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Dari lewat 1921 kepada 1923, John Contos mempromosikan gusti profesional di St. Louis, Missouri. Walau bagaimanapun, Contos memutuskan untuk meninggalkan promosi untuk memberi tumpuan kepada pengurusan kerjaya bintang tunas Dan Kolov. Sebelum meninggalkan St. Louis, Contos menjual promosi kepada Tom Packs, anak saudara dan pembantunya dalam kenaikan pangkat. Pek’ kad pertama dijadualkan pada hari Jumaat, Januari 4, 1924.
Apabila membincangkan tajuk pemerintahan Stanislaus Zbyszko dari 1921 kepada 1922, sebab utama yang diberikan untuk mengambil gelaran daripadanya adalah bahawa gelarannya adalah kegagalan box office. Adakah nombor mengesahkan kepercayaan ini? Sebelum memenangi kejuaraan, Zbyszko bergelut dengan bekas juara Joe Stecher di Gudang Senjata Rejimen ke-71 di hadapan 7,000 fans. Dalam 1915, the
Apabila William Muldoon bersara sebagai Juara Wrestling Greco-Roman Heavyweight Dunia di 1889, tiada pengganti yang bersedia untuk kejuaraan. Evan “Strangler” Lewis adalah ahli gusti terbaik di Amerika Syarikat yang tidak bernama William Muldoon tetapi kepakarannya ialah gusti catch-as-catch-can. Ahli gusti Greco-Rom Amerika terbaik, Clarence Whistler, telah meninggal dunia di Australia semasa 1885. Pengganti Muldoon yang dipilih sendiri adalah kelahiran Jerman
Joe Stecher started out 1915, a fateful year for his career, with a victory over Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled under the name Otto Carpenter for this match but was known to professional wrestling fans as Ad Santel. Santel had a deserved reputation for being a vicious “hooker”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made
Juara Wrestling Heavyweight Dunia Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt over the years. During conversations with his young protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis said he only had to worry about losing to two wrestlers in his long career. Only Mondt and Stanislaus Zbyszko had a chance of defeating him in a legitimate contest. One
On Sunday, Disember 14, 1924, “Besar” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly
The biggest American pro wrestling match of the 19th Century occurred on April 21, 1895 di Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Martin “Petani” Burns. The 34-year-olds were both skilled with “hooks” or submission holds making them the top of the food chain in legitimate professional wrestling. Lewis had been undisputed champion since 1893
Pada April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, di Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, convinced foreign wrestlers with good reputations like Mahmout and Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to America to challenge Gotch. Fans
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg menjadi tajuk utama 1917 semasa tuntutan mahkamah atas keengganannya untuk memenuhi komitmen gusti di Boston pada bulan Mac 1917. Aberg bersetuju untuk bergelut dengan Wladek Zbyszko, lawan utamanya semasa 1915 Kejohanan Gusti Antarabangsa New York, untuk promoter Boston George Touhey. Walau bagaimanapun, Aberg menarik diri daripada pertarungan sejurus selepas menandatangani perjanjian untuk bergelut dengannya
Selepas berkahwin dengan isterinya Gladys dan mengalahkan Georg Hackenschmidt buat kali kedua, kedua-duanya dalam 1911, Juara Gusti Kelas Berat Dunia Frank Gotch mula bergelut dengan jadual yang lebih terhad. Isterinya Gladys bukan peminat tegar gusti dan mahu suami baharunya menghabiskan lebih banyak masa di rumah di Humboldt, Iowa. Dalam dunia gusti ketika itu,