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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
On Monday, Meitheamh 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 Eanáir 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, Bealtaine 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 Déardaoin, Iúil 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
Is annamh a bhíonn wrestlers gairmiúla ag fáil bháis sa fháinne ach tarlaíonn sé uaireanta. In 1936, 5,000 lucht leanúna wrestling i Washington, D.C. gan chuimhneamh boed fear marbh ag deireadh an Mike Romano vs. Cluiche “Éireannach” Jack Donovan i Staid Uí Ghríofa Déardaoin, Meitheamh 25, 1936. Bhí an Romano 40 bliain d'aois ag cur Donovan os a chionn i gcluiche oibrithe. Thug nuachtáin tuairisc mhíchruinn ar Romano mar
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. De réir 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. Faoi dheireadh, Pesek did
During March 1910, Ard-Aighne na Stát Aontaithe i Bluffs na Comhairle, Ghearr Iowa John C. Mhabrai (leagan dá ainm féin, Mabraigh) agus dosaen cosantóirí ag baint úsáide as an bpost chun calaois chearrbhachais a dhéanamh sa dornálaíocht ghairmiúil, wrestling proifisiúnta, agus rásaíocht capall gairmiúil. Mabraigh, déileálaí beostoic a chónaíonn i Kansas City, Missouri, fostaithe istigh sa dornálaíocht, wrestling, agus capall
Go luath ar maidin de Lúnasa 5, 1933, bhris ceithre bhuirgléir shábháilte fuinneog ag an Marshfield Brewing Company i Marshfield, Wisconsin. Bhuail na buirgléirí a dhiailiú amach as an sábháilte agus baineadh as $1,550.00 i stampaí feidearálacha. In 2024 dollars, ghoid na buirgléir os a chionn $37,000.00. D'éirigh leis na burgairí céanna ceann eile a ghlacadh $1,000 i stampaí cónaidhme ón Wausau Brewing Company
Go luath ina ghairm bheatha, Throid Fred Beell Gus “Americus” Schoenlein i 1904 agus 1905. Le linn na 1904 match, Bhuaigh Beell an t-aon titim agus cluiche. Theastaigh ó Schoenlein an ruaig seo a dhíoghail. In May 1905, Fuair bainisteoir Schoenlein ath-mheaitseáil i mbaile dúchais Schoenlein, Baltimore, Maryland. Sheas Schoenlein cúig throigh, deich n-orlach ar airde agus meáite 210 punt. Beell aghaidh de ghnáth a