Memphis, Tennessee: - Tracy Smothers beat Davey Haskins - Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston beat Rough & Ready In addition to being a member of its inaugural class, he helped establish the Thesz dropped out of high school by age 14 and began training in Thesz's training at the Business Men's Gym consisted of competitive freestyle and catch wrestling, training for up to 4–6 hours a day.
The title was held-up after this match. Lou Thesz: July 15, 1955: Live event: St. Louis, MO: 2 244 — Thesz defeated Leo Nomellini in a rematch.
Thesz is strongly considered by many to be the greatest professional wrestler of the 20th century.
He later recalled his days of competitive wrestling under Tragos and Steele as being some of happiest of his life.Between 1949 and 1956, Thesz set out to unify all the existing world titles into the 1957 was an important year for Thesz; on June 14, the first taint to Thesz' claim of undisputed champion occurred in a match with gymnast-turned-wrestling star, In 1963, Thesz came out of semi-retirement to win his sixth world heavyweight championship from Thesz wrestled on a part-time basis over the next 13 years, winning his last major title in 1978, in After retiring, Thesz remained involved in the wrestling industry. But more importantly, Lou Thesz was a legendary professional wrestler, perhaps the greatest single figure in the sport's history. Chicago International Amphitheatre. 1983.
Battle Royal: Lou Thesz defeats Al Costello and Arnold Skaaland and Art Thomas and Baron … Lou Thesz Deceased Also known as Don Louis Thesz, Lajos Tiza 07/27 Chicago, IL Lou Thesz beat Gorgeous George by countout to win AWA World Title and unify it with NWA World Title.
His first marriage to Evelyn Katherine Ernst on March 22, 1937.Thesz remained in remarkable physical condition in his older years, however after undergoing Thesz is strongly considered by many to be the greatest professional wrestler of the 20th century.Thesz was the first wrestler to ever hold the NWA International Heavyweight Championship, which became a part of what is now the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship under All Japan Pro Wrestling.Former amateur wrestler and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Thesz is an inaugural member of several professional wrestling He later became a special guest Thesz was married three times. Among his many accomplishments in the sport, he is credited with inventing a number of professional wrestling moves and holds such as the belly-to-back waistlock suplex (later known as the German suplex due to its association with Karl Gotch), the Lou Thesz press, stepover toehold facelock (STF), and the original powerbomb. 08/01 Dallas, TX Lou Thesz beat George Bollas. Lou Thesz (Aloysius Martin Thesz) faces Buddy Rogers (Herman Gustav Rohde Jr.) in a Best 2 of 3 falls match with a 60 time limit. 07/31 Fort Worth, TX Lou Thesz beat Sonny Myers.
08/02 Galveston, TX Lou Thesz beat Ivan Kalmikoff.
Original: … Mexico City, Mexico: - Satanico defeated Ringo Mendoza for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title 1985 Osaka, Japan: - The Cobra defeated Hiro Saito for the WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title 1986. 3 Whipper Billy Watson: March 15, 1956: Live event: Toronto, ON: 1 239: 239 Watson won the match and the championship by count out. match (a real contest). His reputation as a skilled grappler eliminated the potential challenges of rouge champions, and gave the NWA a major boost.