Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling History

ໃນ 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, ແຊ້ມ Wrestling Heavyweight ໂລກ Ed “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949​" bbox_y = "1897​" bbox_w bbox_h = "52​" = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate

Stanislaus Zbyszko ໄດ້ເດີນທາງໄປສະຫະລັດໃນ 1909 ຊອກຫາການແຂ່ງຂັນກັບແຊ້ມ Wrestling Heavyweight ໂລກທີ່ຍອມຮັບ Frank Gotch. ເພື່ອໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບຮູບຮ່າງສໍາລັບສິ່ງທ້າທາຍນີ້ແລະສ້າງຄວາມຄາດຫວັງສໍາລັບການແຂ່ງຂັນຫົວຂໍ້, Zbyskzo ໄດ້ທ່ຽວຊົມເມືອງໃຫຍ່ສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ໃນສະຫະລັດ. ໃນລະຫວ່າງເດືອນພຶດສະພາ 1910, Zbyszko ມາຮອດ St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles

ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "949​" bbox_y = "1897​" bbox_w bbox_h = "52​" = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but

ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” ແລະ 210 ປອນ, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Second,

When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum ໃນວັນພະຫັດ, ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of

ໃນ​ວັນ​ພະ​ຫັດ, ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 22, 1923, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis ຕອບ​ຫນັງ​ສື​ທາງ​ການ​,. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t

On a Thursday night, ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 ປອນ. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, Zbyszko