Sau: Ken Zimmerman ❏ Jr ❏.

Kuv twb sau yav tag los uas lub caij nplooj zeeg hais mav: Lub Barnums ntawm Bounce los Marcus Griffin yog ib qhov teeb meem problematic. Thaum Griffin muaj insider paub vim nws lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub Buffalo promotional chaw ua hauj lwm hauv lub 1930s, Nws tau sau phau ntawv rau lub hom phiaj ntawm kua zaub ntsuab tiv thaiv cov promoters uas raug rho tawm haujlwm nws. Phau ntawv muaj cov ntaub ntawv tseeb sib xyaw nrog nthuav

Nyob rau thaum 1920 los, Christos Theofilou pib wrestling li Jim Londos tom qab ob peb xyoos raws li tus gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos tej zaum tsis twb paub lawm tias lub npe hloov yuav tus thawj kauj ruam rau nws qhov biggest chaw ua hauj lwm attraction hauv 1930s kev wrestling. Cov kauj ruam thib ob yog nws emergence ua ib lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim wrestler hauv St. Louis. yug hauv

Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 4, 1922, Alan Eustace tau txais nws txhaj tshuaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, Tus Kansas Champion, yeej muaj qualifying match nrog “Ua teb” Bailey nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1922 Tsim nyog rau ntais ntawv nrog Lewis. 31-Xyoo Eustace yog tib hnub nyoog li “Strangler” Lewis tab sis Lewis yog nyob deb tshaj tej yaam puab paub. Debuting ntawm 14 xyoo,

Txij thaum nws cov kev ua si nawv spectator nyob rau hauv ib nrab ntawm lub xyoo pua 19th, promoters thiab wrestlers tau nyob rau hauv ib huab ntawm lub sijhawm twg los uas lawv tau ua hauj lwm lawv qhov yuam kev. Thaum kev wrestling yuav nws thiaj li yuav luag exclusively ntawm staged exhibitions, Ntau, feem ntau tsis yog, Ntawm qhov yuam kev tau tseeb contest ua ntej 1915. Promoters thiab wrestlers mus zoo kawg thiab

Thaum ntxov 1915, Sam Rachmann nce lub New York International Wrestling kev sib tw nrog lub tswv yim uas hloov retired ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Rachmann ntseeg tsis muaj leej twg yuav swb Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann tus handpicked successor rau Gotch, Nyob greco-Roman wrestling. Rachmann txoj kev sib tw yog catch-as-catch-can yog tus dominant wrestling style hauv America. Yuav tau nyob ib ncig ntawm no sib tw, Rachmann recruited thoob ntiaj teb

Nyob rau hauv 1922, Yav tom ntej Heavyweight Wrestling Tau zus ib Jim Browning pib nws cov hauj lwm nyob Kansas. Browning nyuam qhuav txav los ntawm nws hometown ntawm Verona, Missouri hauv 1921 Tsheb ciav hlau rau ib tug wrestling hauj lwm wrestling hauj lwm. Tom Qab Cai Lij Choj, Lub Wichita, Kansas promoter, oversaw Browning txoj kev kawm. Yog ntuj 1923, Browning twb nyob rau hauv cov kev tshwm sim loj ntawm me qhia tau hais tias. Rau ib lub yim hli ntuj, Kansas card, Browning wrestled

Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis regained lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Stanislaus Zbyszko. Qhov kev tshwm sim cim pib ntawm ib qhov dominant kev wrestling combines nyob hauv keeb kwm. Tus thawj tswj Billy Sandow, Ntiaj teb tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab kev kawm tus khub/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, hu ua “Plua plav Trio”, dominated cov kev ua si nawv rau tom ntej no ntxiv

Nyob rau thaum 1920 los, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom txoj cai txav mus rau Wichita, Kansas thiab tsim lub cheeb tsam rau yav tom ntej wrestling qhia tau hais tias. Cov American Midwest yuav muaj ib tug tseem ceeb nyiaj generator rau cov kub Dust Trio, Uas Sandow coj nrog ntiaj teb tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Hauv lub 1920s. Txoj cai lij choj yuav tsim ob