Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling Saga

Wayne “Stór” Munn er mikill uppgangur í atvinnuglímu. Frumraun í 1924, Munn “won” heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt frá Ed “Strangler” Lewis snemma 1925. Fall hans var jafn snöggt. Með 1926, Munn var kominn á eftirlaun. Línumaður í háskólabolta frá Nebraska, Munn var ráðinn í atvinnuglímu af Billy Sandow, defacto leiðtogi Gold Dust Trio. The

Fred Beell var sterkur, hæfileikaríkur atvinnuglímumaður um aldamótin 20. Beell veitti öllum bestu glímumönnum dagsins erfiðar keppnir en skortur á stærð hamlaði oft getu hans með heimsklassa glímumönnum. Þó kraftmikið byggt, Beell var rausnarlega skráður í 5’06”. Þegar hann er þyngstur, Beell fór aldrei fram úr 170 £. Á meðan þú ert með líkamsbyggingarmann

The Gold Dust Trio’s dominance of professional wrestling in the early to mid-1920s bred lots of resentment with other wrestlers and promoters. This professional jealousy led to a famous double-cross in 1925. From this time on, the world title was disputed as Joe Stecher held one version, while Ed “Strangler” Lewis held the other version. Due to the real resentment

The following excerpt is from my new book Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, which will be out this summer. During the summer (of 1921), the Zbyszko brothers received word that their mother was gravely ill. Making quick preparation, they let Curley and the other promoters know they would be leaving as soon as they could arrange passage on a

Whether it was a double-cross or an attempt to setup a legitimate contest, Paul Bowser’s attempt to secure a match between Joe Stecher and Joe Malcewicz nearly resulted in a riot on March 11, 1926. Events of the previous year actually set this debacle into motion. From the end of 1922, the Gold Dust Trio of Ed “Strangler” Lewis, hans

Tom Jenkins had the distinction of being the only wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch multiple times. Jenkins and Gotch traded the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship between 1902 og 1906. At the time of this match, Jenkins was the champion again. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for the past several months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to

Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Strangler” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow

Þegar rætt er um titil Stanislaus Zbyszko ríkir frá 1921 til 1922, Aðalástæðan sem gefin var upp fyrir að taka titilinn af honum var sú að titilveldi hans var misheppnuð í miðasölu. Staðfesta tölurnar þessa trú? Áður en hann vann meistaratitilinn, Zbyszko glímdi fyrrum meistarann ​​Joe Stecher á 71. herdeild Armory fyrir framan 7,000 fans. Í 1915, á

Joe Stecher byrjaði 1915, örlagaríkt ár fyrir feril sinn, með sigri á Adolph Ernst. Ernst glímdi undir nafninu Otto Carpenter fyrir þennan leik en var þekktur af faglegum glímuaðdáendum sem Ad Santel. Santel hafði verðskuldað orðspor fyrir að vera grimmur “mella”, glímumaður hæfur í uppgjöf heldur. Stecher var 22 ára gamall Nebraskan, sem gerði