Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling History

In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilu se je začel boriti kot Jim Londos po nekaj letih, ko je bil trik “Borbeni mavčar”. Londos se verjetno ni zavedal, da bo sprememba imena prvi korak k temu, da postane največja blagajniška atrakcija v profesionalni rokoborbi iz 1930-ih.. Drugi korak je bil njegov nastop kot glavni rokoborec v St. Louis. Rojen v

Julija 4, 1922, Alan Eustace je dobil strel proti svetovnemu prvaku v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Edu “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, prvak Kansasa, zmagal kvalifikacijski tekmi z “Kmet” Bailey marca 1922 da bi se uvrstil na tekmo z Lewisom. 31-letni Eustace je bil iste starosti kot “Strangler” Lewis, vendar je bil Lewis veliko bolj izkušen. Debitiral pri 14 let,

In early 1915, Sam Rachmann promoted the New York International Wrestling Tournament with the intention of replacing retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Rachmann believed no one could defeat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann’s handpicked successor to Gotch, in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rachmann’s challenge was catch-as-catch-can was the dominant wrestling style in America. To get around this challenge, Rachmann recruited international

V 1922, future World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Jim Browning began his career in Kansas. Browning moved from his hometown of Verona, Missouri in 1921 to train for a professional wrestling career. Tom Law, the Wichita, Kansas promoter, oversaw Browning’s training. By May 1923, Browning was already in the main event at smaller shows. On an Augusta, Kansas card, Browning wrestled

Marca 3, 1922, In “Strangler” Lewis regained the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Stanislaus Zbyszko. This event marked the beginning of one of the most dominant professional wrestling combines in history. Manager Billy Sandow, World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and training partner/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as the “Gold Dust Trio”, dominated the sport for the next six

In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom Law to move to Wichita, Kansas and develop the area for future wrestling shows. The American Midwest would be a significant revenue generator for the Gold Dust Trio, which Sandow led with World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two

Verona, Missouri je majhno mesto na jugozahodu Missourija. Nikoli ne presega 900 prebivalci v njegovi zgodovini, only 438 vsaj tako so ljudje rekli Veroni dom 1926. Še, V mestu je v ponedeljek potekala karta profesionalne rokoborbe, Marec 22, 1926. Brez široke uporabe avtomobilov ali cest, zgrajenih za njihovo obvladovanje, bi bilo potovanje zelo težko 1926.

V petek, Februar 17, 1922, Svetovni prvak v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Stanislaus Zbyszko se je boril v hendikepiranem dvoboju proti Francoisu Lemarqueju in prihajajoči zvezdi Jimu Londosu. Londos je bil še nekaj let oddaljen od tega, da bi postal največji žreb blagajne v profesionalnem rokoborbi, vendar je bil najbolj priljubljen rokoborec v St.. Louis. Medtem ko je Londos stal le okoli 5’06” ali 5’07”, je posedoval

On Sunday, December 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri se je znova izkazal kot žarišče profesionalne rokoborbe 8,000 navijači so natrpali kongresno dvorano, da bi si ogledali povratni dvoboj med Frankom Gotchom in Fredom Beellom. Beell je osvojil naslov ameriškega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji pred Gotchom tri tedne prej v New Orleansu., Louisiana. Gotch je trdil, da je bila izguba po naključju, medtem

On June 11, 1976, Joseph “Toots” Mondt died enroute to Christian Northeast Hospital in North St. Louis County. Mondt had moved to St. Louis v 1969 to help take care of his wife Alda’s mother. After her mother died in 1971, the Mondts decided to stay in St. Louis, where Alda had been born and raised. Mondt was a legendary