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Nhar it-Tnejn, Ġunju 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
Fuq Jannar 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, Mejju 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
Nhar il-Ħamis, Lulju 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Floyd u Hilderbrand daru fil-bini. 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
Wrestlers professjonali li jmutu fiċ-ċirku huwa rari iżda kultant jiġri. Fil 1936, 5,000 fannijiet tal-lotta f’Washington, D.C. involontarjament ibbujjat raġel mejjet fi tmiem il-Mike Romano vs. Logħba “Irlandiża” ta’ Jack Donovan fil-Griffith Stadium nhar il-Ħamis, Ġunju 25, 1936. Romano ta’ 40 sena kien qed ipoġġi lil Donovan minn fuq f’partita maħduma. 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. Billi 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. Eventwalment, Pesek did
During March 1910, l-Avukat Ġenerali tal-Istati Uniti fil-Kunsill Bluffs, Iowa akkuża lil John C. Mabray (verżjoni tal-isem attwali tiegħu, Mabry) u tużżana akkużati bl-użu tal-posta biex iwettqu frodi tal-logħob tal-azzard fil-boxing professjonali, lotta professjonali, u tlielaq taż-żwiemel professjonali. Mabry, negozjant tal-bhejjem li jgħix f’Kansas City, Missouri, impjegati insiders fil-boxing, lotta, u żiemel
Fis-sigħat ta’ filgħodu kmieni ta’ Awwissu 5, 1933, erba’ ħallelin sikuri kissru tieqa fil-Marshfield Brewing Company f’Marshfield, Wisconsin. Il-ħallelin ħallew dial mis-safe u neħħew $1,550.00 f’bolli federali. Fil 2024 dollars, il-burglars serqu fuq $37,000.00. L-istess burglars ħadu ieħor b'suċċess $1,000 f’bolol federali mill-Wausau Brewing Company
Kmieni fil-karriera tiegħu, Fred Beell ġġieled lil Gus "Americus" Schoenlein fi 1904 u 1905. Matul il- 1904 match, Beell rebaħ l-unika waqgħa u logħba. Schoenlein ried jivvendika din it-telfa. F'Mejju 1905, Il-maniġer ta 'Schoenlein assigura rematch fil-belt twelid ta' Schoenlein ta 'Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein kien qiegħed ħames piedi, tul għaxar pulzieri u miżun 210 liri. Beell normalment iffaċċjat a