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((Short description|American professional wrestler (born 1916)))
((refimprove|date=September 2022))
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'''Louis John Klein''' (July 10, 1916–October 11, 1979), better known by his [[ring name]] '''Lou Bastien''', was an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He had major successes in [[Big Time Wrestling (Detroit)|NWA-Detroit]], [[American Wrestling Association]] and [[Capitol Wrestling Corporation|Capital Wrestling Corporation]] where he was 3-Time [[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship|WWWF United States Tag Team Champions]] with his [[kayfabe]] brother [[Red Bastien]].<ref>((Cite web |last=Schadler |first=Kyle |title=Abandoned: The History of WWE's World Tag Team Championship, Part 1 |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1054586-abandoned-the-history-of-wwes-world-tag-team-championship-pt-1 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en))</ref>

==Professional career ==
Lou Klein was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1916. Growing up, Klein was an amateur wrestler who in the 1930s with hoped to qualify for the Olympics. When [[World War II]] broke out, in order to support his wife and child, he turned professional in 1942. In his early days he extensively wrestled in the Midwest region as a [[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|junior-heavyweight]]. There he primarily competed in the [[Midwest Wrestling Association]]. He defeated Johney Demchuk to win the MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title in 1948. He won the title again in 1953 defeating [[Ed Francis]].<ref>((Cite web |title=MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Ohio) |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/oh/mwa/oh-mwa-j.html |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=www.wrestling-titles.com))</ref> He was dubbed as the "Atomic blonde from Detroit".<ref name=":0">((Cite web |title=Lou Klein (1916-1979) - wrestlingscout |url=https://sites.google.com/site/wrestlingscout/profiles-by-country/profiles/louklein |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=sites.google.com))</ref> His first big break came in 1960 when he debuted in the north-east region of [[Capitol Wrestling Corporation|Capital Wrestling Corporation]] (the precursor of the [[WWE|WWWF/WWF/WWE]]). There he was teamed up with [[Red Bastien]] as the Bastien brothers. They won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship from the reigning champions [[Dr. Jerry Graham|Jerry]] and [[Eddie Graham]] (The Grahams) on a house at [[New Haven, Connecticut]] on April 2, 1960. Lou and Red dropped [[The Fabulous Kangaroos]] on July 21 at a house show. They won the titles a final time on August 8 eventually losing it back to the Kangaroos. After this he and Red went to the [[Indianapolis]] region where they became 2-time [[American Wrestling Association|American Wrestling Alliance]] Indiana World Tagteam Champions. Lou also had success in [[Big Time Wrestling (Detroit)|Big-time Wrestling(Detroit)]] where he was also a 3-time [[NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)|NWA World Tag team champion]].<ref>((Cite web |title=Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database |url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=2609 |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=www.wrestlingdata.com))</ref> He retired from in-ring competition in 1977 after a career spanning nearly 4 decades. During his later days he helped in training many wrestlers like Art Neilson, Count Drummer, Jim Lancaster, Malcolm Monroe Sr., Rujet Woods, Sandy Parker and Tanya West. Lou Klein's Gym, called "The Doorway to Wrestling", produced many future wrestling stars.<ref>((cite news |last= |first= |date=December 11, 2007 |title=Doorway to the big time |url=https://www.thenewsherald.com/2007/12/11/doorway-to-the-big-time/ |work=[[The News-Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]] |location= |access-date=))</ref> He died in 1979 from a heart attack.

==Championships and accomplishments ==
*'''[[American Wrestling Association|American Wrestling Alliance]]'''
**AWA Indiana World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with [[Red Bastien]]<ref name=OWOW>((cite news |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/red-bastien.html|title=Red Bastien|work=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=August 15, 2012))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=AWA World Tag Team Title (Indiana) |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/in/awa/in-awa-t.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.wrestling-titles.com))</ref>
*'''[[National Wrestling Alliance|Big Time Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)]] ([[NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)#Title history|3 times]]) – with Roy Klein (2), and [[Ed George]] (1) 
*'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|Capitol Wrestling Corporation]]'''
**[[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship|NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Northeast version)'']] ([[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship#Title history|3 times]]) - with [[Red Bastien]]<ref name=OWOW/> 
*'''[[Heart of America Sports Attractions|Midwest Wrestling Association (Ohio)]]'''
**MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (2 time)<ref>((Cite web |title=MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Ohio) |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/oh/mwa/oh-mwa-j.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.wrestling-titles.com))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* ((cite web |url=https://www.geocities.org/percivalafriend/friend011408.htm |title=Remembering Lou Klein |last=Friend |first=Percival A. |date=January 14, 2008 |website=The Way It Was by Percival A. Friend |publisher= |access-date= ))
* ((cite web |url=https://fornology.blogspot.com/2018/06/allen-park-wrestler-lou-kline-and.html |title=Allen Park Wrestler Lou Klein and Protege Heather Feather |last=Fournier |first=Gregory A. |date=June 4, 2018 |website=Fornology.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=))

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