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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Ar ddydd Llun, Mehefin 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a
Ar Ionawr 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg defended his AWA World Title, based in the Boston promotion of Paul Bowser, in Boston Arena against former world champion Joe Stecher. Two minutes of film survived from the hour-long match. Gus Sonnenberg traded on his celebrity as a professional football player to become a wrestling star. Sonnenberg helped the Providence Steam Roller win
On Memorial Day, Mai 30, 1925, Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko in a worked match to reclaim the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship that Stecher had lost in December 1920. Stecher was part of a conspiracy that paid Stanislaus Zbyszko to double-cross Wayne “Big” Munn in April 1925. Zbyszko defeated Munn legitimately in one of professional wrestling’s most famous double-crosses. As
Ar ddydd Iau, Gorffennaf 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis wrestled Howard Cantonwine in front of 5,000 fans at McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “Big” Munn legitimately, both Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis
Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Mae reslwyr proffesiynol yn marw yn y cylch yn brin ond yn digwydd weithiau. Yn 1936, 5,000 cefnogwyr reslo yn Washington, D.C. beiddio dyn marw yn anfwriadol ar ddiwedd gêm Mike Romano vs. Gêm “Wyddelig” Jack Donovan yn Stadiwm Griffith ddydd Iau, Mehefin 25, 1936. Roedd y Romano 40 oed yn rhoi Donovan drosodd mewn gêm weithiedig. Adroddodd papurau newydd fod Romano yn anghywir
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Erbyn 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Yn y pen draw, Pesek did
During March 1910, Twrnai Cyffredinol yr Unol Daleithiau yn Council Bluffs, Cyhuddodd Iowa John C. Mabray (fersiwn o'i enw gwirioneddol, Mabry) a dwsin o ddiffynyddion yn defnyddio'r post i gyflawni twyll gamblo mewn bocsio proffesiynol, reslo proffesiynol, a rasio ceffylau proffesiynol. Mabry, deliwr da byw yn byw yn Kansas City, Missouri, gweithwyr mewnol mewn bocsio, reslo, a march
Yn oriau mân y bore ym mis Awst 5, 1933, torrodd pedwar lladron diogel ffenestr yn y Marshfield Brewing Company yn Marshfield, Wisconsin. Tarodd y lladron ddeial oddi ar y sêff a'i dynnu $1,550.00 mewn stampiau ffederal. Yn 2024 dollars, y lladron yn dwyn drosodd $37,000.00. Llwyddodd yr un lladron i gymryd un arall $1,000 mewn stampiau ffederal gan Gwmni Bragu Wausau
Yn gynnar yn ei yrfa, Bu Fred Beell yn reslo Gus “Americus” Schoenlein i mewn 1904 a 1905. During the 1904 match, Enillodd Beell yr unig gwymp a gêm. Roedd Schoenlein am ddial am y gorchfygiad hwn. In May 1905, Sicrhaodd rheolwr Schoenlein ail-gyfle yn nhref enedigol Schoenlein, Baltimore, Maryland. Safai Schoenlein bum troedfedd, deg modfedd o daldra ac yn pwyso 210 bunnoedd. Fel arfer wynebodd Beell a