Bronko Nagurski Beat Lou Thesz That Night By W. Todd Kaneko.
Singh had already wrestled with some success in the USA, where he had wins over many stars, including Stanislaus Zbysko. British contests. the big named British Wrestlers paid to see both these wrestling If you like this style, we can change the name and use different plating options.Send us your Actions Shots and we'll add them to our website! From 1948 to 1959 the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt was little more than a “belt buckle.” Up until 1959 belts for all championships were small and inconspicuous in comparison to the later models.. on how to be a man, not a man. It was a tremendous tussle, going the distance, and matching the expectations of the five thousand fans in the Royal Albert Hall, London. would welcome further information about these and any other Lou Thesz Thesz was a hooker…and that doesn’t refer to what you’re thinking! Lou He had turned professional in 1939 three times during his career was recognised as British heavyweight champion.It was another Morrell-Beresford booking the following night (19th) for the first of two wins over Norman Walsh. refereeing each contest.The first venue was at the Lyceum Ballroom in the Strand, and many of Was: Previous Price C $29.95. Remember, all this travel would be by road or rail, and the journey would take the best part of the day.Sunday was a day of rest for wrestlers too and we can only imagine Lou slept well.
This was to be a second time that Thesz was held to a draw.The following night, Christmas Eve, and it was another drawn result, this time Lou was held by Geoff Portz on a Morrell-Beresford programme in Leicester.ers or handbills. This was the first of Pye’s matches with Thesz, the two meeting again six nights later (17th) in Hull.British promoters did Thesz no favours when it came to convenience. Two nights later he was two hundred miles north in the (at the time) Lancashire port of Liverpool. The next night (Saturday 14th) Dale Martin Promotions had him travel back and beyond London three hundred miles to defeat Bill Verna in Brighton. another match and a win, over Portz.It Title lineage is complicated and confusing, so we believe it suffice to say that by the time he came to Britain Thesz had unified a number of championship versions and was already considered one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time.Little wonder his credentials made him one of the most anticipated visitors to our shores. Here we have the 2008 version of the Lou Thesz belt, but we have added a leather strap for more strength.
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. C $23.96. He beat Everett Marshall for the American Wrestling Association world title in 1937, and in 1948 won the National Wrestling Association title.
Wryton Promotions moved their usual Saturday night wrestling in Hanley to Monday 23rd December to accommodate a Lou Thesz appearance against Mike Marino. result unknown.
Working for Bill Best Promotions his opponent was Jack Pye, the blueprint of British wrestling villains. Pye was almost a permanent fixture at the Stadium, but that, of course, was to do him no good. Thesz still arrived in Britain with the reputation of a living legend, and produced a World heavyweight title belt to defend. My grandfather saw him lose the title. Aloysius Martin "Lou" Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002) was an American professional wrestler.A 22 time world champion, he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times for a combined total of 10 years, three months and nine days (3,749 days) – longer than anyone else in history. Content of this site must not be reproduced without the permission of the site owners; theriotsquad@hotmail.com. Hungarian born Lou Thesz was the most eagerly anticipated post war wrestling visitor to British shores when he arrived in December, 1957.
Sixteen year old Thesz made his professional wrestling debut in 1932 having been trained by Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Combined, he held the NWA Championship for 10 years, three months and nine days (3,749 days total), longer than anyone else in history.
He had already held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice and was destined to become one of the greatest heavyweights of all time.Thesz was born in Michigan in 1916, the son of a Hungarian-German shoemaker and his wife of German descent. They wrestled each other on Another loss, this time against Dick Hutton, the month before he arrived in Britain, had even removed NWA acknowledgement.