Luther Lindsay | Online World of Wrestling (original) (raw)

Title History

• NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Bobby Burns defeating ??????? (January 10, 1954);
• NWA (Toronto) Canadian Open Tag Team titles w/Jack Claybourne defeating Pat Fraley & Tosh Togo (September 28, 1954);
• Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Oattem Fisher defeating John Foti & Don Kindred (April 15, 1960);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Mike DiBiase (May 26, 1961);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Bing Ki Lee defeating Tito Kopa & Bill Savage (June 10, 1961);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Herb Freeman defeating Dan Manoukian & Shag Thomas (August 10, 1961);
• AJPW All Asia Tag Team titles w/Ricky Waldo defeating Toyonobori & Rikidozan (Febuary 3, 1962);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Shag Thomas defeating Kurt Von Poppenheim & Fritz Von Goering (July 21, 1962);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Fritz Von Goering (August 24, 1962);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Shag Thomas defeating Mad Dog Vachon & Fritz Von Goering (December 9, 1962);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Shag Thomas defeating Soldat Gorky & Ivan Kameroff (July 24, 1963);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Shag Thomas defeating Art Michalik & The Destroyer (January 15, 1964);
• NWA (Hawaii) United States Heavyweight title defeating Curtis Iaukea (June ??, 1964);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Pepper Martin defeating The Hangman & Pat Patterson (October 26, 1964);
• NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Wright defeating Enrique & Alberto Torres (July 28, 1965);
• NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Curtis Iaukea (September 29, 1965);
• NWA (Calgary) Canadian Heavyweight title defeating Stan Stasiak (????, 1967);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Tony Borne (June 2, 1967);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Beauregard (November 30, 1968);
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Shag Thomas defeating Karl & Kurt Von Steiger (Febuary 15, 1969);

Career Highlights

• September 25, 1961: Nicoli Volkoff defeated Luther Lindsay for the NWA Pacific Northwest title!
• February 21, 1972: Luther Lindsey (48) died of a heart attack in the ring while pinning his opponent..
• ~~~The referee tapped him to tell him to get off and he was dead on top the guy he pinned..

December 30, 1924 - February 21, 1972

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Fritz Von Goering
Mad Dog Vachon
Mike DeBiase
Beauregaurde
Moondog Mayne
Tito Copa
Tommy Martinez
Tony Borne
Soldat Gorky