Category: 20ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ಪ್ರೊ ವ್ರೆಸ್ಲಿಂಗ್ ಇತಿಹಾಸ

In the early 1920s, Billy Sandow convinced Georgia promoter Tom Law to move to Wichita, Kansas and develop the area for future wrestling shows. The American Midwest would be a significant revenue generator for the Gold Dust Trio, which Sandow led with World Champion Ed “<ಸ್ಪ್ಯಾನ್ bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2121" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ಕೆಂಪು = "255" ಹಸಿರು = "255" ನೀಲಿ = "255" ಆಲ್ಫಾ = "” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two

Verona, Missouri is a small town in southwest Missouri. Never exceeding 900 residents in it’s history, only 438 or so people called Verona home in 1926. ಇನ್ನೂ, a professional wrestling card was held in the town on Monday, ಸರಹದ್ದು 22, 1926. Without the widespread use of automobiles or roads built to handle them, travel would be very difficult in 1926.

ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ, ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ 17, 1922, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko wrestled a handicap match against Francois Lemarque and up-and-coming star Jim Londos. Londos was still a few years away from becoming the biggest box office draw in professional wrestling but he was the most popular wrestler in St. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ. While Londos only stood about 5’06” or 5’07”, he possessed

ಭಾನುವಾರ, ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ತಿಂಗಳು 17, 1906, Kansas City, Missouri once more proved itself to be a hotbed for professional wrestling as 8,000 fans crammed Convention Hall to watch the rematch between Frank Gotch and Fred Beell. Beell won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Gotch three weeks earlier in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gotch claimed the loss to be a fluke, while

ಜೂನ್ ರಂದು 11, 1976, ಜೋಸೆಫ್ “Toots” Mondt died enroute to Christian Northeast Hospital in North St. Louis County. Mondt had moved to St. ಲೂಯಿಸ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ 1969 to help take care of his wife Alda’s mother. After her mother died in 1971, the Mondts decided to stay in St. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ, where Alda had been born and raised. Mondt was a legendary

Wayne “Big” Munn’s a meteoric rise in professional wrestling. Debuting in 1924, Munn “won” the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Ed “<ಸ್ಪ್ಯಾನ್ bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2121" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ಕೆಂಪು = "255" ಹಸಿರು = "255" ನೀಲಿ = "255" ಆಲ್ಫಾ = "” Lewis in early 1925. His fall was just as quick. ಮೂಲಕ 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. ದಿ

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 ಪೌಂಡ್. 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 “<ಸ್ಪ್ಯಾನ್ bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2121" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" ಕೆಂಪು = "255" ಹಸಿರು = "255" ನೀಲಿ = "255" ಆಲ್ಫಾ = "” 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