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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
Fil 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “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
Fuq Diċembru 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 “defeated” 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
In January 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” u 210 liri, “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. Tieni,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. 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 nhar il-Ħamis, Diċembru 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
Nhar is-Sibt, Jannar 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Il-Lion Russu” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” u 224 liri, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 liri. Despite his smaller
Thiebaud jew Theobald Bauer kien wrestler Franċiż, li speċjalizzat fil-lotta Greko-Rumana. Bauer wasal fl-Amerika matul 1875 bi talba dubju]a g[all-Kampjonat Dinji Greco-Ruman Heavyweight Wrestling. Kien jiddefendi t-titlu tiegħu għal 5 snin sakemm megħlub minn William Muldoon fi 1880. Jekk il-partitarji tal-lotta huma familjari ma 'Bauer għal kollox, huwa normalment bħala l-avversarju
Nhar il-Ħamis, Novembru 22, 1923, St. Il-promotur ta’ Louis John Contos laqa’ karta kontroversjali kkompletata minn partita bejn Joe Stecher u Dan Kolov, wrestler Bulgaru li ġej u ġej. Il-karta kienet koperta minn John E. Wray, l-Editur Sportiv għas-St. Louis Post-Dispaċċ. Il-karta kienet kontroversjali minħabba li tnejn mill-akbar stilel fil-lotta ġew reklamati iżda le