The World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship was the first recognized professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created in 1905 to identify the best catch as catch can wrestler in the world.
Hackenschmidt and Jenkins on the front page of the Daily Mirror, July 2, 1904
Lou Thesz was the final champion
Ed Lewis had most reigns and the longest combined reign
Jim Londos
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Christos Theofilou, better known as "The Golden Greek" Jim Londos, was a Greek American professional wrestler. Londos was one of the most popular stars on the professional wrestling circuit in the 1930s and 1940s.
