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Bejegyzések a 20. századi bunyósokról, birkózó mérkőzések, és birkózófilmek.
Hétfőn, Június 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
On January 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, Május 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
Csütörtökön, Július 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
Ritka, de néha előfordul, hogy profi bunyósok halnak meg a ringben. -Ben 1936, 5,000 birkózórajongók Washingtonban, D. C. akaratlanul is kifütyült egy halottat a Mike Romano vs. „Ír” Jack Donovan meccs a Griffith Stadionban csütörtökön, Június 25, 1936. A 40 éves Romano egy kidolgozott meccsen állította ki Donovant. 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. Által 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. Végül is, Pesek did
During March 1910, az Egyesült Államok főügyésze a Council Bluffsban, Iowa vádat emelt John C. Mabray (valódi nevének egy változata, Mabry) és egy tucat vádlottat azzal, hogy a posta segítségével szerencsejáték-csalást követtek el a professzionális bokszban, profi birkózás, és profi lóverseny. Mabry, egy Kansas Cityben élő állatkereskedő, Missouri, bennfenteseket alkalmazott a bokszban, birkózás, és ló
Augusztus kora reggeli órákban 5, 1933, négy biztonságos betörő betörte a marshfieldi Marshfield Brewing Company ablakát, Wisconsin. A betörők leütöttek egy tárcsát a széfről, és eltávolították $1,550.00 szövetségi bélyegekben. -Ben 2024 dollár, a betörők odalopóztak $37,000.00. Ugyanazok a betörők sikeresen elvittek egy másikat is $1,000 a Wausau Brewing Company szövetségi bélyegeiben
Pályafutása elején, Fred Beell wrestled Gus “Americus” Schoenlein in 1904 és 1905. Az 1904 match, Beell won the only fall and match. Schoenlein wanted to avenge this defeat. Májusában 1905, Schoenlein’s manager secured a rematch in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stood five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 210 font. Beell usually faced a