UN-PRO-WRESTLERS

The Golden Tongue Harvey Dale will be licking his wounds, not only due to yet another ringside beating - well, he shouldn't get involved - but also being badly let down by the sudden departure of D'Lo Brown who was scheduled to appear at Hope XXIV last night. Besides the slight annoyance to the true Hope fans, it must be a nightmare for a promoter who has the said wrestler slap bang in the middle of all publicity for the show, potentially ruining his reputation. When it was formed two years ago, the original intention of House of Pain Evolution was to showcase British wrestling, and the uniqueness of Hope is the range of wrestlers brought in from all over the country. Jack Jester replaced D'Lo Brown on the hastily rejigged publicity on the net, and regularly continues to make the journey  down to Mansfield from Glasgow for Hope. If only all so-called professional wrestlers were as reliable.