British Welterweight Championship

The British Welterweight Championship is the welterweight professional wrestling championship competed for throughout the British wrestling circuit.[1]

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.[2][3][4] Pre-publicity for these championship match broadcasts was given in ITV's nationally published listings magazine TVTimes[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "British Welterweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Vic Faulkener capture of British Welterweight title from Jim Breaks in Leicester 5th July 1977". World Of Sport - Wrestling. ITV. 16 July 1977. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Steve Grey capture of British Welterweight title from Danny Collins in Malvern 21st June 1984". World Of Sport - Wrestling. ITV. 22 September 1984. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Danny Collins capture of British Welterweight title from Steve Grey in Manchester 1 November 1984,". World Of Sport - Wrestling. ITV. 17 November 1984. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  5. ^ "British Welterweight Championship: Jim Breaks v Vic Faulkener". Saturday 16 July - Friday 22 July 1977 - Saturday listings page]. TVTimes. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  6. ^ ""British Welterweight Championship: Danny Collins v Steve Grey"". Saturday 22 September - Friday 28 September 1984 - Saturday listings page. TVTimes. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  7. ^ ""British Welterweight Championship: Steve Grey v Danny Collins"". Saturday 17 November - Friday 23 November 1984 - Saturday listings page. TVTimes. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.