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Post by Swarm on Jan 26, 2022 10:13:04 GMT -5
There's someone else near the end of his long career, as Troy has said. His card could be top seed. If anyone wants a hint, he had the run in 1978 Jimmy Valiant? Edit: Lou Thesz?? |
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Post by TTX on Jan 26, 2022 10:46:06 GMT -5
Yes
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Post by Swarm on Jan 26, 2022 10:52:52 GMT -5
Wow that’s such an interesting and cool tidbit. This game is such a teaching tool.
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Post by guiltyparty on Jan 26, 2022 12:34:49 GMT -5
Hand to God... I thought Thesz had already been mentioned.  He worked for Jerry Jarrett for like six months, right? Mostly as an up yours to Gulas? |
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Post by TTX on Jan 26, 2022 12:50:12 GMT -5
yup. Gulas screwed him so Thesz did what Thesz does.
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Post by guiltyparty on Jan 26, 2022 12:52:49 GMT -5
yup. Gulas screwed him so Thesz did what Thesz does. That should be a tee shirt. I still think I'd take Savage in the tourny. Sadly I have parenting commitments so I can't participate. Do hope to make it back in time for the panel though. |
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Post by malicelover on Jan 26, 2022 13:54:37 GMT -5
yup. Gulas screwed him so Thesz did what Thesz does. , this is the perfect assessment of Thesz ever: Thesz did what Thesz does. One match I would have loved to have seen was Lou Thesz vs. Bruno Sammartino. I know they wrestled twice, but it wasn't when Bruno was prime "Burno." |
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Post by natureboi on Jan 26, 2022 14:07:07 GMT -5
There were actual face-to-face negotiations for a title unification match between Lou and Bruno. Supposedly, Bruno would win the NWA title from Lou, the WWWF title would go away and Lou would take back the belt a year or so down the line. Negotiations fizzled because nobody could agree on the money, and because neither Lou nor Bruno trusted Bruno's promoters.
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Post by malicelover on Jan 26, 2022 16:20:10 GMT -5
There were actual face-to-face negotiations for a title unification match between Lou and Bruno. Supposedly, Bruno would win the NWA title from Lou, the WWWF title would go away and Lou would take back the belt a year or so down the line. Negotiations fizzled because nobody could agree on the money, and because neither Lou nor Bruno trusted Bruno's promoters. Yeah, this tracks I think. Lou didn't have a ton of respect for McMahon, not a big shocker to understand why. I also question if McMahon would have stopped using the WWWF belt, or if he would have brought it back quickly - for those times when Bruno was touring other territories. |
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Post by Carlzilla on Jan 26, 2022 16:30:04 GMT -5
Hand to God... I thought Thesz had already been mentioned.  He worked for Jerry Jarrett for like six months, right? Mostly as an up yours to Gulas? I didn't even realize he had worked in Memphis for any appreciable, contiguous, amount of time. Cool to learn. I don't really remember him mentioning it in Hooker...or it's sort sort of glanced over. |
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