Robinson has 41 books on goodreads with 2692 ratings. The last queen of england, which was initially published in november 2012, is the third book in the genealogical crime mystery series. Aug 02, 2007 karl gotch was born in antwerp, belgium, on aug. Takada with lou thesz, danny hodge, and billy robinson. Tiger jeet singh in a best two out of three falls match 17.
The graham brothers bobby duncum billy robinson vs. Now for two must reads that need to be read as soon as possible. Matches lou thesz wrestlers database cagematch the. The complete series list for a shifty lou anderson novel william murray. Nick bockwinkel record book the clawmasters archives. Best steve robinson books in the blood, to the grave, and the last queen of england are the best books authored by steve robinson. Find great deals on ebay for thesz and wrestling program. Billy rileys legendary wigan snake pit and the rigorous uwf dojo in tokyo are explored, revealing the secret history of both professional wrestling and the rising sport of mma. Blackandwhite film clips from iwethe earliest robinson match on tape. He was of germanhungarian descent, and at about the age of four, his parents moved to hamburg, germany, where karl grew up. Lou thesz world tag team title cage match larry zbyszkodino bravo c vs. By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies. With help from powerful friends, he rode out the war working in a medical company stationed at fort lewis.
He was a catch wrestling instructor and also author of the book physical chess. Most of the bouts later can be seen on youtube etc. He was a pro wrestler and that was his only obsession. From catch wrestling masters strangler lewis and billy robinson to prowrestling icons like frank gotch and lou thesz, this volume takes you from the shadowy carnival tent and the dingy gym to the bright lights of the squared circle and the las vegas glitz of the octagon, chronicling the evolution of the men and the sport. Together, they started the united wrestling federation. Old school pro wrestling grappling lou thesz, karl gotch.
Billy robinson defeated lou thesz to retain the cwa heavyweight title. Robinson is one of the few wrestlers who was successful in several continents europe, north america, asia, and oceania, winning titles in promotions nearly everywhere he wrestled, and is well known in japan where he has trained mma fighters in catch wrestling. Find billy robinsons phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. Great kusatsu beat wolff with a figure four leg lock in 3.
Robinson passed away on march 3rd, 2014 at the age of 75. Robinson was always great friends with lou thesz, who always championed bringing legitimacy back to professional wrestling. The son of a successful amateur wrestler and shoemaker, lou thesz was schooled in both crafts by his immigrant father and had become a standout amateur wrestler when he became the understudy of. Well, billy riley, one of the top old timers looks to be an early favourite. Although he admits he doesnt remember everything precisely, and stresses the memories and matches he recalls are ones that held an impact in his life, or stood out for an unusual reason, where as most occasions were the same. She favors anything that has angst, romance, triangles, cheating, love, and of course sex. From catch wrestling masters strangler lewis and billy robinson to prowrestling icons like frank gotch and lou thesz, from olympic heroes danny hodge and kurt angle to the japanese wrestler who trained the famous gracie family and gave birth to the global phenomenon of mma, shooters takes you from the shadowy carnival tent and the dingy. Bob backlund pinned wwwf world champion superstar billy graham to win the title at 15. Their aim was to bring back credibility and respect back to the world of professional wrestling. Lou thesz hides none of his opinions and speaking openly about his peers and his own career inside the squared circle. Pwtorch vip audio analyst todd martin has been on pwtorch staff since may 2015. Gene lebell, last of the sadistic bastards, part one.
A twentysixtime world champion, he held the nwa world heavyweight championship three times for a combined total of 10 years, three months and nine days 3,749 days longer than anyone else in history. Robinson got over big in hawaii as a babyface draw, including selling out the hic arena for a 60 minute draw in 1970 challenging funk jr. Billy robinson loses a fight with peter maivia where the rocks grandfather nearly gouges his eye out. Peter robinson is a prolific mystery thriller write who lives in canada, but writes about characters in his homeland of england. That would be lou thesz, karl gotch, and billy robinson. Find great deals on ebay for lou thesz and verne gagne. Yes, there was a wrestling school in england by the name of wigham, near manchester, england and they developed some very fine wrestlers and i think the best of the whole bunch was billy robinson who is still in this country now, he lives in nashville, but the europeans took a lot of pride in the knowledge of straight wrestling. Best of billy robinson mma, pro wrestling, and catch as catch can wrestling legend. The spectacular legacy of the awa 651191945627 dvd. Robinson was a rare occurrencegagne didnt want to lose the title to robinson, but he didnt want to beat robinson either, but it did very well at the gate.
Below that are prior books he has read with his five tier. Billy robinson bill robinson was a british professional wrestler from lancashire, england in the united kingdom. Serious discussion on mcdojos, questionable martial artists, and martial arts history only. Learn as erik paulson, josh barnett, and others pick the brain of this catch wrestling icon. Unless they had archer distract cody during the semis, and cody returns the favor in the finals against darby, so you can have a new champion, a program thats a bit hotter and with minimal effort required. She was born in new jersey but was raised in tampa fl. Anglo, i think that you have to go back in time a bit for your selection.
Look at the previous section for a description of the first two books. Combined, he held the nwa championship for 10 years, three months and nine days 3,749 days total. If mitchell is my all time favorite grappler, elvira is a close second. Our hope is they will help preserve the legacy of professional wrestlings legends and increase interest in the history of professional wrestling. In ajpw, albright was a two time world tag team champion. Toshiaki kawadaakira taue, 6995 00skenta kobashi vs. The thing is kris did exactly what jake accused cecchine of doing and used to discredit him. Ranking the 20 toughest pro wrestlers of all time bleacher. Please keep to the subject at hand and take the squabbling to ymas or trollshido. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Robinson was one of the few wrestlers who was successful in several continents europe, north america, asia and oceania, winning titles.
These beautiful posters are sure to become collectors items and more cards will be released in the near future. I think that lou thesz will also have some backers. Generally regarded as the greatest wrestling book ever by every one. Oct 5 2018 aubrey sitterson courtesy of gene lebell. Here are the peter robinson inspector banks books in order of publication along with the chronological order of each book released. A fight is won by knockout, submission, doctorreferee order stop or points. For the first time, billy robinson sets the record straight on.
The shifty lou anderson series in order william murray. The life story of one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Aloysius martin thesz april 24, 1916 april 28, 2002, better known as lou thesz, was a legendary professional wrestler and three time nwa world heavyweight champion. Squared circle icons strangler lewis and lou thesz and olympic heroes danny hodge and. Order as much as you want for one flat shipping fee. Help us fight fraud in the martial arts by contributing wellthoughtout threads and ideas on the subject. Awa champion verne gagne dcor billy robinson in 3rd fall 1. We use cookies to provide you with a great experience and to help our website run effectively. Albright was also known for his work with stampede wrestling in canada, under his birth. Well it cant be the roster, i dont see bruno sammartino, lou thesz, mil mascaras, superstar graham, harley race, dory funk jr. Gary albright may 18, 1963 january 7, 2000 was an american professional wrestler best known for his work in japan, first with uwf international uwfi, and later all japan pro wrestling ajpw. Who cares if he learned from watching cecchine,fujiwara,aso,schalles videos. Hans schmidt 23 falls january 16, 1953 lou thesz vs.
Billy robinson and others and how he has brought them back into the limelight so that their legacies could be shared. Billy howard lou thesz guest commentator rocky johnson vs. Robinson was also knocked out by art thomas in the locker room. Bob backlund defeated wwwf world champion superstar billy graham via countout wwf show results 1978.
Robinson was well known in japan where he trained mixed martial arts fighters in catch wrestling. Lewis friend, lou thesz, never had any desirer to go over seas to fight germans. And billy robinson was a legit catch hooker during the years he wrestled professionally, along with karl gotch, and of course, lou thesz. The hall of fame honors wrestlers with an amateur background who have made an impact on professional wrestling. Oct 04, 2012 billy robinson was the british wrestling champion in 1957, but as hell tell you, he was still just wet behind the ears when he was mopping up many of europes best to finish out the 1950s. Massive but amazing meltzer article on billy robinson. Billy robinsons phone number, email, address page 2 spokeo. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The george tragos lou thesz professional wrestling hall of fame is a professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located within the national wrestling hall of fame and museums dan gable museum. Harley race nwaclassic world championship match killer kowalski vs. The peter robinson books in order are mostly about the popular inspector banks series, which currently includes 26 books with the latest one published in 2019 titled careless love. Watch lou thesz s interview tape and see what he says about carpentiers ability as a legit wrestler. He also provides stories on many of the lesser known, but no less remarkable wrestlers who toiled in.
Billy robinson born 1939 is a british professional wrestler and catch wrestling instructor. Referring to the style they developed with input and influence from billy robinson, karl gotch, lou thesz, roy wood, danny hodge, the destroyer and a myriad of western catch wrestlers, pelwahns and others as pro wrestling is appropriate in that the style did indeed arise out of prowrestling and was initially intended, before the development. So billy holds up his right fist and says loud and clear ill give you one of these in the ing jaw. George tragoslou thesz professional wrestling hall of fame. Ricky the dragon steamboat vacant classic awa championship match jimmy superfly snuka vs. Now as much as i like billy robinson you need look no further than videos of there old matches albeit worksif you have any experience in wrestling and compare between, robinson, gotch, thesz it is clear that thesz is a much smoother athletic wrestler than both karl gotch, and robinson. Aloysius martin lou thesz april 24, 1916 april 28, 2002 was an american professional wrestler. This is the finals of iwes annual world league roundrobin tournament. Feb 24, 2017 the son of a successful amateur wrestler and shoemaker, lou thesz was schooled in both crafts by his immigrant father and had become a standout amateur wrestler when he became the understudy of. Buy billy robinson lou thesz signed shikishi japanese art board wwe uwf nwa psadna certified original nfl art and prints. The official forum for bullshidos martial arts wing. During his life he was well known in japan where he trained elite level mixed martial arts.
Id love to see the greatest womens champion of all time against the toughest, meanest, scrappiest heel she ever faced in front of a hot louisville crowd. This little book is filled with his observations of such famous stars of the last century as lou thesz, vern gagne, dick hutton, karl gotch, rikidozan, giant baba, and dan hodge. Billy robinson, 72476 80sstan hansenterry gordy vs. Which for the purpose of this little exercise is banned. Aloysius martin thesz april 24, 1916 april 28, 2002 was an american professional wrestler. Robinsons most popular book is the filey connection stac mysteries 1. Billy robinson record book the clawmasters archives. Thesz is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. February 25, 1976 convention hall atlantic city, nj. Best of billy robinson pro wrestling technician video.
Rare 1963 wrestling ticket lou thesz vs sweet daddy siki tillet dromo weaver for sale online. Oct 23, 2019 lou thesz claimed in his autobiography in the mid 1990s that there were only five hookers still alive it is believe he meant himself, karl gotch, billy robinson, george gordienko and dr bill miller although he later backed away from this statement it would be more accurate to have said that only five hookers remained who had found gainful. Best of billy robinson pro wrestling technician csv29tx. She has been reading since the babysitters club and r. William alfred billy robinson september 18, 1938 march 3, 2014 was a british professional wrestler, author and catch wrestling instructor. The debate is a real one among those who seriously study the history of this american popculture creation. At about the age of nine he discovered the world of amateur wrestling and was a regular at the various wrestling clubs in and around hamburg. The spectacular legacy of the awa caters to world wrestling entertainment fans by packing in a veritable cornucopia of wwe goodies. Uwfi was a protomma organization that aimed to show that real, tough, submission wrestling could draw large crowds again. Something was said no one remembers what mulligan punches harley and fight ensues.
See more ideas about wrestling, world championship wrestling and wrestling stars. Lou thesz aloysius martin thesz faces verne gagne laverne clarence gagne in a best 2 of 3 falls match with a 30 minute time limit. A six time world champion, he held the nwa world heavyweight championship three times for a combined total of 10 years, three months and nine days 3,749 days longer than anyone else in history. Genichiro tenryutoshiaki kawada, 121688 90smitsuharu misawakenta kobashi vs. Freddie schott, wwii naval allstar team, ed strangler lewis, lou thesz, morris shapiro vs.