Marty Jones
| Marty Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 September 1945 Oldham, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Marty Jones |
| Trained by | Billy Robinson |
| Debut | 1972 |
| Retired | 1996 |
Marty Jones (born 26 September 1945) is a retired English professional wrestler best known for his work in Joint Promotions and All Star Wrestling throughout the 1980s and 1990s. During this period, he was the predominant holder of the Mountevans World Mid Heavyweight title. Jones was also responsible for training Darren Matthews.
Jones was trained by Billy Robinson. The 1967 Granada Television documentary The Wrestlers contains footage of a young Jones, along with other students, being trained by Robinson.
Jones made his wrestling debut in 1972 as an 18-year-old. He won his first singles championship on 12 November 1976 when he defeated "Rollerball" Mark Rocco for the British Light Heavyweight Championship (left vacant following the retirement that year of Billy Joyce). This was to be the start of a long and heated feud with Rocco, whom Jones also defeated for his British Heavy-Middleweight title only to immediately vacate the belt due to already holding a heavier British title. Jones also held the British Commonwealth tag team titles with a young Steve Wright in the late-1970s.
On 8 November 1982 he defeated Bobby Gaetano for the World Mid-Heavyweight Championship left vacant by the death of Mike Marino the previous year. His semifinal opponent in the tournament was a young Bret Hart. As a result of this win, Jones vacated his British Light Heavyweight title after six years as undefeated champion. Jones would go on to win this title several times trading it back and forth with Dave "Fit" Finlay on several occasions. He also lost the title to Wright who was billed as being "Bull Blitzer" from Germany (kayfabe)
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