Shows between January and March did not always have match listings in the TV Times. After the summer break, each week's listing of wrestling in the TV Times included the words "By arrangement with Joint Promotions".
All shows are on Saturday unless stated. Between 31/12/60 and 25/3/61 there were two broadcasts (of completely different events) on Saturday: an afternoon show airing in London and the South and an evening show airing in the Midlands and North. (For some evening shows we have the full live event results listed. It's unknown which matches aired, but it's likely to have been only one or two given the timeslot.)
Several shows in 1961 had Peter Cockburn as commentator rather than regular host Kent Walton. We have noted these dates. All other dates either had Walton, or no commentator was listed.
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7/1/61, Wembley, 3.31-4.50
Kurt Stein v Digger Powell
Eric Taylor v Dennis Dean
Bud Cody v Charles Fisher
Commentator Peter Cockburn
7/1/61, Preston, 7-7.30
Johnny Allan v Jose Arroyo
Eric Cutler v Sid Cooper
Josef Ski v Cliff Beaumont
Jack Beaumont v Maurice Whitfield
14/1/61, Kingston Upon Thames, 3.30-4.50
Gaucho Patino v Steve Logan
Alan Dennis v Jackie Pallo
Bernard Murray v Al Nicol
Commentator Peter Cockburn
14/1/61, Blackburn, 7-7.30
21/1/61, Lime Grove 3.30-4.50
Felix Lamban v Eric Taylor
Tony Mancelli v Iska Kahn
Al Nicol v Chic Osmond
Commentator Peter Cockburn
21/1/61, Bulwell, Near Nottingham, 7-7.30
28/1/61, Wembley Town Hall, 3.33-4.50
Mike Marino v Texas Bud Cody
Tony Charles v Inca Peruano
Johnny Czeslaw v Denis Dean
Commentator Peter Cockburn
28/1/61, Sheffield, 7-7.39
Ian Campbell 2-1 Kiwi Kingston
Bob McDonald 2-1 Les Kellett
Chic Purvey 2-1 Alan Dennison
El Mansour 2-1 Bobby Graham
4/2/61, Seymour Hall, 3.30-4.50
Billy Robinson v Kiwi Kingston
Black Kwango v Enrico Marques
Ferdinand Bawin v Mick McManus
Commentator Peter Cockburn
4/2/61, Doncaster, 7-7.30
Ernie Riley (W) v Sheik El Mansour
Jack Beaumont (W) vs Dean Stockton
Tommy Mann (W) v Al Gardin
Bert Royal vs Antonio Montorro (draw)
11/2/61, Kingston Upon Thames, 3.25-4.50
Joe Cornelius v Frank Orlik
Jack Dempsey (British Welterweight Champion) v Mike Donlevy
Steve Logan v Bob Sweeney
Commentator: Peter Cockburn
11/2/61, Hanley, 7-7.30
Mike Marino 1-1 Hassan Ali Bey
Majid Ackra KO Frank O’Donnell
Masambula DQ Francis St Clair Gregory
Emile Poilve KO Count Daidone
18/2/61, Lime Grove, 3.36-4.50
Tony Charles v Vic McManus
Tibor Szakacs v Albert Wall
Bill Howes v John Allen
Commentator Peter Cockburn
(McManus was almost certainly a mistyped Mick McManus)
18/2/61, Coventry, 7-7.30
Matches at the live event included Mike Marino v Jose Arroyo, Tony Charles v Julien Morice, Mick McManus v Inca Peruano and Jim Breaks v Eric Cutler.
25/2/61, Beckenham, 3.30-4.50
Tibor Szakacs v Doug Joyce
Tommy Man v Bert Royal
Jackie Pallo v Stefan Milia
Commentator Peter Cockburn
25/2/61, Ellesmere Port, 7-7.40
Billy Two Rivers v Francis St Clair Gregory
Roy St Clair v Abe Ginsberg
Jim Hart v Joe Critchley
Ernie Riley v ?
4/3/61, Purley, 3.45-4.50
Bill Howes v Shamus Donlevy
Black Kwango v Fryziak
Harry Fields v Alan Colbeck
Commentator Peter Cockburn
4/3/61, Newark on Trent, 7-7.30
Mike Marino v Jose Arroyo
Tony Charles v Julien Morice
Mick McManus v Inca Peruano
Jim Breaks v Eric Cutler
11/3/61, Wembley, 7-7.30
Tony Charles v Bob Anthony
Horst Hoffman v Johnny Yearsley
Spencer Churchill v Monty Swann
Commentator Peter Cockburn
(The same show also aired from 3.45 to 4.50 in some regions)
18/3/61, Lime Grove, 3.30-4.50
Francis Sullivan v Douglas Joyce
Albert Wall v The Black Mask
Bill Howes v Eric Taylor
Tom Mann v Gunther Nordoff
Commentator Peter Cockburn
18/3/61, Wallasey, 7-7.30
Matches at the live event included Alf Cadman v Jamie Olivera, Bert Royal v Vic Stewart, Jim Hart v Gerry Hogan and Jim Mellor v Joe Critchley.
25/3/61, Beckenham, 7-7.30
Enrico Marques v Irish Ivor Barratt
Melwyn Riss v Len Wilding
Dino Bavo v Gwyn Davies
Commentator Peter Cockburn
(The same show aired at 3.30-4.50 in some regions. The 7-7.30 show presumably only showed one bout. Irish Ivor Barratt may well have been Pat Barratt. Dino Bavo was also listed as Dean Bravo in some areas. He was almost certainly Dino Bravo, a wrestler from whom the later WWF star took his name.)
1/4/61, Tottenham, 3.45-4.30
John Lees v Gordon Nelson
Steve Logan v Arthur Beaumont
Mick McManus v Gil Sesca
Commentary by Peter Cockburn.
8/4/61, Shoreditch, 3.45-4.30
Johnny Allen v Kurt Stein
Dean Stockton v Seamus Donlevy
Jackie Pallo v Johnny Foley
Commerntary by Peter Cockburn
15/4/61, Wembley, 3.30-4.45
Bernard Vignalle v Gerhardy de Jaeger
Johnny Czeslaw v Joe Cornelius
Commentary by Peter Cockburn
22/4/61
Wrestling was not shown, because of the football Amateur Cup Final.
29/4/61, Bolton, 3.45-4.30/4.45 (depended on region(
Hassan Ali Bey (DQ) v Jim Hussey
Jim Mellor (W) v Eric Cutler
Dean Stockton (1) v Gerry Hogan (1)
Taped but not broadcast: Hans Streiger v Eric Leiderman
6/5/61, Wembley, 1.05
Billed but possibly not broadcast: Billy Two Rivers v Francis Sullivan
Mick McManus (1) v Jack Cunningham (1)
Joe Cornelius (2) v Johnny Allan (1)
Commentary by both Peter Cockburn & Kent Walton. This was the first FA Cup Final day wrestling special.
13/5/61, Harrogate, 3.50-5
Ray Apollon v Dennis Mitchell
Clayton Thomson v Bob Steele
Jean Morandi v Don Branch
20/5/61, Wembley, 3.45-4.30
Mike Marino (2) v Josef Zaranoff (1)
Billed bit possibly not broadcast: Ted Hannon v Julien Morice
Tony Charles (1) v Alan Colbeck (1)
Commentary by Peter Cockburn
27/5/61, Purley, 3.55-5
Bill Robinson v Georges Gordienko
Jacques Lageat v Johnny Yearsley
Steve Logan v Dean Stockton
Commentary by Peter Cockburn
6/6/61, Hanley, 3.45-5 (recorded 3/6/61)
Hans Streiger (W) v Dean Stockton
Francis St Clair Gregory (W) v Johnny Czeslaw
Billy Two Rivers (W) v Tony Mancelli
Taped but not broadcast: Jim Hussey (W) v Hassan Ali Bey
10/6/61, Morecambe, 3.45-5
Sheikh Youseff v Ian Campbell
Reni Ben Cehmoul v Chic Purvey
Les Kellet v Frank O'Donnell
Alan Colbeck v Roy St Clair
17/6/61, Dorking, 3.55-5
Tibor Szakacs (W) v Matthieu Rosges
Jackie Pallo (W) v Bobby Steele
Johnny Kwango v Monty Swann
Jack Dempsey v Bernard Murray
Dick Conlon v Mick McMichael
2/9/61, Acton, 4.10-5
Clayton Thomson v Francis Sullivan
Cliff Belshaw v Jim Breaks
John Foley v Al Nicol
Eric Leiderman v Reg Williams
An article in that week's TV Times quoted Joint Promotion's secretary Arthur Green as having been to St Louis to meet NWA president Sam Muchnick. Green reported seeing Pat O'Connor wrestle in front of 12,000 fans and said he discussed the possibility of bringing O'Connor and Buddy Rogers over to wrestle in Britain.
9/9/61, Bolton
Dean Bravo KO Dai Sullivan
Al Brown 1-1 Abe Ginsberg
Ernie Riley 1-1 Arjit Singh
16/9/61, Sheffield
No matches listed.
23/9/61, Purley, 3.55-5
William Hall v Lino Di Santo
Jean Rabutt v Mick McManus
Bob Anthony v Mick McMichael
Tony Charles v Monty Swann
30/9/61, Wembley, 3.45-5
Jack Dempsey v Chick Purvey
Gerhardt de Jager v Sandy Scott
Steve Logan v Ajit Singh
Joe Cornelius v Jim Hussey
Commentator Peter Cockburn
7/10/61, Halifax, 3.45-4.55
Julien Morice (2) v Jim Breaks (1)
Eric Taylor (2) v Bert Royal (1)
14/10/61, Tottenham, 3.45-4.55
Billy Howes 2-1 Majid Ackra
Johnny Kwango 2-1 Don Branch
Jackie Pallo 2-1 Keith Williams
21/10/61, Lime Grove, 3.55-5
Ricky Waldo v Bill Rawlings (DQ)
Billed but possibly not broadcast: Robert McDonald v Eric Taylor (British Mid-Heavyweight champion)
Alan Colbeck (European Welterweight Champion) (2) v Bob Archer O'Brien (1)
Bernard Murray v Al Nicol
28/10/61, Barking, 3.45-5
Len Wilding (1) v Jack Cunningham (1)
Mick McManus (2) v Marcel Gobi (1)
Frankie Townsend (2) v Big Bill Verna (1)
Johnny Czeslaw (2) v Dean Stockton (Dene Stockton) (1)
Commentary by Peter Cockburn
4/11/61, Walthamstow, 3.55-4.55
Gomez Maximilliano 1-1 Johnny Allan
Cliff Beaumont 2-1 Peter Szakacs
Masambula 2-1 Seamus Donlevy
11/11/61, Beckenham, 3.45-5
Roy St Clair (2) v Mike Donlevy (1)
Joachim LaBarba v Mick McManus (KO)
Luther Lindsay (Official coloured heavyweight champion of the world) (KO) v Ivan Josef Zaranoff
John Czeslaw v Bob Sweeney
18/11/61, Morecambe
Barry Douglas (W) v Bill Rawlings
Sandy Scott (W) v Johnny Allan
Ian Campbell (W) George Nutall
The 17/11/61 edition of Midlands magazine show Look Around asked "Wrestling: Is it sport". According to an article in the TV Times the show concluded that there were widespread suspicions about wrestling's legitimacy but that most fans "didn't care".
25/11/61, Portchester Hall, London, 4-5
Geoff Portz v Albert Wall
(Portz was replaced by Ernie Riley)
Josef Zaranoff v Bill Rawlings
Johnny Aleen v Reg Williams
Harry Fields 2-0 Frank O'Donnell
Commentary by Peter Cockburn
2/12/61, Lewisham, 3.45-4.55
Billed but possibly not broadcast: Axel Diter v Masambula
Julien Maurice (1) v Jim Breaks (1)
Billed but possibly not broadcast: Bernard Murray v Jack Dempsey (British and Empire Welterweight champion)
Spencer Churchill (KO) v Jim Hart
9/12/61, Crewe Town Hall, 3.45-5
Bert Royal DKO Dean Stockton
Abe Ginsberg KO Jim Mellor
Mal Sample (2) v Terry Downs (1)
Reg Williams (2) v Chief Keita Meretana (1)
16/12/61, Bolton, 4-4.55
Ray Apollon (W) v Hassan Ali Bey
Cliff Beaumont (W) v Bernard Murray
Jack Beaumont (W) Phil Fogg
23/12/61, Trowell, Near Nottingham, 3.45-4.55
Sandy Orford (2) v Dai Sullivan (1)
Billy Howes (2) v Ernie Riley (1)
Tosh Togo (2) v Bobby Graham (1)
30/12/61, Seymour Hall, London, 4-4.55
Majid Ackra v Jim Armstrong
Steve Logan (W) v Tommy Mann
Tony Charles (KO) v Mike Donlevy
Roy St Clair v Brian Travers