Thursday, February 11, 2010

Today in Wrestling History

On this day in 1969 Dory Funk Jr defeated Gene Kiniski to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title.
The bout was held in Tampa, Fl.
The loss was at the request of Kiniski who had been World Champion for 3 years and was exhausted and wanted time off. Kiniski had won the belt for the legendary Lou Thesz in St Louis in on January 7th 1966.
There is no sound for the video/film of the Kiniski vs Funk Jr match so I just included the final few minutes where Kiniski submitted to Funk's spinning toe hold.

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