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From late 1921 mus 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Txawm li cas los, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 4, 1924.
When discussing Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign from 1921 mus 1922, the main reason given for taking the title from him was that his title reign was a box office failure. Do the numbers validate this belief? Prior to wining the championship, Zbyszko wrestled former champion Joe Stecher at the 71st Regiment Armory in front of 7,000 kiv cua. Nyob rau hauv 1915, tus
Thaum William Muldoon txijnkawm li lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion hauv 1889, Muaj tug tsis npaj successor rau lub championship. Evan “Strangler” Lewis yog qhov zoo wrestler nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas tsis hu ua William Muldoon tab sis nws specialty yog catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Qhov zoo Tshaj Plaws American Greco-Roman wrestler, Clarence Whistler, Tuag nyob Australia thaum 1885. Muldoon tus handpicked successor yog German-yug
Joe Stecher pib tawm 1915, Ib fateful xyoo rau nws cov hauj lwm, Muaj ib tug yeej nyob Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled nyob rau hauv lub npe Otto Carpenter rau ntais ntawv no tab sis yog paub tias kev wrestling kiv cua li Ad Santel. Santel muaj ib lub koob npe nrov deserved rau ib vicious “hooker”, Ib wrestler skilled hauv submission tuas. Stecher yog ib tug 22 xyoo Nebraskan, leej twg ua
Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled 175,000 tseeb wrestling qhov yuam kev nrog Joseph “Toots” Mondt xyoo. Thaum sib tham nrog nws cov protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis hais tias nws tsuas yuav tsum txhawj txog poob rau ob wrestlers nyob rau hauv nws cov hauj lwm ntev. Tsuas Mondt thiab Stanislaus Zbyszko muaj sij hawm uas defeating nws nyob hauv ib contest tseeb contest. One
Sunday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1924, “Loj” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm daim card wrestling ntawm lub nroog Kansas City, Missouri, Rooj sib txoos. 10,000 Kiv cua tsom mus cheer rau Munn, Ib tus kawm ntawv qib siab football neeg uas ua ntawv rau lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Nebraska. Munn yog billed ntawm 6’06”, Uas tej zaum yuav tau ib exaggeration tab sis nws yog ho
Tus biggest American pro wrestling match ntawm lub xyoo pua 19th tshwm sim rau lub plaub hlis 21, 1895 nyob Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis defended nws American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship tiv thaiv Martin “Ua teb” Zaus. Tus 34 xyoo tau ob leeg skilled nrog “nqe lauj” los yog submission tuas ua rau lawv saum cov zaub mov saw hlau nyob tseeb wrestling. Lewis twb tau undisputed tau zus ib txij thaum 1893
Nyob rau hnub tim 14, 1909, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch ntsib Yussif Mahmout, ib tug koom Bulgarian wrestler, nyob Chicago, Illinois rau nws lub npe. Kiv cua pom mahmout ib tawv challenger feem ntau vim lawv twb tsis pom nws wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch tus thawj tswj, convinced txawv teb chaws wrestlers nrog lub koob npe nrov zoo li Mahmout thiab Stanislaus Zbyszko mus rau America los sib tw Gotch. kiv cua
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg ua headlines nyob rau hauv 1917 Thaum tus foob dua nws tsis kam fulfill ib wrestling siab nyob rau Boston thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 1917. Aberg pom zoo kom wrestle Wladek Zbyszko, Nws tus nrog sib ntaus thaum lub ntsiab 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournaments, Rau Boston promoter George Touhey. Txawm li cas los, Aberg rho tawm hauv lub bout tsocai tom qab kos npe rau ib daim ntawv pom zoo kom wrestle nws
Tom qab marrying nws tus poj niam Gladys thiab beating Georg Hackenschmidt ib ob zaug, ob leeg nyob rau hauv ob leeg 1911, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Tau zus ib Frank Gotch pib wrestle ib lub sij hawm txwv ntau txwv. Nws tus poj niam Gladys twb tsis muaj kiv cua loj wrestling thiab xav nws tus txiv tshiab los siv sij hawm ntau nyob rau hauv Tsev nyob rau hauv Humboldt, Iowa. Nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb wrestling thaum lub sij hawm,