Author: Кен Циммерман младший.

В 1894, Мартин “Фермер” Бернс готовился к борьбе с Эваном “<Промежуток bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" FSIZE = "13" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = "” Льюис за чемпионат Америки по борьбе в тяжелом весе. Пока Бернс был на пике карьеры, Льюис был на вершине американского профессионального рестлинга на протяжении многих лет. 5 лет. Льюис также боролся в вязком стиле с упором на приемы подчинения.. Бернсу придется быть готовым к тяжелому соревнованию., которые могли

Verona, Missouri is a small town in southwest Missouri. Never exceeding 900 residents in it’s history, only 438 or so people called Verona home in 1926. Еще, a professional wrestling card was held in the town on Monday, Март 22, 1926. Without the widespread use of automobiles or roads built to handle them, travel would be very difficult in 1926.

В пятницу, Февраль 17, 1922, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko wrestled a handicap match against Francois Lemarque and up-and-coming star Jim Londos. Londos was still a few years away from becoming the biggest box office draw in professional wrestling but he was the most popular wrestler in St. Луис. While Londos only stood about 5’06” или 5’07”, he possessed

On Sunday, Декабрь 17, 1906, Канзас-Сити, Миссури еще раз оказался рассадником профессионального рестлинга. 8,000 фанаты заполнили конференц-зал, чтобы посмотреть матч-реванш между Фрэнком Готчем и Фредом Биллом. Beell won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Gotch three weeks earlier in New Orleans, Луизиана. Готч заявил, что поражение было случайностью, while

Июня 11, 1976, Джозеф “Toots” Mondt died enroute to Christian Northeast Hospital in North St. Louis County. Mondt had moved to St. Луи в 1969 to help take care of his wife Alda’s mother. After her mother died in 1971, the Mondts decided to stay in St. Луис, where Alda had been born and raised. Mondt was a legendary

Wayne “Большой” Munn’s a meteoric rise in professional wrestling. Debuting in 1924, Munn “won” the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Ed “<Промежуток bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" FSIZE = "13" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = "” Льюис в начале 1925. His fall was just as quick. По 1926, Munn was retired. A college football lineman from Nebraska, Munn was recruited into professional wrestling by Billy Sandow, defacto leader of the Gold Dust Trio. The

Fred Beell was a strong, talented professional wrestler at the turn of the 20th Century. Beell gave all the best wrestlers of the day tough contests but his lack of size often hampered his ability with world class wrestlers. Although powerfully built, Белл щедро был включен в пятерку’06”. At his heaviest, Beell never exceeded 170 фунты. While possessing a bodybuilder’s