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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Pirmdien, Jūnijs 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
Janvārī 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, Maijs 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
Ceturtdien, Jūlijs 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
Profesionāli cīkstoņi mirst ringā reti, bet reizēm notiek. Uz 1936, 5,000 cīkstēšanās fani Vašingtonā, D.C. netīšām izsauca mirušu vīrieti Mike Romano vs. “Īru” Džeka Donovana spēle ceturtdien Grifitas stadionā, Jūnijs 25, 1936. 40 gadus vecais Romano nospēlēja Donovanu. 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. Līdz 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. Beidzot, Pesek did
During March 1910, Amerikas Savienoto Valstu ģenerālprokurors Padomes Bluffā, Aiova apsūdzēja Džonu C. Mabrajs (viņa īstā vārda versija, Mabry) un ducis apsūdzēto par pasta izmantošanu, lai profesionālajā boksā veiktu krāpšanos ar azartspēlēm, profesionālā cīkstēšanās, un profesionālas zirgu skriešanās sacīkstes. Mabry, mājlopu tirgotājs, kas dzīvo Kanzassitijā, Missouri, nodarbināja insaiderus boksā, cīkstēšanās, and horse
In the early morning hours of August 5, 1933, four safe burglars broke a window at the Marshfield Brewing Company in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The burglars knocked a dial off the safe and removed $1,550.00 in federal stamps. Uz 2024 dollars, the burglars stole over $37,000.00. The same burglars successfully took another $1,000 in federal stamps from the Wausau Brewing Company
Savas karjeras sākumā, Fred Beell wrestled Gus “Americus” Schoenlein in 1904 and 1905. Laikā 1904 match, Beell won the only fall and match. Schoenlein wanted to avenge this defeat. In May 1905, Schoenlein’s manager secured a rematch in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stood five feet, ten inches tall and weighed 210 mārciņas. Beell usually faced a