Les Thatcher

Early life Thatcher was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He first watched wrestling when he was eight years old while at a friend's house, stating, "The action on that little ten-inch black & white screen just reached out and grabbed me". In his youth, he played basketball, baseball, and football. He started wrestling at his local YMCA as a twelve-year-old. He attended Central High School in Cincinnati.

Professional wrestling career Thatcher heard about Tony Santos, a promoter and owner of a wrestling school in Boston, Massachusetts. Afterward, he worked with Jim Crockett's Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, announcing with Gordon Solie. The following year he also appeared in an episode of To Tell The Truth. He was elected onto the board of the Cauliflower Alley Club. Thatcher co-hosted a weekly wrestling radio program with Doc Young called Wrestling Weekly from 2005 to 2008. New editions of Wrestling Weekly are now being released as weekly podcasts found on the Wrestling Observer website. He also does routine website audio shows for PWInsider.

Championships and accomplishments Cauliflower Alley Club Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award (2005) NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (4 times) – with Roger Kirby (1), Bearcat Brown (1), Dennis Hall (1), Nelson Royal (1) NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) – with Bearcat Brown NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Dennis Hall, Whitey Caldwell (3) and Nelson Royal (2) Smoky Mountain Wrestling Hall of Fame (class 1994) Other Mid-Atlantic Hall of Heroes (2013) NWA Rookie of the Year (1967)