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How many times has The Nature Boy won a World Heavyweight Title? I always count 22, but WWE refers to him as the 16 time world champion. Why is this?

Former pro wrestler Kim Il, who dominated professional wrestling in the 1960s and 1970s, died Thursday afternoon in a hospital in Seoul. He was 77.

An official at the Eulji General Hospital, where Kim had been hospitalized for 10 years, said that the late wrestler, who had been plagued by chronic diseases including complications from diabetes and hypertension, passed away at 12:17 p.m.

According to the hospital, the cause of his death was ...

One of the longest feuds in the history of the sport.
The Sheik vs. Bobo Brazil

The Sheik vs. Dusty Rhodes

Dick the Bruiser & Bobo Brazil vs. The Sheik & Bobby Heenan

Toronto 1974 w/ commentary by Jim Cornette and Dave Meltzer (very annoying by constantly interrupting Cornette)
Andre the Giant vs The Sheik

Fred Blassie (Pacific Coast champion) vs. Bruno Sammartino

Mr. Moto vs. Henry Hank

The comment on the page gives you the idea that Mr. Moto was the first Japanese heel, but let's not forget Great Togo...

Clips from pre-WWWF Madison Square Garden.
Buddy Rogers vs. Johnny Valentine

NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Pat O'Connor (world champion) vs. Buddy Rogers (United States champion)
1961/06/30 - Comiskey Park, Chicago, IL
interview before the title bout
match part 1
match part 2

Buddy Rogers (U.S. champion) vs. Bobo Brazil

Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs. Dick Shikat
New York
1932/06/09

part 1

part 2

part 3

Lou Thesz vs Vic Christy (1952?)

Lou Thesz vs. Antonino Rocca (1953)

Lou Thesz vs. Rikidozan (1957)

Does anyone know anything about this belt or have better pics of it?

It's believed to be a belt used in between the Hogan 85 and Hogan 86 belts.

It's not the Andre belt and it's not an NWA/WCW 6 man belt although that is what it most resembles.

"Crazy" Luke Graham (James Grady Johnson) has passed away on Friday afternoon, 2006/06/23 in a Macon Georgia Hospital of heart failure not far from his home in Millageville, GA.

RIP.