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Pada hari Senin, Juni 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
Pada Januari 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, Mei 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
Pada hari Kamis, Juli 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. Di 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, Juni 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. Oleh 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. Akhirnya, Pesek did
During March 1910, Jaksa Agung Amerika Serikat di Council Bluffs, Iowa mendakwa John C. Mabray (versi nama aslinya, Mabry) dan selusin terdakwa menggunakan surat untuk melakukan penipuan perjudian di tinju profesional, gulat profesional, dan balap kuda profesional. Mabry, seorang pedagang ternak yang tinggal di Kansas City, Missouri, mempekerjakan orang dalam di tinju, gulat, dan kuda
Di pagi hari bulan Agustus 5, 1933, empat pencuri yang aman memecahkan jendela di Marshfield Brewing Company di Marshfield, Wisconsin. Para pencuri menekan tombol brankas dan mengeluarkannya $1,550.00 dalam perangko federal. Di 2024 dolar, para perampok mencuri $37,000.00. Pencuri yang sama berhasil merampas yang lain $1,000 dalam perangko federal dari Wausau Brewing Company
Di awal karirnya, Fred Beell bergulat dengan Gus “Americus” Schoenlein 1904 dan 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell memenangkan satu-satunya musim gugur dan pertandingan. Schoenlein ingin membalas kekalahan ini. Pada bulan Mei 1905, Manajer Schoenlein mengamankan pertandingan ulang di kampung halaman Schoenlein di Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein berdiri lima kaki, sepuluh inci tinggi dan beratnya 210 pon. Beell biasanya menghadapi a