promoter Les Martin. Page 4 We nearly lost Johnny Kwango to the boxing as is wrestling from cricket- but also helped form fraternity in those early days before he turned to and direct it. The Ballets Negre company toured professional wrestling, for he was a skilled amateur Britain and the Continent before being eventually exponent of the fistic sport. He received several disbanded. offers from managers who had seen him in gym workouts. Fortunately for wrestling fans , his heart As if the talents mentioned already aren't was already committed to the mat sport. enough, it should be pointed out that Johnny Kwango is a versatile instrumentalist. Starting off in Another field where temptation knocked was in hi s early 'teens as the first violinist in his school the world of the theatre. Indeed, Johnny Kwango orchestra, he graduated over the months and years succumbed to this temptation for some time before to several other instruments. For a time, he even the call of the wrestling ring became too strong played the drums in a night club. to resist. More talents ? Put Johnny Kwango with a A skilled dancer, he appeared in an eccentric radio or television set that refuses to work, or with dancing act at such famous theatres as the Holborn a temperamental car engine, and leave him alone Empire and the Old Collin's Music Hall. For seven for a while with the appropriate tools, and the months at the Garrick Theatre, London, he acted results are likely to be most satisfactory! in a play where the late C. Aubrey Smith took the leading part.