The first group contains the pioneers of wrestling and early adventurers. The first one is William Muldoon who added theatrics to wrestling and innovated the way people viewed the sport in the mid to late 1800s. George Hackenschmidt and Frank Gotch are the next two who produced the largest match in pro wrestling in the early 1900s. They are followed by their close predecessors Joe Stecher, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Earl Caddock, and Stanislaus Zbysko who ruled wrestling and captivated crowds for two decades by trading the title back and forth. The 30s/40s group that follow them consists of Danno O Mahoney, Dick Shikat, Ali Baba, Bronko Nagurski, and Jim Londos who was champion for eight years in a row.
The next group was founded after the forming of the N.W.A. The first member of the group is Orville Brown who was awarded the inaugural World title of the N.W.A. Then there was the man who made the World title more relevant and important than it ever had been. This man is none other than Lou Thesz who was the top wrestler in the world for twenty plus years. Wrestling was changed by him simply because it was no longer a spectacle, it was truly a lifestyle. From the time Thesz was 16 in 1932 until 1979 when he was 63 years old he was active. He wrestled his last match in 1990 against his protege, modern day Japanese legend Masahiro Chono. He passed away in 2002, and still his accomplishments are a large part of the wrestling community. He will never be forgotten and neither will his accomplishments.
The post is continued with the Modern Era through present day.
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