The Resume

(April 24, 1916-April 28, 2002)
Birth name is Lajos Tiza
Wrestled for the NWA
Former World Heavyweight Champion and NWA Heavyweight Champion
Author of 'Hooker'

Why he might be annoying:

After a vicious beating he took from Ed 'Strangler' Lewis, he actually retired from wrestling and Lewis had to talk him into not giving up so easily.
In stead of winning his first NWA title, it was just given to him by NWA promoters, when the champion, Orville Brown, was injured in a car accident.
He let personal differences with wrestlers interfere with business.
He refused to put certain wrestlers over, in particular Buddy Rogers, saying: 'There isn't enough whiskey in Canada to get me to put Rogers over.'
When he realized that he could make more in Japan than in the United States, he resigned as NWA Heavyweight Champion.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is considered by many to be the single greatest professional wrestler of all-time.
His wrestling career spanned over seven decades.
Most of his matches would last an hour, sometimes longer.
He was legitimately tough and promoters would make him the champion of a promotion because they trusted that he would be able to fight off anybody who refused to lose and try to pull fast ones in the ring.
He held the World Heavyweight Title a total of six times in four decades.
He was the last person to hold the World Heavyweight Title.
He won the belt for the first time at the age of 21, making him the youngest man to hold a world heavyweight championship.
He holds the record for longest world title reign, holding the World Heavyweight Title for eight years.
He was the first NWA Heavyweight Champion to wrestle in Japan and his match with Rikidozan drew an amazing 87.0 rating, making him a star in Japan.
His book, although not a big seller, is highly praised amongst those in the business and it's mandatory reading at some wrestling camps.
He received the PWI Editor's Award in 1982.
He's a member of the WCW Hall of Fame, The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Wrestling-Observer Hall of Fame.

Credit: Reo Rogerz

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Amateur Wrestlers
• I Died in 2002 (Ranked: 86)
• Look at Me, I'm a Towel Head
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Award
• Look at Me, I've Got a Wrestling Belt
• NWA Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2005)
• NWA Heavyweight Champs
• Pro Wrestlers [Male]
• Professional Wrestling Hall of Famers (Ranked: 2002)
• Profiles 11001-11250 (Ranked: 11110)
• PWI Lifetime Achievement Wrestler (Ranked: 1982)
• Reo Rogerz's Profiles [Series 2]
• WCW Hall of Famers
• Wrestlers Turned Authors
• Wrestling Observers Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1996)
• WWE Hall of Famers (Ranked: 2016)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 43 Votes: 60.47% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 62.22% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 219 Votes: 45.21% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 305 Votes: 66.56% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 231 Votes: 58.44% Annoying