Marty Jones

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Marty Jones (born September 26, 1945) is a retired English professional wrestler best known for his work in All Star Promotions throughout the 1980's and 90's. Jones was also responsible for training Darren Matthews [1].

Jones had his first taste of championship gold on November 8, 1982 defeated Bobby Gaetano for the vacant World Mid-Heavyweight Championship. Jones would go on to win this title seven times trading it back an forth with Dave "Fit" Finlay on several occasions. Jones also held the British Commonwealth tag team titles with a young Chris Adams in the late-1970s.

Jones also wrestled in Germany for one of the biggest companies in Europe at the time, the Catch Wrestling Association. He teamed with his old foe Finlay to win the CWA tag titles from Tony St. Clair and Miles Zrno on June 23, 1990.

Jones' biggest title win came in All Star when he defeaded Dave Taylor for the British Heavyweight Championship in 1996. Also in 1996, Jones would team up with Peter Collins on February 1 to defeat the "Liverpool Lads" (Rob Brookside & "Doc" Dean) for the vacant British Open Tag Team Championship beofre retiring later that year and vacating both titles.