WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Lester Welch Real Name: Birthday: Hometown: Marital Status: Height & Weight: 5'11" - 235 Lbs Trained by: Debut: Previous Names: Finishing Move: Inside step-over toe hold Favorite Moves: The Knee drop Notable Feuds: Sputnik Monroe Rocket Monroe Dante and Mephisto Missouri Mauler Boris Malenko The Medics
NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Lee Fields defeating Corsica Jean & Corsica Joe (February 6, 1958); NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Herb Welch defeating Mr. Moto & Tor Yamata (October 18, 1960); NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Joe Scarpa defeating Don & Al Greene (February 16, 1961); NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Joe Scarpa defeating Joe & Jackie Fargo (May 29, 1961); NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Mephisto & Dante (October 17, 1961); NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Mephisto & Dante (November 30, 1961); NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Mephisto & Dante (February 12, 1962); NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Mike Clancy defeating Mephisto & Dante (April 19, 1962); NWA (Mid America) United States Tag Team titles w/Danny Hodge defeating Taro Sakuro & Yoshino Sato (May 29, 1962); NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Buddy Fuller defeating Medics (October 15, 1962); NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Sputnik Monroe [Tournament] (August 11, 1966); NWA (Florida) Southern Tag Team titles w/Buddy Fuller defeating Rocket & Sputnik Monroe (April 25, 1967); NWA Tennessee Tag Team titles w/Buddy Fuller won a Tournament (October 24, 1967); NWA (Florida) Southern Tag Team titles w/Eddie Graham defeating Aldo Bogni & Bronco Lubich (February 20, 1968); NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Buddy Fuller defeating Red Shadow & Don Carson (September 9, 1968); NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/The Gladiator (Rick Hunter) defeating Medics (April 29, 1969);
October 17, 1961: Les Welch & Jackie Fargo beat Dante (Bobby Hart) & Mephisto (Frankie Cain) for the Southern Tag Team titles.. February 12, 1962: Les Welch & Jackie Fargo beat Dante & Mephisto to win back the Southern Tag Team titles om Tennessee.. October 22, 1962: Les Welch & Buddy Fuller defeated The Medics (Tony Gonzales/Don Lortie) for AWA Southern Tag Team titles.. August 11, 1966: Les Welch defeated Sputnik Monroe in a Tournament Final to capture the Florida Heavyweight Title in Tampa.. September 24, 1968: Les Welch & Buddy Fuller defeated Don Carson & The Red Shadow for AWA Southern Tag Team titles .. April 29, 1969: Les Welch & The Gladiator defeated The Medics (Jim Starr/Willie Garrett) for the Florida Tag Team titles.. September 18, 2009: Lester Welch passed away after a long illness in Pensacola, Florida..