Lou Thesz, a professional wrestler who actually wrestled and was a champion at it for more than three decades, died April 28 in Winter Park, Fla., of complications from open heart surgery. He was 86.

He is credited for inventing the powerbomb, Lou Thesz press, STF, and the German suplex, to name just a few. Thesz was trained in greco-roman wrestling, the type of wrestling you usually see in ...

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The Thesz Press. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS. NWA Champion. AWA Champion. WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Inductee. BIOGRAPHY. Lou Thesz, heralded as one of wrestling’s truest and first pioneers, ...

WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin has reacted to Austin Gunn performing the Lou Thesz Press on this week's AEW Dynamite [Full Results Here].. After The Factory defeated The Nightmare Family in six ...

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Lou Thesz, who promoted pro wrestling locally 20 years ago and in the 1950s drew a then-record 4,000 fans to watch him wrestle the legendary Gorgeous George in Las Vegas, has died. He was 86.

N atalya, the former WWE Divas Champion and SmackDown Women’s Champion, is set to receive the Lou Thesz Award from the Cauliflower Alley Club at the 2025 CAC Reunion in August. Natalya has been ...

Eventually, Thesz went from $5 matches in East St. Louis to Madison Square Garden and the Tokyo Dome. He came back to St. Louis often, though. The National Wrestling Alliance, pro wrestling’s first ...

Lou Thesz was a wrestling trailblazer and to be the first woman recognized by the Cauliflower Alley Club with this award is nothing short of incredible — humbling even.