Qeb: 20th Century Pro Wrestling History

Nyob rau thaum 1920 los, Christos Theofilou pib wrestling li Jim Londos tom qab ob peb xyoos raws li tus gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos tej zaum tsis twb paub lawm tias lub npe hloov yuav tus thawj kauj ruam rau nws qhov biggest chaw ua hauj lwm attraction hauv 1930s kev wrestling. Cov kauj ruam thib ob yog nws emergence ua ib lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim wrestler hauv St. Louis. yug hauv

Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 4, 1922, Alan Eustace tau txais nws txhaj tshuaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, Tus Kansas Champion, yeej muaj qualifying match nrog “Ua teb” Bailey nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 1922 Tsim nyog rau ntais ntawv nrog Lewis. 31-Xyoo Eustace yog tib hnub nyoog li “Strangler” Lewis tab sis Lewis yog nyob deb tshaj tej yaam puab paub. Debuting ntawm 14 xyoo,

Thaum ntxov 1915, Sam Rachmann nce lub New York International Wrestling kev sib tw nrog lub tswv yim uas hloov retired ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Rachmann ntseeg tsis muaj leej twg yuav swb Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann tus handpicked successor rau Gotch, Nyob greco-Roman wrestling. Rachmann txoj kev sib tw yog catch-as-catch-can yog tus dominant wrestling style hauv America. Yuav tau nyob ib ncig ntawm no sib tw, Rachmann recruited thoob ntiaj teb

Nyob rau hauv 1922, Yav tom ntej Heavyweight Wrestling Tau zus ib Jim Browning pib nws cov hauj lwm nyob Kansas. Browning nyuam qhuav txav los ntawm nws hometown ntawm Verona, Missouri hauv 1921 Tsheb ciav hlau rau ib tug wrestling hauj lwm wrestling hauj lwm. Tom Qab Cai Lij Choj, Lub Wichita, Kansas promoter, oversaw Browning txoj kev kawm. Yog ntuj 1923, Browning twb nyob rau hauv cov kev tshwm sim loj ntawm me qhia tau hais tias. Rau ib lub yim hli ntuj, Kansas card, Browning wrestled

Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis regained lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Stanislaus Zbyszko. Qhov kev tshwm sim cim pib ntawm ib qhov dominant kev wrestling combines nyob hauv keeb kwm. Tus thawj tswj Billy Sandow, Ntiaj teb tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab kev kawm tus khub/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, hu ua “Plua plav Trio”, dominated cov kev ua si nawv rau tom ntej no ntxiv

Nyob rau thaum 1920 los, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom txoj cai txav mus rau Wichita, Kansas thiab tsim lub cheeb tsam rau yav tom ntej wrestling qhia tau hais tias. Cov American Midwest yuav muaj ib tug tseem ceeb nyiaj generator rau cov kub Dust Trio, Uas Sandow coj nrog ntiaj teb tau zus ib Ed “Strangler” Lewis thiab promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, Hauv lub 1920s. Txoj cai lij choj yuav tsim ob

Verona, Missouri yog ib lub zos me me nyob rau sab qab zog Missouri. Tsis txhob tshaj 900 Cov neeg nyob hauv nws keeb kwm, Xwb 438 Los yog li ntawd, cov neeg hu ua Verona tsev nyob rau hauv 1926. Tsis tau, Ib tug kev wrestling card yog nyob rau hauv lub nroog rau hnub Zwj Hli, Lub peb hlis ntuj 22, 1926. Tsis muaj ntau lub tsheb automobiles los yog txoj kev ua tau los kov lawv, yuav nyuaj heev nyob rau hauv 1926.

Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 17, 1922, Ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko wrestled ib handicap match tiv thaiv Francois Lemarque thiab up-and-coming lone Jim Londos. Londos yog tseem ob peb xyoos kom deb ntawm qhov biggest box office kos hauv kev wrestling tab sis nws yog tus nrov wrestler hauv St. Louis. Thaum Londos tsuas sawv li 5’06” los yog 5’07”, nws possessed

Sunday, Hlis ntuj nqeg 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri ib zaug proved nws tus kheej kom tau ib hotbed rau kev wrestling li 8,000 Kiv cua crammed Convention nrog saib lub rematch ntawm Frank Gotch thiab Fred Beell. Beell yeej tus American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Gotch peb lub lis piam lawm hauv New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch tau thov cov tsis tau ib fluke, Thaum

Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 11, 1976, Yos Xes “Toots” Mondt tuag enroute rau Christian Northeast tsev kho mob nyob rau sab qaum teb St. Louis County. Mondt twb nyuam qhuav txav los rau St. Louis hauv 1969 Pab saib xyuas nws tus poj niam Alda niam. Tom qab nws niam tuag nyob rau hauv 1971, Tus Mondts txiav txim siab nyob hauv St. Louis, Qhov twg Alda twb tau yug thiab tsa ceg. Mondt yog ib legendary