Billy Riley is a legendary practitioner of catch wrestling. The Briton taught some of the greatest figures in all catch wrestling at his training school called "The Snake Pit" in Wigan, England. Early days During his days as a moulder in the mining township of Wigan, Billy Riley trained with the miners in the art of Lancashire catch-as-catch-can wrestling, one of the roughest and most loved sports of the region. The tough Briton soon began showing extraordinary submission skills on the mat and went on to gain the prestigious British Empire Championship in the 1930s against Jack Robinson in South Africa. Riley was known to be a devastating "hooker" and it showed in his wrestling matches as he soon gained notoriety for breaking his opponent's arms. He toured across the Atlantic to the United States, where he gained immense respect as a skilled athlete. The Snake Pit Billy Riley decided to teach catch wrestling in W

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # TAGS