Funk Jr. unsuccessfully challenged Lou Thesz six times and Gene Kiniski thrice for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Finally, on February 11, 1969, Funk Jr. defeated Kiniski in Tampa ...

Lou Thesz, heralded as one of wrestling’s truest and first pioneers, will now be recognized beside fellow sports-entertainment royalty as a WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductee. A staple of the ...

Lou Thesz is one of ... 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 ...