[5]​ En adición de haber sido el miembro inaugural de su clase, ayudo a establecer el "Salón de la Fama de la Lucha Libre Profesional George Tragos/Lou Thesz" y es parte de varios otros salones de la fama, incluyendo: WCW, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWHF y WWE Legacy. Desafortunadamente Brown tuvo un accidente automovilístico que terminó con su carrera profesional. El año 1957 fue muy importante para Thesz. In 1957 Thesz would suffer a back injury in a title defense against Edouard Carpentier. Su solicitud fue rechazada.
When promoters refused to recognize Thesz’s 1-fall victory over Buddy Rogers, they formed the WWWF and named Rogers the first champion. Aloysius Martin "Lou" Thesz (born Lajos Tiza April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002) was an American professional wrestler and six-time world champion, most notably holding the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. Al darse cuenta que podía ganar más dinero en la tierra del Sol Naciente, Thesz solicitó a los promotores de la NWA que si podía regularmente defender el título en Japón. Entre 1949 y 1956, logró unificar todos los campeonatos mundiales existentes. Campeonato Internacional Peso Pesado de la NWA. Achieving individual Potential through Integral Evolution, Nervous System, Hormonal System, Immune System, Module I: Epigenetic Disorders and Drug Diseases. At the approximate age of 19, the young Thesz was taken under the wing of All Time Great and many times Champ, Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Brown would get into a car accident before the match, thus ending his career. Even though he would lose the match the title changed wouldn't be recognized. En 1963, Thesz salió del Semi-retiro y logró ganar el Campeonato Mundial de la NWA derrotando a Buddy Rogers el 24 de enero de 1963. Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Ese mismo año, Lou Thesz se convirtió en el primer campeón en defender el título en Japón ante Rikidozan. On April 9, 2002 he would have triple bypass surgery for an aortic valve replacement. Thesz se casó con Catherine Thesz Charlie con quien tuvo 3 hijos. Thesz se sometió a una triple cirugía de bypass para remplazar la válvula aórtica el 9 de abril de 2002, pero murió debido a complicaciones el 28 de abril de 2002 en Orlando, Florida. Thesz, al mismo tiempo, fue el líder de una empresa donde participaban excampeones mundiales como Longson y Bobby Managoff. El promotor era el Canadiense Eddie Quinn el cual promovió la lucha libre en el territorio de St. Louis. However part of the deal between Thesz and promoter Sam Muchnick was a title unification match between him and Midwest World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown. Later that year he would have a successful title defense in Japan. In 1992 he would become president of the Cauliflower Alley Club, an organization recognizing and supporting retired wrestlers and actors who enjoyed an association with wrestling. 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 holds legendary status in pro wrestling for his innovative wrestling techniques, as well as for his unification of numerous versions of the World Heavyweight Championship into one title. Lou Thesz; Birth name: Aloysius Martin Thesz: Born April 24, 1916 Banat, Michigan: Died: April 28, 2002 (aged 86) Orlando, Florida: Cause of death: Complications from triple bypass: Children: 3: Professional wrestling career; Ring name(s) Lou Thesz: Billed height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Billed weight: 225 lb (102 kg) Billed from: St. Louis, Missouri However, despite being credited as the first 6-time NWA Champion, unifying all of the WOrld titles, and holding the NWA belt for over 13 combined years, there were still more championships to be won by the great Lou Thesz…such as the N.W.A. A fourteen-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. Thesz se retiró oficialmente en 1979 después de una pelea contra Luke Graham. Required fields are marked *. Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002), better known under the ring name Lou Thesz, was an American professional wrestler. Thesz se convirtió en el presidente de la Cauliflower Alley Club en 1992, una organización de luchadores profesionales retirados, un cargo que ocupó hasta el año 2000. Orville Brown, al actual Campeón Mundial Peso Pesado del Medio-Oeste se le otorgó el campeonato Mundial Peso Pesado de la NWA. Luego se trasladó a St. Louis cuando solo era un niño. He would make his professional wrestling debut at the age of 16 in 1932, By 1937 Thesz would become one of the biggest stars in the American Wrestling Association and would defeat Everett Marshall and win the American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship, making him the youngest world champion at the age of 21, In 1948 Thesz, had fully run his own wrestling promotion until it was absorbed by the National Wrestling Alliance. He would pass away weeks later in Orlando, Florida after complications from that surgery. He would drop the title in 1966 to Gene Kiniski and would wrestle on a part-time basis. Los dos formaron una amistad duradera. Esta página se editó por última vez el 12 oct 2020 a las 07:11. Ambos luchadores estaban empatados hasta que Thesz reclamó una lesión en la espalda y esto le hizo perder el campeonato. Thesz would come out of semi-retirement in 1963 to defeat real life rival Buddy Rogers winning his sixth World Championship at the age of 46. Después de retirarse, Thesz se convirtió en promotor, mánager, comentarista, entrenador y de vez en cuando arbitró para los encuentros importantes. Carpentier fue declarado ganador pero la NWA no lo quiso reconocer como nuevo campeón y le regresó el título a Thesz. Thesz hizo su debut en la lucha libre profesional en 1932 a la edad de 16 años. 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