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Les Thornton (April 9, 1934 - February 1, 2019) was a retired British professional wrestler who competed in European and North American regional promotions throughout the 1970s and 1980s including Stampede Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). During his career, he was considered one of the best junior heavyweights in the world at one time simultaneously holding both the WWF and NWA World Junior Heavyweight titles, and would later hold the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title five times. In the "Hogan Era" of the WWF, Thornton was used as a jobber. Near the end of his career, he formed his own promotion called Canadian Independent Wrestling Federation (CIWF), which included wrestlers like Ricky Fuji and Big Titan, among others.
Career[]
Championships and accomplishments[]
- NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Charles
- Middle Atlantic States Wrestling
- MASW National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Charles
- NWA New Zealand
- NWA British Empire Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship ''(New Zealand version)'' (1 time)
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Moondog Mayne
- WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- PWI ranked him # 320 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
1Records are unclear as to where Thorton was when he received the title for the first time nor is it known as to which NWA affiliated promotion he was wrestling for at the time.