The reason for their divorce isn’t available. After wrestling, Thesz would return home for more mundane tasks such as hanging drapes. Official Sites. It was a tremendous tussle, going the distance, and matching the expectations of the five thousand fans in the Royal Albert Hall, London. Despite losing the 15 minute contest, Lewis was impressed by Thesz's skills and Lewis later became his manager and trainer. "[17] Martial artist and professional wrestler Gene LeBell has said that he considers Thesz to be one of his 'teachers', saying "Lou Thesz, Karl Gotch and Vic Christy all taught me a lot about grappling... From Thesz I learned how to hurt people. refereeing each contest. Thesz won his first World Heavyweight Title in the 1930s, and went on to become a 6-time World Heavyweight Champion, many of those reigns as the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) world champion. Lou Thesz was brought into the world by his Hungarian family in Michigan, but, soon moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1919. In fact, he won the title before the NWA was created. Lou Thesz got married with Evelyn Katherine Ernst on 22 March 1937. 4 Thesz's also has two reigns with the title before the formation of the NWA and the title being renamed the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In 1963, Lou stepped away from a full-time wrestling schedule to give full-time attention to the lodge. Southall in Middlesex, and all three dates were sellouts. This was to be a second time that Thesz was held to a draw. 4", http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/l/lou-thesz/, "NWA International Heavyweight Title (Japan)", "Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight Title (Japan)", "Pacific Coast Tag Team Title (British Columbia)", "Nature Boy a natural choice: Experts pick Flair as greatest NWA champ", "9 Superstars pick their ultimate dream tag teams", "Lou Thesz lives on in the minds of Japanese", "AWA World Heavyweight Title (Indiana / Ohio / Colorado)", "World Heavyweight Title (Great Britain)", "Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame (1948-1990)", "Congratulations to the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductees", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lou_Thesz&oldid=984286805, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, MWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), MAC World Heavyweight Championship (4 times), This page was last edited on 19 October 2020, at 08:19. By 1970, Thesz was mostly retired from wrestling but was still very active when it came to his entrepreneurial interests. Net Worth ? |…, Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog at SummerSlam 1992 – The True…, Harley Race – Tales of His Tenacity and Strength | The…, Ludvig Borga – The Surreal, Shocking Life of Tony Halme |…, Rikidozan – The Life and Murder of The Father of Puroresu, Gorgeous George and the Don Eagle’ Chicago Short Count’ Screwjob, Buddy Austin and Pedro Morales – The Party They Almost Didn’t Leave, Len Rossi – A Gentleman In and Out of the Ring. Dive into the lesser-known side of this renaissance man! 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We discovered Lou in Britain again in 1968 (see advertisement above), working for an independent promoter but have found no record of any matches. We are still surprised to find this match listed as a drawn verdict, the first time Lou dropped a point in his British tour.A second win over Norman Walsh came the next night (Saturday 21st) in Middlesbrough. He had already held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice and was destined to become one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Schließlich wurde er von George Tragos zu einem Hooker ausgebildet. He is an award-winning writer and filmmaker for Turnbuckle Magazine (@TurnbuckleMag on Twitter / @turnbucklemagazine on Facebook), curator of Old Wrestling Pics (@OldWrestlingPic), and has covered MLB and NHL for ESPN.com. Saturday night (15th) he was back in Middlesbrough for By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in our Disclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. Content of this site must not be reproduced without the permission of the site owners; theriotsquad@hotmail.com. Thesz was born in Michigan in 1916, the son of a Hungarian-German shoemaker and his wife of German descent. Pye was almost a permanent fixture at the Stadium, but that, of course, was to do him no good. 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, Edouard Carpentier. Lou Thesz was the most eagerly anticipated post war wrestling visitor to British shores when he arrived in December, 1957. [9] Thesz was convalescing from a severe knee injury suffered in 1939 and from 1941 to 1944 worked as a dog breeder and trainer for Dogs for Defense and later as a supervisor for the Todd Houston Shipyard. 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. Thesz considered Gable, who won the 1972 Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling, to be one of his heroes. Thesz was married three times. A second win over Norman Walsh came the next night (Saturday 21st) in Middlesbrough. Sky Hi Lee, and Wayne Bridges. An American World Heavyweight Champion in our midst was something of a rarity. That same year, Thesz became the first wrestler to defend the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in Japan, wrestling Rikidōzan in a series of 60-minute draws. Their bouts popularized professional wrestling in Japan, gaining the sport mainstream acceptance. We don’t have exact time in which he tied knot with Charlie Thesz but they were together till his last breath.
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