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Whether it was a double-cross or an attempt to setup a legitimate contest, Paul Bowser’s attempt to secure a match between Joe Stecher and Joe Malcewicz nearly resulted in a riot on March 11, 1926. Events of the previous year actually set this debacle into motion. From the end of 1922, the Gold Dust Trio of Ed “Strangler” Lewis, hans
Tom Jenkins had the distinction of being the only wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch multiple times. Jenkins and Gotch traded the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship between 1902 og 1906. At the time of this match, Jenkins was the champion again. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for the past several months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to
Earl Caddock havde en relativt kort, men historie professionel wrestling karriere i slutningen af 1910'erne og begyndelsen af 1920'erne. Får sin professionelle debut i 1915 efter at have vundet tre AAU Nationale titler i amatørbrydning, Caddock kæmpede kun professionelt indtil 1922. Men, han ville blive anerkendt som verdensmester efter at have besejret Joe Stecher i april 1917. Caddock ville miste titlen tilbage
Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Strangler” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow
From late 1921 til 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Men, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Januar 4, 1924.
When discussing Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign from 1921 til 1922, the main reason given for taking the title from him was that his title reign was a box office failure. Do the numbers validate this belief? Prior to wining the championship, Zbyszko wrestled former champion Joe Stecher at the 71st Regiment Armory in front of 7,000 fans. I 1915, den
Joe Stecher started out 1915, a fateful year for his career, with a victory over Adolph Ernst. Ernst wrestled under the name Otto Carpenter for this match but was known to professional wrestling fans as Ad Santel. Santel had a deserved reputation for being a vicious “luder”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made
World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled hundreds of legitimate wrestling matches with Joseph “Toots” Mondt over the years. During conversations with his young protégé, Lou Thesz, Lewis said he only had to worry about losing to two wrestlers in his long career. Only Mondt and Stanislaus Zbyszko had a chance of defeating him in a legitimate contest. Én
On Sunday, December 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn kæmpede med Joseph “Toots” Mondt i hovedbegivenheden på wrestling-kortet i Kansas City, Missouri, Kongressalen. 10,000 fans mødte op for at heppe på Munn, en tidligere college fodboldspiller for University of Nebraska. Munn blev faktureret kl. 6’06”, hvilket kan have været en overdrivelse, men han var betydeligt
On April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans betragtede Mahmout som en hård udfordrer, primært fordi de ikke havde set ham kæmpe. Emil Klank, Gotchs manager, overbeviste udenlandske wrestlere med godt ry som Mahmout og Stanislaus Zbyszko til at rejse til Amerika for at udfordre Gotch. Fans