2021/08/16
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The website devoted to preserving the history of Australian wrestling.
We're in the process of renovating and moving some things around so some things may look a little strange but the aim is to minimise disruption.
This website was designed in 2012 with a scope of covering present and past wrestling in Australia.
The scope will change to prioritise the older stuff and make that a bit more accessible.
Thank you for your patience.
I also have another website (with my good buddy Greg) The Wrestling Roadshow which has more of a global scope. We have a podcast by the same name too and discuss all sorts of wrestling.
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Jim Londos
Name: - Jim Londos
Height: - 5'8” (173cm)
Weight: - 200lb (91kg)
Born: - 2 January, 1897
From: - Argos, Greece
Debut: - 1917
Retired: - 1959
Died: - 19 August, 1975 (heart attack)
Finishers: - Boston crab, Armbar
Also known as: - “The Wrestling Plasterer” Christopher Theophelus
Toured Australia: - 1946, 1959
An alltime great.
Migrated to US in his teens. Worked for a circus troupe before getting into wrestling. Won several 'world' titles around the US during the 30s. Continued to be billed as world champion until his retirement. Was due to visit Australia in 1939, but the onset of the war caused him to abandon the trip. Finally visited in 1946, wrestling Seelie Samara in a memorable match in Sydney.
Effectivley retired in 1950, but still took bookings a few times a year until his final visit to Australia in 1959, when he wrestled ex-boxing champion Primo Carnera in January.
Considered to be a national hero in Greece.
Titles held: - NWA(ssociation) World Hwt, NYSAC World Hwt (2), (Minneapolis) World Hwt (2), (Maryland) World Hwt (2), (LA) World Hwt (3), NBA World Hwt
Jim Londos v Bronko Nagurski, Philadelphia 1938
Credit: Mark Dalgleish, Wikipedia, Libnan Ayoub's 100 Years of Australian Professional Wrestling, Puroresu
Photo credit: wrestlingclassics.com
