Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling Istwa

Nan 1933, about 10 ane nan karyè lit li, Jim Browning ta genyen tit mondyal la. Starting his career in Kansas and his home state of Missouri, Browning ta dwe kite teren sa yo abitye, si li te gen entansyon rive nan pwent pi wo a nan lit pwofesyonèl. Paske chanpyon mondyal yo te oblije fè yon vwayaj nasyonal, e souvan entènasyonalman, the world title was

I’ve written in the past that Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin is a problematic source. While Griffin has insider knowledge due to his time in the Buffalo promotional office in the 1930s, he wrote the book for the purpose of revenge against the promoters who fired him. The book contains factual information mixed in with interesting

In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou began wrestling as Jim Londos after several years as the gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos probably didn’t realize that the name change would be the first step into him becoming the biggest box office attraction in 1930s professional wrestling. The second step was his emergence as a main event wrestler in St. Louis. Born in

Sou Jiye 4, 1922, Alan Eustace te resevwa piki li nan World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, chanpyon nan Kansas, won a qualifying match with “Kiltivatè” Bailey nan mwa mas 1922 pou kalifye pou match ak Lewis. 31-Eustace te gen laj menm jan ak “Strangler” Lewis men Lewis te gen plis eksperyans. Debu nan 14 ane ki gen laj,

In early 1915, Sam Rachmann te ankouraje New York International Wrestling Tournoi ak entansyon pou ranplase Frank Gotch chanpyon Lut Pwa Lourd ki te pran retrèt.. Rachmann te kwè pèsonn pa t ka bat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Siksesè Rachmann nan Gotch, nan lit Greko-Women. Defi Rachmann a te trape-tankou-trape-ka se te style lit dominan nan Amerik la. Pou jwenn alantou defi sa a, Rachmann rekrite entènasyonal

Nan 1922, fiti chanpyon Mondyal Lut pwa lou Jim Browning te kòmanse karyè li nan Kansas. Browning te deplase soti nan vil li a nan Verona, Missouri in 1921 pou antrene pou yon karyè lit pwofesyonèl. Tom Lwa, Wichita a, Pwomotè Kansas, te sipèvize fòmasyon Browning la. By May 1923, Browning te deja nan evènman prensipal la nan pi piti montre. Sou yon Augusta, Kat Kansas, Browning lite

Sou Mas 3, 1922, Ed “Strangler” Lewis te reprann chanpyona Mondyal Lut Pwa lou nan men Stanislaus Zbyszko. Evènman sa a te make kòmansman youn nan konbine lit pwofesyonèl ki pi dominan nan listwa. Manadjè Billy Sandow, Chanpyon Mondyal Ed “Strangler” Lewis ak patnè fòmasyon / jeni pwomosyon Joseph “Toots” Mondt, ke yo rekonèt kòm la “Trio Pousyè Lò”, domine espò a pou sis pwochen yo

In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow konvenk pwomotè Georgia Tom Law pou l ale nan Wichita, Kansas ak devlope zòn nan pou pwochen montre lit. Midwès Ameriken an ta dwe yon dèlko revni enpòtan pou Gold Dust Trio, ki Sandow te dirije ak chanpyon mondyal Ed “Strangler” Lewis ak jeni pwomosyon Joseph “Toots” Mondt, nan ane 1920 yo. Lwa ta pwodui de

Verona, Missouri se yon ti vil nan sidwès Missouri. Pa janm depase 900 rezidan yo nan istwa li, only 438 oswa konsa moun yo rele Verona lakay ou nan 1926. Men,, yon kat lit pwofesyonèl te fèt nan vil la nan Lendi, Mas 22, 1926. San yo pa itilize toupatou nan otomobil oswa wout ki te bati pou okipe yo, vwayaj ta trè difisil nan 1926.

Nan Vandredi, Fevriye 17, 1922, Chanpyon Mondyal Lut Pwa Lou Stanislaus Zbyszko te lite yon match andikap kont Francois Lemarque ak etwal ki ap vini an Jim Londos.. Londos te toujou kèk ane lwen vin pi gwo trase nan bwat nan lit pwofesyonèl men li te luteur ki pi popilè nan St.. Louis. Pandan ke Londos te sèlman kanpe sou 5’06” oswa 5’07”, li posede