A Youtube History of the NWA World Heavyweight Title - Lou Thesz vs Hans Schmidt (date unknown)

And now we're back on schedule. Thank you for your patience, faithful reader. Time for our champ to take on one of the legendary brawlers of the era, Hans Schmidt.

A Youtube History of the NWA World Heavyweight Title - Lou Thesz vs Don Leo Jonathan (1955)

I was out of town this weekend for my nephew's baptism. You'll be relieved to know his soul is now safe. Thank you for your patience. On with the show!

A Vision For Professional Catch As Catch Can

Here I am writing a blog and running a twitter account and thinking about branching out into youtube and maybe Soundcloud, all in service of asking you, my audience, to contribute to my dream of promoting a professional catch wrestling event. At bare minimum, I owe you some idea of what that dream looks like.

The broad strokes, I think, are obvious. Hire the best wrestlers I can find (and afford). Give them a platform to try to defeat each other via pinfall or submission. While no striking or foul tactics would be permitted, the full range of throws, takedowns, holds, and locks known to sport wrestling of any description would be allowed. But the Devil’s in the details…

A Youtube History of the NWA World Heavyweight Title - Lou Thesz vs Ray Gunkel (1951)

Konichi-wa, campers. Welcome to the weekend, welcome to Texas, welcome to more Lou Thesz with a new challenger. 

 

A Youtube History of the NWA World Heavyweight Title - Lou Thesz vs Tom Rice (1951)

With my sincerest apologies for being late with this one, Lou Thesz vs Tom Rice. It's a little out of order; the original date I had for this was 1954, but I think '51 is more likely. If you've got better information, by all means share. With no further adieu...