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U ponedjeljak, Lipanj 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
Siječnja 30, 1930, Gus Sonnenberg branio je svoj svjetski naslov AWA, sa sjedištem u promociji Paula Bowsera u Bostonu, U Boston Areni protiv bivšeg svjetskog prvaka Joea Stechera. Dvije minute filma preživjele su iz jednosatne utakmice. Gus Sonnenberg trgovao se svojim slavnim osobama kao profesionalni nogometaš kako bi postao hrvačka zvijezda. Sonnenberg je pomogao da Providence pare valjak pobjedi
On Memorial Day, Svibanj 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
On Thursday, Srpanj 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
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. U 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, D.C. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Lipanj 25, 1936. The 40-year-old Romano was putting Donovan over in a worked match. Newspapers inaccurately reported Romano as
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Po 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. Konačno, Pesek did
During March 1910, državni tužitelj Sjedinjenih Država u Council Bluffsu, Iowa je optužila Johna C. Mabray (verzija njegovog stvarnog imena, Mabry) i desetak optuženika za korištenje pošte za počinjenje kockarske prijevare u profesionalnom boksu, profesionalno hrvanje, i profesionalne konjske utrke. Mabry, trgovac stokom koji živi u Kansas Cityju, Missouri, zaposleni insajderi u boksu, hrvanje, i konja
U ranim jutarnjim satima kolovoza 5, 1933, četiri sigurnosna provalnika razbila su prozor na Marshfield Brewing Company u Marshfieldu, Wisconsin. Provalnici su razbili brojčanik sa sefa i uklonili ga $1,550.00 u saveznim markama. U 2024 dollars, provalnici su se ukrali $37,000.00. Isti provalnici uspješno su oteli još jednu $1,000 u saveznim markicama tvrtke Wausau Brewing Company
Na početku svoje karijere, Fred Beell borio se s Gusom "Americusom" Schoenleinom 1904 i 1905. Tijekom 1904 match, Beell je dobio jedini pad i meč. Schoenlein se želio osvetiti za ovaj poraz. In May 1905, Schoenleinov menadžer osigurao je revanš u Schoenleinovom rodnom gradu Baltimoreu, Maryland. Schoenlein je stajao pet stopa, visok deset inča i težak 210 funti. Beell se obično suočavao s a