Author: Ken Zimmerman Jr.

Dicembre 17, 1923, Jim Browning wrestled a rare match in his hometown of Verona, Missouri. Four hundred fans from the surrounding area crowded into the venue to watch the match between Browning and Clarence Jenkins, a wrestler from Emporia, Kansas. Both Browning and Jenkins wrestled most of their matches in Kansas during 1923. Browning was starting a career that

In maggio 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail only toured the United States for six months in the early part of 1898. Ismail wrestled less than ten matches but left a path of destruction remembered to this day. Ismail made a powerful impression by easily defeating both Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ismail also made a strong

John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek lottò in due delle gare legittime più famose degli anni '20. Pesek ha posto fine a due guerre promozionali accettando di “sparare” a gare con Marin Plestina e Nat Pendelton. In 1916, Pesek era un wrestler emergente attivo nel suo stato natale, il Nebraska. Giovedi ', September 14, 1916, Pesek ha lottato con un altro lottatore del Nebraska, Chris Giordano. Fans and

Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. Louis on May 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George