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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Jan 24, 2007 18:53:53 GMT -5
On this day 44 years ago Lou Thesz defeated Buddy Rogers in Toronto to win the NWA Title.The aftermath and result of this match led to the creation of the World Wide Wrestling Federation created by Vincent J. McMahon and Joe Mondt
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Post by Tyfo on Jan 24, 2007 19:39:03 GMT -5
Upon seeing the aftermath, Vladimir Kozlov was quoted as saying, he loves Double Double Double F
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Post by smokinvokoun on Jan 24, 2007 21:10:07 GMT -5
A real major in wrestling.
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Post by Lino on Jan 24, 2007 21:39:14 GMT -5
Yeah the Rio De Janeiro title tournament thing was made up (just like with the IC title). That's why PWI doesn't recognize Buddy Rogers as the first ever WWWF Champion. I'm kinda surprised that Buddy Rogers didn't even have one successful title defense before losing it to Da Brune.
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Post by odanobunaga on Jan 24, 2007 21:41:27 GMT -5
Yeah the Rio De Janeiro title tournament thing was made up (just like with the IC title). That's why PWI doesn't recognize Buddy Rogers as the first ever WWWF Champion. I'm kinda surprised that Buddy Rogers didn't even have one successful title defense before losing it to Da Brune. Wait it was? DAMN IT  |
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jan 24, 2007 21:55:49 GMT -5
Yeah the Rio De Janeiro title tournament thing was made up (just like with the IC title). That's why PWI doesn't recognize Buddy Rogers as the first ever WWWF Champion. I'm kinda surprised that Buddy Rogers didn't even have one successful title defense before losing it to Da Brune. According to my PWI Wrestling Almanac from a couple of years ago, they count him as the first. Did they change their minds since then? |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 24, 2007 23:06:24 GMT -5
As far as I now he still is considered the first WWWF champion
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Post by ThePhantom86 on Jan 24, 2007 23:46:16 GMT -5
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Post by Lino on Jan 25, 2007 16:41:47 GMT -5
Yeah the Rio De Janeiro title tournament thing was made up (just like with the IC title). That's why PWI doesn't recognize Buddy Rogers as the first ever WWWF Champion. I'm kinda surprised that Buddy Rogers didn't even have one successful title defense before losing it to Da Brune. According to my PWI Wrestling Almanac from a couple of years ago, they count him as the first. Did they change their minds since then? Hmmm. It might've been from somewhere else then. But as the guy above me pointed out, wrestling-titles.com even states |
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Post by Kerry Von Erich is my hero on Jan 25, 2007 19:00:09 GMT -5
Why do they always use Rio De Janeiro Brazil as the site of these ficticious tournaments, first with this, and then with Poopstain Patterson winning the first ever IC belt tournament back in the 70's
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Post by Se7en: Horse That Wrote Poems on Jan 25, 2007 19:42:19 GMT -5
Why do they always use Rio De Janeiro Brazil as the site of these ficticious tournaments, first with this, and then with Poopstain Patterson winning the first ever IC belt tournament back in the 70's Because no one in the fan base can say they know it DIDN'T happen - no one would have been in Rio de Janero at the time to see it and report! It's like "if you can't prove it didn't happen, there's no need to prove it did." |
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jan 25, 2007 22:34:43 GMT -5
His health was really bad at the time, and he even had a heart attack the night he lost the title.
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