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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou började brottas som Jim Londos efter flera år som jippon “Brottning putsare”. Londos insåg förmodligen inte att namnbytet skulle vara det första steget till att han skulle bli den största kassaattraktionen inom 1930-talets professionella brottning. Det andra steget var hans framträdande som huvudbrottare i St. Louis. Född i
På Juli 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “Farmer” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “Strangler” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 år,
I början 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” Åberg, 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
I 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
På mars 3, 1922, Och “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 är en liten stad i sydvästra Missouri. Överskrider aldrig 900 invånare i dess historia, endast 438 eller så kallade folk Verona hem i 1926. Yet, ett professionellt brottningskort hölls i staden på måndagen, Mars 22, 1926. Utan den utbredda användningen av bilar eller vägar byggda för att hantera dem, resor skulle vara mycket svårt i 1926.
På fredag, Februari 17, 1922, Världsmästaren i tungviktsbrottning Stanislaus Zbyszko brottades en handikappmatch mot Francois Lemarque och den blivande stjärnan Jim Londos. Londos var fortfarande ett par år ifrån att bli den största tävlingen inom professionell brottning men han var den mest populära brottaren i St.. Louis. Medan Londos bara stod omkring 5’06” eller 5’07”, han ägde
On Sunday, December 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri visade sig återigen vara en grogrund för professionell brottning som 8,000 fans proppade Convention Hall för att se revanschen mellan Frank Gotch och Fred Beell. Beell vann American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship från Gotch tre veckor tidigare i New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch hävdade att förlusten var en slump, while
On June 11, 1976, Joseph “Toots” Mondt died enroute to Christian Northeast Hospital in North St. Louis County. Mondt had moved to St. Louis i 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