ກ່ອນ​ທີ່​ພຣະ​ອົງ​ໄດ້ Ed “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949​" bbox_y = "1897​" bbox_w bbox_h = "52​" = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” Lewis

ນັກປະຫວັດສາດມວຍປ້ຳຖືວ່າ Ed “Strangler” Lewis ຫຼື Frank Gotch ເປັນນັກມວຍປ້ຳອາຊີບຊາວອາເມຣິກັນຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ສຸດ.. ໃນຂະນະທີ່ພວກເຮົາຮູ້ເລັກນ້ອຍກ່ຽວກັບອາຊີບຕົ້ນໆຂອງ Frank Gotch, ພວກ​ເຮົາ​ຮູ້​ຈັກ​ຫນ້ອຍ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ການ​ເຮັດ​ວຽກ​ຕົ້ນ​ຂອງ Ed “Strangler” Lewis.

ແຫຼ່ງຂໍ້ມູນຕ່າງໆອ້າງວ່າ Lewis ໄດ້ຮຽນຮູ້ການຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບການຈັບໄດ້ໃນການແຂ່ງຂັນ carnivals ເມື່ອລາວມີອາຍຸພຽງແຕ່ສິບສີ່ປີ.. Lewis was born Robert Friedrich on June 30, 1891, in tiny Nekoosa, Wisconsin. ໃນ 1900, Nekoosa boasted a population of 745 people.

ໂດຍ 1910, when Friedrich wrestled his earliest professional wrestling match I can find, Nekoosa had doubled in population to 1,500. The town population never rose above 2,700.

ໃນ​ວັນ​ອັງ​ຄານ, ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 27, 1910, Friedrich wrestled “Babe” Abel of Madison, Wisconsin in a best two-out-of-three-falls match. The men wrestled at Brook’s Hall in Nekoosa.

One of the myths about Friedrich is that Friedrich changed his name to Lewis to keep his parents from finding out that Friedrich was wrestling professionally. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, Friedrich wrestling in his hometown argues against this theory. It is impossible to believe Friedrich could keep his profession a secret from his parents after wrestling under his real name in his small hometown.

Friedrich wrestled a legitimate contest in this match. Friedrich needed one hour, fifty-five minutes to pin Abel for the first fall. Even with a 15-minute intermission, Friedrich only need forty-nine seconds to slam an utterly exhausted Abel for the second fall and match in two straight falls.

ໃນ 1913, Friedrich changed his name to Ed “Strangler” Lewis in honor of the original “Strangler”, Evan Lewis. Evan Lewis was a fellow Wisconsin native, who was born in Ridgeway, Wisconsin and lived in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

Friedrich started using Ed “Strangler” Lewis when he travelled to Kentucky to wrestle in early 1913. From that point until his retirement, Friedrich wrestled as Ed “Strangler” Lewis. ໃນ​ລະ​ຫວ່າງ​ການ 1920 ໄດ້, Lewis earned more money from professional wrestling than any other professional athlete not named Jack Dempsey.

ໃນ 1910, Friedrich was just an up-and-coming local star. Grandiose things were in store for the Wisconsin native.

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Sources: The Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin), ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 28, 1910, ຫນ້າ. 4

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