▁diction " ▁and ▁" O x ford ▁acc ent ". ▁ ▁Professional ▁wrest ling ▁career ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁Born ▁in ▁London , ▁Hay es ▁attended ▁the ▁North - West ern ▁Poly techn ic , ▁which ▁was ▁ev acu ated ▁to ▁L ut on ▁Modern ▁School ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁He ▁att ained ▁a ▁black ▁bel t ▁in ▁j udo ▁before ▁training ▁as ▁a ▁wrest ler ▁under ▁Sir ▁Ath oll ▁O ake ley , ▁B t . ▁Wrestling ▁as ▁" J udo " ▁Al ▁Hay es , ▁he ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁British ▁circuit ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁to ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁when ▁he ▁left ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁blue - ey e ▁who ▁batt led ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁heavy weight ▁he els ▁of ▁his ▁time , ▁and ▁held ▁the ▁Southern ▁Area ▁He avy weight ▁Championship ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁years . ▁He ▁trad ed ▁heavily ▁on ▁his ▁j udo ▁background , ▁and ▁special ised ▁with ▁j udo ▁ch ops ▁and ▁n erve ▁holds . ▁His ▁most ▁famous ▁period ▁was ▁when ▁he ▁fought ▁for ▁Paul ▁Lincoln ▁Prom ot ions ▁as ▁The ▁White ▁Angel , ▁with ▁a ▁massive ▁fe ud ▁against ▁Dr ▁Death . ▁Death ▁eventually ▁won , ▁and ▁un mask ed ▁Hay es . ▁Hay es ▁would ▁later ▁make ▁a ▁home coming ▁tour ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁including ▁tele vised ▁matches . ▁During ▁these ▁b outs , ▁he ▁remained ▁a ▁he