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* DistaffCounterpart: Of {{Rikidozan}}and ElSanto.
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* DistaffCounterpart: Of {{Rikidozan}}and {{Rikidozan}} and ElSanto.
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* DistaffCounterpart: Of {{Rikidozan}}and ElSanto.
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* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Was one in Japan, and even agreed to put over Rikidozan to give the Japanese fans a hero to rally behind.
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* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Was one in Japan, and even agreed to put over Rikidozan to give the Japanese fans a hero to rally behind. He also ended up giving the JWA the NWA International Title, a semi-unsanctioned title Thez defended overseas, and which is still part of the All Japan Triple Crown.
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* {{Badass}}: Like most wrestlers in his era, Thesz was a legitemate amateur wrestler and had an incredible amount of core strength to back it up. One ancedote details how he once beat the crap out of a fellow athlete who thought he was disgracing "legitimate" wrestling by using useless moves like dropkicks. So Thesz beat him up. With dropkicks.
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* CoolOldGuyCoolOldGuy: He came out of retirement to win the UWA heavyweight championship in Mexico.
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* UrExample: The Power Bomb, belly-to-back waistlock suplex, the stepover toehold facelock and the Lou Thesz press, naturally, are all credited to him.
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* UrExample: The Power Bomb, belly-to-back waistlock suplex, the stepover toehold facelock facelock(STF) and the Lou Thesz press, naturally, are all credited to him.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Wrestling/JackieFargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious Vicious]] and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Wrestling/JackieFargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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* BadassTeacher: Wrestlers he had a hand in training include Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Dory Funk Jr., Nick Bockwinkel, Jumbo Tsuruta and Masahiro Chono.
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* BadassTeacher: Wrestlers he had a hand in training include Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Dory Funk Jr., Nick Bockwinkel, Jumbo Tsuruta Wrestling/JumboTsuruta and Masahiro Chono.
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* ArchEnemy: "Whipper" Billy Watson, "The Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}
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* ArchEnemy: "Whipper" Billy Watson, [[Wrestling/BuddyRogers "The Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, Rogers]], Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo.Wrestling/JackieFargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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* WorthyOpponent: Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}, Verne Gagne, Danny Hodge, Ed Lewis, Karl Gotch.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]].{{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into the [[''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into the [[''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' the [[''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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* UrExample: The Power Bomb, belly-to-back waistlock suplex, the stepover toehold facelock and the Lou Thesz press, naturally, are all credited to him.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb, used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, Chono and used today by Wrestling/JohnCena, and the powerbomb, popularized by Sid Vicious and by [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] and used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb.powerbomb, used by too many wrestlers to start listing them here. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo.
Fargo. He also competed for the UWA promotion in Mexico, for Wrestling/JerryLawler's CWA promotion in Memphis and won the Legends Battle Royal at a Wrestling/{{WWE}} house show at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6, 1987.
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* RedBaron: (in Japan): ''Tetsujin'' (Iron Man)
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* WorthyOpponent: Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}, Verne Gagne, Danny Hodge, Ed Lewis, Karl Gotch.
* WorthyOpponent: Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}, Verne Gagne, Danny Hodge, Ed Lewis, Karl Gotch.
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* RedBaron: (in Japan): ''Tetsujin'' (Iron Man)
* RedBaron: (in Japan): ''Tetsujin'' (Iron Man)
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''.
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''.
'''1990'''. While he was primarily a singles wrestler, he also held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-t.html NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team Title]] with the Outlaw (Dory Funk Sr.), and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html NWA Southern (Tennessee) Tag Team Title]] with Jackie Fargo.
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!!! "Lou Tropes Press":
* ArchEnemy: "Whipper" Billy Watson, "The Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}
* [[{Biography}} Autobiography]]: ''Hooker''
* BadassGrandpa[=/=]RingOldies: He wrestled in '''seven''' different decades, and had his last match at the age of '''74'''.
* BadassTeacher: Wrestlers he had a hand in training include Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Dory Funk Jr., Nick Bockwinkel, Jumbo Tsuruta and Masahiro Chono.
** Taught hand to hand combat defense to medics during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Anyone who was able to have an officially recognized victory for the title over Thesz would have done this.
* FinishingMove: Thesz Press, STF
* ArchEnemy: "Whipper" Billy Watson, "The Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}}
* [[{Biography}} Autobiography]]: ''Hooker''
* BadassGrandpa[=/=]RingOldies: He wrestled in '''seven''' different decades, and had his last match at the age of '''74'''.
* BadassTeacher: Wrestlers he had a hand in training include Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Dory Funk Jr., Nick Bockwinkel, Jumbo Tsuruta and Masahiro Chono.
** Taught hand to hand combat defense to medics during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Anyone who was able to have an officially recognized victory for the title over Thesz would have done this.
* FinishingMove: Thesz Press, STF
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]].
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Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his six reigns as [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and for inventing such moves as the Lou Thesz Press, later used by everyone from Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to Wrestling/MickieJames, the STF, popularized by Masahiro Chono, and the powerbomb. He started his career in the 1930s and had his last match, against Chono, one of his students, in '''1990'''.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz The Other Wiki]].
As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz The Other Wiki]].
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[[caption-width-right:225:The greatest ever. Period.]]
Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]].
[[caption-width-right:225:The greatest ever. Period.]]
Born '''Lajos Tiza''' in Banat, Michigan, '''Lou Thesz''' (1916-2002) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]].
