Christopher Theophelus was born sometime in the late 1800's and was the youngest of 13 children. Running away from home at the age of 13 and making his way to America, laid the foundation for a unrelenting work ethic. He worked certain jobs that was laid aside for immigrants on the East Coast. Through an American friend he got a job with a travelling carnival as a catcher in an acrobatic group, this is where he would first come to find the world of professional wrestling. His first area of competition was in the Pacific Northwest where he debut as Chris Theophelus, the "Wrestling Plasterer." Although it would be laughed at today if someone came out as a plasterer and dressed in construction gear, during this time it was rather new to be using a gimmick of any kind, and drew attention to the young grappler.

The working man gimmick was soon dropped for a more realistic gimmick. He used his good looks and chiseled physique as a ploy for his new character in the ring. He would travel all over the States and wrestle, sometimes 7 nights a week, the ugliest combatants he could find, thus bringing forth the "Golden Greek" gimmick. This brought forth new found confidence in Theophelus, now going by Jim Londos, who got his ring name from Roscoe Fawcett a reknowned sports editor.

Jim Londos career started taking off. He fastly became the biggest wrestling draw on the East Coast, so much so he was monikered "AS" pro wrestling. In other words if you didn't have Londos working under you, you might as well call it a night because fans would travel over 500-600 miles just to catch a glimpse of the mega-star.

On June 6th 1930, Londos would win his first major title, the NYSAC-NBA-NWA (National Wrestling Association not Alliance) World Title from Dick Shikat. This was also during an era that pure wrestling with the shoot style was still going headstrong, but it also brought tension within the wrestling community all together. Although, Londos had defeated Shikat for both titles in unification, was stripped of the NYSAC World Title when he refused to wrestle legendary grappler Ed "The Strangler" Lewis. He would once again unify the two titles when he defeated Jim Browning in 1937, setting up a World Title match (recognized by Eastern promoters) with NFL star turned wrestler, Bronco Nagurski. Not only did Londos defeat the Football star, but he held that title for over 12 years.

But, with this reign came doubt. Was Londos truly the greatest of his time, or was Ed Lewis the "real deal?" Everyone within the wrestling community knew that there was truly nobody in not just the US, but the world who could defeat Ed Lewis in a legitimate fight. So, due to an increase on popularity of pro-wrestling in general, Lewis and Londos , that periods two biggest stars, came to an agreement to meet each other in a series of legitimate and "worked" matches. Both men traded victories, but rumor has it that Londos never won a legitimate contest against Lewis.

Jim Londos may have also been the biggest world wide draw wrestling has ever had, period. He not only was drawing crowds consistently of 40-50000 in the US, but he was drawing the same numbers in Britian, France, and of course his home country of Greece. He once drew over 100,000 fans in Greece, a record still hardly touched today. After 2500 matches (mostly legitimate), several titles, and a fan following second to none, in 1946 wrestlings "Golden Greek" decided it was time to hang up his boots.

Jim Londos during retirement started a fund for WWII children who were left without family, mostly in Greece. He donated alot of his time and money to these kids, and for this effort not only did his homeland King acknowledge his character, but President Richard Nixon did as well.

On August 19, 1975 Londos passed away of a heart attack in California. Not only did wrestling lose one of its greatest warriors, but humanity all together lost one of it heros. should Londos be considered on the wrestling true greatest icons? Not just that, but he should also go down as one of the greatest human beings to ever live.

Ironically enough Theophelus translates from Greek as "Friend of God." I would say that name fits him perfect.