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Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules are a set of professional Wrestling rules mainly used in British wrestling. They were named after Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans who ordered a unified set of rules written up for professional wrestling in the British Isles.

History
Professional Wrestling in the United Kingdom had been banned by the London County Council in the late 1930's for being too violent. After a failed attempt to relaunch the sport with a show at Harringay Arena, London in 1947 was condemned by journalists as being "fake", Admiral-Lord Mountevans along with Archibald Bruce Campbell, Maurice Webb MP and amateur wrestler, Norman Morell formed a committee to formalise professional wrestling in the United Kingdom and write up a set of unified rules. Once they were written, they were almost universally accepted with 95% of promotions in the United Kingdom adopting them. In 1952, the rules were adopted by Joint Promotions, officially as a way to uphold the committee's ideology but was also considered to be a way for Joint Promotions to effectively control British wrestling.

In London, the new rules lead to the ban on professional wrestling being lifted however a by-law authorised by the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police kept female wrestling banned within the Greater London area.

Weight divisions
The rules set out a number of weight divisions with maximum weight limits and called for champions to be crowned of each limit. The weight divisions were; Lightweight (154 lbs), Welterweight (165lbs), Heavy Middleweight (187 lbs), Light Heavyweight (198 lbs), Mid-Heavyweight (209 lbs) and Heavyweight for all weights above 210 lbs. In the early days, the champions of these weight divisions were also known as Mountevans Champions as the Championships also included Mountevans in their official names.

Rules
The Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules defined what holds were legal and how a fall could be scored:


 * Pinfall
 * Submission
 * Failing to answer the referee's 10 count when thrown to the canvass.
 * Disqualification
 * If the opponent is ruled unfit to continue by the referee