Alfred Hayes

Alfred George James Hayes, known to wrestling audiences as Lord Alfred Hayes, was an English professional wrestler, manager and commentator, born in London on 8 August 1928 and died in Dallas, Texas on 21 July 2005. He is best remembered for his work in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation between 1982 and 1995, where he appeared as a ring announcer and interviewer and traded on an exaggerated upper-class English persona. His speech was described as having Masterpiece Theatre diction and an Oxford accent, a style that made him a distinctive voice of the promotion during its national expansion. His other ring names included Judo Al Hayes, Al Hayes and The White Angel, and he was billed from Windermere in England. He was trained by Sir Atholl Oakeley, one of the early figures of British professional wrestling.