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As the wrestler jumped off the mat, he grabbed the referee by the lapel with his good arm. “Why didn’t you stop it?” As Referee Siler tried to pull free, Duncan Ross’ seconds grabbed him and pulled him away. The men told Ross, “He can’t stop it. You have to submit.” Ross screamed, “I’m out of here.” As Ross walked
In 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Ed, campeón mundial de lucha libre de peso pesado “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
En diciembre 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “derrotado” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
En enero 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” y 210 libras, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Segundo,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: El truco que salvó al 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) La versión de otoño del 1915 El Torneo Internacional de Lucha estaba luchando con la asistencia y el interés, cuando el promotor Sam Rachmann alcanzó el oro promocional al introducir a un luchador enmascarado en su torneo. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum el jueves, Diciembre 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
El sábado, Enero 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defendió su Campeonato de Lucha greco-romana Mundial contra Ahmed Medrali. “El León de Rusia” tendría que derrotar “El Terrible Turk” para retener su campeonato. Los promotores seleccionados del gigante Medrali, que fue de 6’02” y 224 libras, para derrotar al aparentemente invencible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt situó sólo 5’09” de altura y pesaba 209 libras. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud o Theobald Bauer fue un luchador francés, que se especializó en la lucha grecorromana. Bauer llegó a América durante 1875 con un dudoso derecho al Campeonato Mundial de Lucha Grecorromana de Peso Pesado. Defendería su título por 5 años hasta que fue derrotado por William Muldoon en 1880. Si los fanáticos de la lucha libre conocen a Bauer, normalmente es como el oponente
El jueves, Noviembre 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t