Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling History

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. Por 1926, Munn was retired. A college football lineman from Nebraska, Munn foi recrutado para o wrestling profissional por Billy Sandow, líder de fato do Gold Dust Trio. O

Fred Beell was a strong, talented professional wrestler at the turn of the 20th Century. Beell gave all the best wrestlers of the day tough contests but his lack of size often hampered his ability with world class wrestlers. Although powerfully built, Beell was generously listed at 5’06”. At his heaviest, Beell never exceeded 170 libras. While possessing a bodybuilder’s

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

Quer tenha sido uma traição ou uma tentativa de configurar um concurso legítimo, A tentativa de Paul Bowser de garantir uma partida entre Joe Stecher e Joe Malcewicz quase resultou em um motim em março 11, 1926. Os eventos do ano anterior realmente colocaram este desastre em movimento. Desde o final de 1922, o Gold Dust Trio de Ed “Strangler” Lewis, sua

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 e 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 lutou profissionalmente desde o início dos anos 1910 até os anos 1930, mas deixou sua verdadeira marca como booker, agente de reservas e promotor. Enquanto Ed “Strangler” Lewis considerava Mondt seu igual em uma legítima luta de luta livre, Mondt tem um gênio para criar ângulos e acabamentos em exposições de luta livre. Mondt iria se juntar a Lewis e seu empresário Billy Sandow

Ao discutir o reinado do título de Stanislaus Zbyszko de 1921 a 1922, a principal razão dada para tirar o título dele foi que seu reinado foi um fracasso de bilheteria. Os números validam essa crença? Antes de ganhar o campeonato, Zbyszko lutou contra o ex-campeão Joe Stecher no 71º Regimento Arsenal na frente de 7,000 fans. Em 1915, o

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 “prostituta”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made