[bimbo]

I am very sorry to hear this ... A friend and I hitchiked from Pennsylvania to Chicago just to watch Lou Thesz wrestle Verne Gagne - I was 14 at the time.

[berned]

I think Lou Thesz came right before I became aware of wrestling. My heroes were Freddie Blassie, Mr. Moto, Tricky Ricky Starr, Eduard Carpentier, The Destroyer... that was, to me, the Golden Era of Wrestling.