Sau: Ken Zimmerman ❏ Jr ❏.

John “tsov” Pesek wrestled ob peb “tua” qhov yuam kev thaum lub sij hawm “ua haujlwm” era ntawm lub 1920s. Yog lub sij hawm no, American kev wrestlers koom tes nrog sib muab tso rau exciting qhov yuam kev rau tus kiv cua. Soj ntsuam tau predetermined los promoters thiab tswj. Tseeb contests los yog “yub” tsawg kawg nkaus. Thaum twg lawv tshwm sim, Nws yog nquag khom ib cov lus tsis txaus siab ntawm promoters los yog ib tug

Qhov kawg ntawm 1905, Fred Beell yog mus txawv tebchaws America hyping tuaj ib match nrog tus American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell yog ib tus American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion muaj swb Frank Gotch hauv ib “ua haujlwm” Match nyob New Orleans thaum hlis ntuj nqeg 1903. Nws poob lub npe rov qab mus Gotch ob peb lub lis piam tom qab. Muaj peev xwm wrestlers, Jenkins thiab Beell

Joe Stecher thiab John “tsov” Pesek tau tseeb wrestlers nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev kawm ntawv feem ntau “ua haujlwm” era, Qhov yuam kev tau predetermined tsuas yog ib tug neeg txiav txim siab los coj ob-ntoo khaub lig rau lwm wrestler los yog promoter los xa ntais ntawv rau hauv ib contest tseeb contest. Double-crosses tsuas ua haujlwm, Yog hais tias tus wrestler yuav tseeb yeej ntais ntawv. John Pesek tsis nyiam qhov xwm ntawm wrestling thiab feem ntau muab

Raws li tus wrestler dhia ntawd tawm ntawm qhov ua lev, Nws tsawv nkaus tus referee yog cov lapel nrog nws zoo caj npab. “Koj yuav tsum tsis tias yog vim li cas?” Raws li Referee Siler sim yuav rub dawb, Duncan Ross’ vib nas this tsawv nkaus nws thiab rho nws tseg. Cov txiv neej hais Ross, “Nws tsis tau kom nws. Koj yuav tau xa cov ntaub ntawv.” Ross screamed, “Kuv mus os.” Raws li Ross taug kev

Nyob rau hauv 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley khiav afoul ntawm tus kub Dust Trio, Tus thawj tswj Billy Sandow, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. Tus Trio tshuaj lub ntiaj teb championship thiab khov Curley tawm hauv booking tus tau zus ib. Tau txawm nrog cov Trio, Curley pib aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling nyiaj medalist thiab collegiate

Stanislaus Zbyszko mus rau teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas 1909 Mus nrhiav ib match uas pom tau hais tias ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Yuav tau zoo lawm rau qhov kev sib tw no thiab tsim anticipation rau lub npe match, Zbyskzo toured feem ntau ntawm lub zos loj nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas. Thaum lub caij ntuj 1910, Zbyszko los txog hauv St. Louis rau nws match uas muaj peev wrestler Charles

Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 14, 1922, ib pawg neeg 10,000 Kiv cua ua tus St. Louis Coliseum saib lub rematch ntawm tam sim no ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab qub tau zus ib Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “tua yeej” Zbyszko rau lub npe nyob rau hauv Wichita, Kansas nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1922. Tsis paub rau cov kiv cua, Lub hom phiaj yog rau Zbyszko poob ntais ntawv rau Lewis tab sis

Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 1905, Zoo regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, los kuj hu ua Americus, Pom zoo kom tau raws li Fred Beell hauv Schoenlein hometown ntawm Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein xav pom tuav Beell yooj yim. Thaum 5'10” thiab 210 phaus, “Americus” tshaj 5’04”, 170 phaus. Thaum Beell yog haib ua, Schoenlein tus 40 phaus yog ib lub roob kom zoo dua. Leej txiv neej twb skilled wrestlers ho. Thib ob,