Williams spent his wrestling career in the persona of a villainous heel under the ring name "El Bandito", and after retiring as a fighter he became a promoter, manager and television presenter.

Williams was accustomed to fighting from a young age, including war evacuees from Liverpool and practising boxing with his village friends.

[4] Before leaving football, Williams had noticed the local crowds dwindling, with one of the major factors being the televised wrestling, which was being shown mid-day on Saturdays.

[3] He took advantage of this new fad, and began working as a wrestler and boxer in fairgrounds; though he nearly lost his job as he could not bring himself to take the hat around the spectators, as he believed it was akin to begging.

[3] Despite his hard-man image, Williams was a popular member of the wrestling community, and went on to promote several wrestlers including Adrian Street, "Mighty" John Quinn, Tony St Clair, Mark Rocco and Johnny Saint.

[4] In the 1980s, as a popular showman and a natural Welsh speaker, Williams was offered the job of presenting S4C's wrestling show, Reslo.

In his later life Williams became a sports journalist for the Daily Post, and in 1985 he wrote his autobiography Cario'r Ddraig: Stori El Bandito.

[7] Williams was a Welsh nationalist, but he believed that the people of Wales should broaden their horizons through travel and self-learning to understand their country's own identity better.