Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling History

V 1933, about 10 years into his wrestling career, Jim Browning would win the world title. Starting his career in Kansas and his home state of Missouri, Browning would have to leave these familiar grounds, if he intended to reach the highest pinnacle in professional wrestling. Because World Champions had to tour nationally, and often internationally, the world title was

I’ve written in the past that Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin is a problematic source. Medtem ko ima Griffin insajdersko znanje zaradi svojega časa v promocijski pisarni Buffalo v tridesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja, knjigo je napisal z namenom maščevanja promotorjem, ki so ga odpustili. Knjiga vsebuje dejanske podatke, pomešane z zanimivimi

In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilu se je začel boriti kot Jim Londos po nekaj letih, ko je bil trik “Borbeni mavčar”. Londos se verjetno ni zavedal, da bo sprememba imena prvi korak k temu, da postane največja blagajniška atrakcija v profesionalni rokoborbi iz 1930-ih.. Drugi korak je bil njegov nastop kot glavni rokoborec v St. Louis. Rojen v

Julija 4, 1922, Alan Eustace je dobil strel proti svetovnemu prvaku v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Edu “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, prvak Kansasa, zmagal kvalifikacijski tekmi z “Kmet” Bailey marca 1922 da bi se uvrstil na tekmo z Lewisom. 31-letni Eustace je bil iste starosti kot “Strangler” Lewis, vendar je bil Lewis veliko bolj izkušen. Debitiral pri 14 let,

In early 1915, Sam Rachmann promoted the New York International Wrestling Tournament with the intention of replacing retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Rachmann believed no one could defeat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Rachmann’s handpicked successor to Gotch, in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rachmann’s challenge was catch-as-catch-can was the dominant wrestling style in America. To get around this challenge, Rachmann recruited international

V 1922, Prihodnji svetovni prvak v težki kategoriji Jim Browning je začel kariero v Kansasu. Browning se je preselil iz svojega rodnega kraja Verone, Missouri in 1921 trening za profesionalno rokoborsko kariero. Tom zakon, Wichita, Promotor Kansasa, nadziral trening Browninga. By May 1923, Browning je bil že na glavnem dogodku na manjših oddajah. Na Augusta, Kansas kartica, Browning se je rokoval

Marca 3, 1922, In “Strangler” Lewis regained the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Stanislaus Zbyszko. This event marked the beginning of one of the most dominant professional wrestling combines in history. Manager Billy Sandow, World Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and training partner/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, known as the “Gold Dust Trio”, dominated the sport for the next six

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 “Strangler” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two

Verona, Missouri je majhno mesto na jugozahodu Missourija. Nikoli ne presega 900 prebivalci v njegovi zgodovini, only 438 vsaj tako so ljudje rekli Veroni dom 1926. Še, V mestu je v ponedeljek potekala karta profesionalne rokoborbe, Marec 22, 1926. Brez široke uporabe avtomobilov ali cest, zgrajenih za njihovo obvladovanje, bi bilo potovanje zelo težko 1926.

V petek, Februar 17, 1922, Svetovni prvak v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji Stanislaus Zbyszko se je boril v hendikepiranem dvoboju proti Francoisu Lemarqueju in prihajajoči zvezdi Jimu Londosu. Londos je bil še nekaj let oddaljen od tega, da bi postal največji žreb blagajne v profesionalnem rokoborbi, vendar je bil najbolj priljubljen rokoborec v St.. Louis. Medtem ko je Londos stal le okoli 5’06” ali 5’07”, je posedoval