Lou Thesz(1916-2002)
- Actor
Lou Thesz is one of wrestling's living legends. Thesz started wrestling
in the 1930s, and from the 1930s to the 1960s, he was one of the most
dominant figures in the business. 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. Thesz' last reign was in the 1960s when he lost the NWA
world title to Gene Kiniski. Thesz' last match was in the early 1990s
when he lost via submission to one of his protoges, Masahiro Chono.
Thesz has also written an autobiography.
