Remembering Wayne Munn

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Wayne “Big” Munn’s a meteoric rise in professional wrestling. Debuting in 1924, Munn “won” the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Ed “Strangler” Lewis in early 1925. His fall was just as quick. Billi 1926, Munn was retired. A college football lineman from Nebraska, Munn was recruited into professional wrestling by Billy Sandow, defacto leader of the Gold Dust Trio. Il-

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Beell Jirbaħ it-Titolu

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Fred Beell kien qawwi, wrestler professjonali b'talent fil-bidu tas-Seklu 20. Beell ta kompetizzjonijiet iebsa lill-aqwa lottaturi tal-ġurnata iżda n-nuqqas ta' daqs tiegħu spiss ixekkel il-kapaċità tiegħu ma' lottaturi ta' klassi dinjija. Għalkemm mibnija b'mod qawwi, Beell kien elenkat b'mod ġeneruż fil-5’06”. Fl-itqal tiegħu, Beell qatt ma qabeż 170 liri. Filwaqt li jippossjedi bodybuilder's

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Lewis u Stecher Jisparaw għall-Aħħar Darba

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Id-dominanza tal-Gold Dust Trio tal-lotta professjonali fil-bidu sa nofs l-1920s ġabet ħafna riżentiment ma’ wrestlers u promoturi oħra. Din l-għira professjonali wasslet għal double-cross famuż 1925. Minn dan iż-żmien 'il quddiem, it-titlu mondjali kien ikkontestat hekk kif Joe Stecher kellu verżjoni waħda, filwaqt li Ed “Strangler” Lewis kellu l-verżjoni l-oħra. Minħabba r-riżentiment reali

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Double-Cross Marret Ħażin

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Kemm jekk kien double-cross jew attentat biex jitwaqqaf kompetizzjoni leġittima, It-tentattiv ta’ Paul Bowser li jassigura partita bejn Joe Stecher u Joe Malcewicz kważi rriżulta f’rewwixta f’Marzu 11, 1926. L-avvenimenti tas-sena ta’ qabel fil-fatt wasslu għal din id-diżgrazzja. Mill-aħħar ta 1922, it-Trio tat-Trab tad-Deheb tal-Ed “Strangler” Lewis, tiegħu

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Jenkins’ u Beell’s Closed Door Match

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Tom Jenkins kellu d-distinzjoni li kien l-uniku wrestler li għeleb lil Frank Gotch diversi drabi. Jenkins u Gotch innegozjaw il-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight bejn 1902 u 1906. Fil-ħin ta’ din il-partita, Jenkins reġa’ kien iċ-champion. Fred Beell kien ilu jikkampanja għal logħba ma’ Jenkins għal dawn l-aħħar xhur. Beell finalment ikkonvinċa lil Jenkins biex

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“Toots” Mondt’s Injured in 1922

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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

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Taro Miyake Jiġġieled f'St. Louis

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Minn tard 1921 li 1923, John Contos ippromwova l-lotta professjonali f’St. Louis, Missouri. Madankollu, Contos iddeċieda li jħalli l-promozzjoni biex jiffoka fuq il-ġestjoni tal-karriera tal-istilla li qed tibdid Dan Kolov. Qabel ma titlaq minn St. Louis, Contos biegħ il-promozzjoni lil Tom Packs, in-neputi u l-assistent tiegħu fil-promozzjoni. Pakketti’ l-ewwel karta kienet skedata għall-Ġimgħa, Jannar 4, 1924.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Box Office Bust?

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Meta tiddiskuti renju tat-titlu ta 'Stanislaus Zbyszko minn 1921 li 1922, ir-raġuni ewlenija li ngħatat biex ħa t-titlu mingħandu kienet li r-renju tat-titlu tiegħu kien falliment fil-box office. In-numri jivvalidaw dan it-twemmin? Qabel ir-rebħ tal-kampjonat, Zbyszko wrestled ex champion Joe Stecher fil-71 Regiment Armory quddiem 7,000 fans. Fil 1915, l-

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Joe Stecher Beats Ad Santel

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Joe Stecher started out 1915, a fateful year for his career, with a victory over Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled under the name Otto Carpenter for this match but was known to professional wrestling fans as Ad Santel. Santel had a deserved reputation for being a vicious “Hooker”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made

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