Category: 20th Century Pro Wrestling History

Joan “Tigerman” Pesek wrestled several “shoot” matches during the “worked” era of the 1920s. By this time, American professional wrestlers cooperated with each other to put on exciting matches for the fans. Results were predetermined by promoters and managers. Legitimate contests or “shoots” were rare. When they did occur, it was normally to settle a dispute among promoters or a

At the end of 1905, Fred Beell was traveling America hyping up a match with former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Beell was a former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion having defeated Frank Gotch in a “worked” match in New Orleans during December 1903. He lost the title back to Gotch a few weeks later. Capable wrestlers, Jenkins and Beell

Joe Stecher and John “Tiger Man” Pesek eren lluitadors legítims principalment “worked” era, on els partits estaven predeterminats, tret que algú decidís doblegar l'altre lluitador o promotor convertint el partit en un concurs legítim.. Els dobles creuats només van funcionar, si el lluitador pogués guanyar legítimament el partit. A John Pesek no li agradava la naturalesa treballada de la lluita lliure i sovint es girava

En 1922, El promotor de Nova York Jack Curley es va enfrontar al Gold Dust Trio, el gerent Billy Sandow, Campió Mundial de Lluita Pes Pesat Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis i el lluitador / geni promocional Joseph “Toots” Mondt. El Trio va controlar el campionat del món i va congelar Curley sense reservar el campió. Per igualar-se amb el Trio, Curley va començar a promocionar de manera agressiva el medallista de plata i el col·legiat de la lluita olímpica

Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles

Al desembre 14, 1922, una multitud de 10,000 els aficionats van omplir el St. Louis Coliseum per veure la represa entre l'actual campió mundial de lluita de pes pesat Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis i l'antic campió Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “derrotat” Zbyszko pel títol a Wichita, Kansas al març 1922. Desconegut per aquests aficionats, el pla era que Zbyszko perdés el partit davant Lewis però

Al gener 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” i 210 lliures, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Segon,

Quan Billy Sandow i Ed Lewis van decidir que el regnat del títol de Stanislaus Zbyszko s'havia quedat sense impuls promocional, van decidir “win” tornar el títol al març 1922. St. El promotor de Louis, John Contos, va poder assegurar la gran represa, que es produiria al St. Louis Coliseum el dijous, Desembre 14, 1922. By this time, Lluita professional nord-americana fora de