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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
У понедељак, Јун 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, Мај 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, Јул 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
Џим Лондос се развио у највећу звезду професионалног рвања током 1930-их. Лондос се рвао у главним догађајима против Еда „Давитеља“ Луиса и Џима Браунинга на бејзбол стадионима. Ове утакмице су привукле више од публика 30,000 фанови по први пут од другог Готцх вс. Хакеншмит у 1911. Када се Лондос рвао у Грчкој, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. У 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, Д.Ц.. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Јун 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. По 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. Коначно, Pesek did
During March 1910, генералног тужиоца Сједињених Држава у Савету Блуфсу, Ајова је оптужила Џона Ц. Мабраи (верзија његовог стварног имена, Мабри) и десетак оптужених који су користили пошту за вршење коцкарске преваре у професионалном боксу, професионално рвање, и професионалне коњске трке. Мабри, трговац стоком који живи у Канзас Ситију, Мисури, запослени инсајдери у боксу, рвање, 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. У 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
На почетку каријере, Фред Беелл се рвао са Гасом „Америкусом“ Шонлајном 1904 и 1905. Током 1904 match, Беелл је добио једини пад и меч. Шонлајн је хтео да се освети за овај пораз. In May 1905, Шенлајнов менаџер обезбедио реванш у Шонлајновом родном граду Балтимору, Maryland. Шонлајн је стајао пет стопа, десет инча висок и тежак 210 фунти. Beell usually faced a