TYSON FURY WINS THE WBC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FROM DEONTAY WILDER

Tyson Fury made history on Saturday night defeating Deontay Wilder for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Fury promised that he would take the fight to Wilder and changed his style to a more aggressive style in the famous Kronk gym with a new head trainer, Javan Sugar Hill. 

Fury knocked down Wilder twice during the fight and Wilder was bleeding from the ear after an early shot from Fury. Wilder's corner stopped the fight and threw in the towel during the 7th round making Fury the new WBC Heavyweight champion.

Here are three possible directions that Fury could go in now that he's the WBC Champion:

1. A REMATCH WITH DEONTAY WILDER
On PBC on Fox it was mentioned that Deontay Wilder has 30 days to accept a rematch for the WBC title against Tyson Fury. Fury has two more fights left on his contract at Top Rank. Fury has said that he would like to do a rematch with Deontay Wilder and then do a match in MMA. The ball is in Deontay Wilder's court and we'll see if he wants a rematch with Fury after such a vicious beating in this past fight. 

2. GOING BACK TO WWE

Braun Strowman as Intercontinental Champion

In October 2019, Tyson Fury faced Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel and defeated him. Now that Fury is the WBC Champion and Strowman is the Intercontinental Champion that could mean WWE might want to do a Champion vs. Champion match at Wrestlemania 36. Will Fury want to go to WWE? Only time will tell. 

3. A FIGHT WITH ANTHONY JOSHUA


Anthony Joshua is currently the WBF, WBO, and IBF World Heavyweight Champion. Deontay Wilder wanted to do a unification match with Joshua but that never came to fruition for different reasons. Shawn Porter mentioned on PBC on Fox that Fury isn't interested in unifying the championships. That might change if enough money is put on the table. 

On Saturday night, Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder to become the WBC Heavyweight Champion. Now he has options to make history in many different forms. I think he will take the rematch with Deontay Wilder. That will be a helluva fight.

THE PROFESSOR

MY MOUNT RUSHMORE OF WRESTLING SUPERSTARS

MT. RUSHMORE

Mount Rushmore is one of the greatest monuments in American history. It features four of our most iconic Presidents including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. In this article I'd like to present my own "Mt. Rushmore" of iconic professional wrestling superstars. My criteria for four superstars that belong on this list are: 1. They entertained audiences for years, 2. They remain in the public consciousness years after they left the sport, and 3. They have made wrestling promoters money all over the world.

1. ANDRE THE GIANT

Andre The Giant was one of the greatest attractions in pro wrestling. He began his career in 1964 and traveled the world wrestling in places like France and Canada. In 1966 he began a world tour wrestling in the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, and Africa. In 1973, he entered the WWE (then known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation) and began a career that would make him a pop culture icon. In the 1970's it was the heyday of the territory system and the WWE kept Andre on the road visiting different places once a year so that people would come in droves to see him. This made Andre a national superstar while other wrestlers were confined to their respective regional promotions. While in WWE, Andre never lost a match so he was billed as being undefeated from 1973 to 1986. The first person to beat him on the main roster was Hulk Hogan in 1987 at Wrestlemania 3. In the 1970's another wrestler was making his way to the top who was the American Dream Dusty Rhodes.

2. DUSTY RHODES



Like Andre, Dusty Rhodes traveled the world to become one of the biggest names in pro wrestling. Dusty was a 3-time NWA World Champion. Along with his skills in the ring, Dusty used powerful promos to draw fans to the arenas. His heyday happened in the 1970's during the territory system where he had feuds in the NWA with stars like Terry Funk, Harley Race, Superstar Billy Graham, and Ole Anderson. By 1985, Dusty joined Jim Crockett Promotions and had a long feud with Ric Flair and The Four Horsemen. The American Dream was a superhero to all his fans and WWE created their own superhero with the next star on our list: Hulk Hogan.

3. HULK HOGAN

When Hulk Hogan entered the WWE in 1983, he was marketed as a superhero. He defeated the Iron Sheik, an Iranian sympathizer in 1984 to become the World Champion. This was a time when fans still remembered the Iranian hostage crisis and Hulk Hogan was an American hero. At 6'7 and 300 pounds, Hulk Hogan had a superhero appeal to fans. WWE marketed him to the hilt having him face all the major villains of that era like Rowdy Roddy Piper and monsters like King Kong Bundy. Hogan would have his biggest win, literally and figuratively against Andre The Giant at Wrestlemania 3. With that win Hogan cemented his legacy as a superstar. In 1994, Hogan left WWE for World Championship Wrestling. His presence in WCW made the company into a national powerhouse. Hulk Hogan is the only wrestler that was apart of two companies that he helped become mainstream entities. When Hogan left WWE, the company needed another superstar and that man was Steve Austin.

4. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN



In 1995, Steve Austin entered the WWE and changed the wrestling business. He won the King Of The Ring tournament in 1996, Stone Cold coined the phrase, "Austin 3:16 means I just whooped your @$$"and brought a new atttitude to wrestling. Austin was a bad guy that fans loved and soon he became the World Champion beating Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 14. His feuds with The Rock and Vince McMahon made him an international superstar and a pop culture icon.

These are four of the most iconic wrestling stars to ever compete in the ring. To this day, when people talk about wrestling these are the names that people remember. 

Class Dismissed,
THE PROFESSOR