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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
txoj kev “Loj” Munn tus meteoric sawv hauv kev wrestling. Debuting hauv 1924, Munn “yeej” Lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm Ed “Strangler” Lewis nyob rau thaum ntxov 1925. Nws lub caij nplooj zeeg cia li ceev ceev. Los ntawm 1926, Munn yog txijnkawm. Ib tug kawm ntawv qib siab football kab ntawm Nebraska, Munn yog recruited rau hauv kev wrestling los Billy Sandow, defacto coj ntawm cov kub Trio Trio. Tus
Fred Beell yog ib qho muaj zog, Tuav kev wrestler ntawm tus tig ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th. Beell muab tag nrho cov wrestlers zoo wrestlers ntawm hnub tawv contests tab sis nws tsis muaj luaj li cas hampered nws muaj peev xwm nrog ntiaj teb hoob kawm wrestlers. Txawm tias haib ua tau, Beell yog generously teev nyob 5’06”. Thaum nws heaviest, Beell yeej tsis tshaj 170 phaus. Thaum possessing ib bodybuilder lub bodybuilder
Kub Dust Trio dominance ntawm kev wrestling nyob rau thaum ntxov mus-1920s bred ntau resentment nrog lwm wrestlers thiab promoters. This professional jealousy led to a famous double-cross in 1925. Txij lub sij hawm no rau, Lub ntiaj teb npe yog xamphaj li Joe Stecher tuav ib version, thaum Ed “Strangler” Lewis tuav lwm 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. Thaum lub caij ntuj sov (ntawm 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
Seb nws yog ib tug double-cross los yog ib txoj kev los mus setup ib contest tseeb contest, Paul Bowser txoj kev los ruaj ntseg ib match ntawm Joe Stecher thiab Joe Malcewicz ze li ntawm ua rau ib riot rau lub peb hlis ntuj 11, 1926. Txheej xwm ntawm lub xyoo dhau los ua tau teev no debacle rau hauv tsab ntawv tsa suab. Thaum kawg ntawm qhov kawg 1922, Kub plua plav Trio ntawm Ed “Strangler” Lewis, nws
Tom Jenkins muaj cov distinction uas yog tus wrestler los swb Frank Gotch ntau zaus. Jenkins thiab Gotch hloov pauv cov American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship ntawm 1902 thiab 1906. Thaum lub sij hawm no match, Jenkins yog tus tau zus ib dua. Fred Beell twb tau campaigning rau ib match nrog Jenkins rau ob peb lub hlis dhau los. Beell thaum kawg convinced Jenkins rau
Yos Xes “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally ntawm cov 1910s thaum ntxov los ntawm cov 1930s, tiam sis nws ua nws kos tiag li ib booker, booking tus neeg saib xyuas thiab promoter. Thaum Ed “Strangler” Lewis pom tias Mondt nws sib npaug zos nyob rau hauv ib tseeb wrestling match, Mondt muaj ib tug ntse heev rau tsim angles thiab finishes ua haujlwm wrestling exhibitions. Mondt yuav koom Lewis thiab nws tus thawj tswj Billy Sandow
From late 1921 mus 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Txawm li cas los, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 4, 1924.
When discussing Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign from 1921 mus 1922, the main reason given for taking the title from him was that his title reign was a box office failure. Do the numbers validate this belief? Prior to wining the championship, Zbyszko wrestled former champion Joe Stecher at the 71st Regiment Armory in front of 7,000 kiv cua. Nyob rau hauv 1915, tus
Joe Stecher pib tawm 1915, Ib fateful xyoo rau nws cov hauj lwm, Muaj ib tug yeej nyob Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled nyob rau hauv lub npe Otto Carpenter rau ntais ntawv no tab sis yog paub tias kev wrestling kiv cua li Ad Santel. Santel muaj ib lub koob npe nrov deserved rau ib vicious “hooker”, Ib wrestler skilled hauv submission tuas. Stecher yog ib tug 22 xyoo Nebraskan, leej twg ua