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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
אין 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. 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. לוי. Born in
אויף יולי 4, 1922, Alan Eustace received his shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “סטראַנגלער” לויס. Eustace, the Kansas Champion, won a qualifying match with “פּויער” Bailey in March 1922 to qualify for the match with Lewis. 31-year-old Eustace was the same age as “סטראַנגלער” Lewis but Lewis was far more experienced. Debuting at 14 יאָרן פון עלטער,
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 “אַלעקס” אַבערג, 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
אין 1922, future World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Jim Browning began his career in Kansas. Browning moved from his hometown of Verona, Missouri in 1921 to train for a professional wrestling career. Tom Law, the Wichita, Kansas promoter, oversaw Browning’s training. By May 1923, Browning was already in the main event at smaller shows. On an Augusta, Kansas card, Browning wrestled
אויף מאַרץ 3, 1922, און “סטראַנגלער” 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 “סטראַנגלער” 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 “סטראַנגלער” Lewis and promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt, in the 1920s. Law would produce two
וועראָנאַ, מאַזעראַ איז אַ קליין שטאָט אין דרום-מערב מאַזעראַ. קיינמאָל יקסידינג 900 רעזידאַנץ אין זייַן געשיכטע, only 438 אָדער אַזוי מענטשן גערופן וועראָנאַ היים אין 1926. נאָך, א פראפעסיאנעלע ראַנגלערייַ קאַרטל איז געהאלטן אין דער שטאָט אויף מאנטאג, מאַרץ 22, 1926. אָן די וויידספּרעד נוצן פון אָטאַמאָובילז אָדער ראָודז געבויט צו שעפּן זיי, אַרומפאָרן וואָלט זיין זייער שווער אין 1926.
אויף פרייטאג, פעברואַר 17, 1922, וועלט העאַוויוועיגהט ראַנגלעריי טשאַמפּיאָן סטאַניסלאַוס זביסקאָ האָט געראַנגלט אַ כאַנדיקאַפּ גלייַכן קעגן Francois Lemarque און אַרויף-און-קומענדיק שטערן Jim Londos. לאָנדאָס איז נאָך אַ ביסל יאָרן אַוועק פון ווערן די ביגאַסט קעסטל אָפיס ציען אין פאַכמאַן ראַנגלעריי אָבער ער איז געווען די מערסט פאָלקס ראַנגלער אין סט.. לוי. בשעת לאָנדאָס בלויז געשטאנען וועגן 5’06” אָדער 5’07”, ער האט פארמאגט