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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Juan “Tigerman” Pesek wrestled several “shoot” matches during the “trabajado” 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 “trabajado” 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 y John “Hombre tigre” Pesek eran luchadores legítimos principalmente “trabajado” era, donde los combates estaban predeterminados a menos que alguien decidiera traicionar al otro luchador o promotor convirtiendo el combate en un concurso legítimo. Las traiciones solo funcionaron, si el luchador pudiera legítimamente ganar el combate. John Pesek didn’t like the worked nature of wrestling and often turned
In 1922, New York promoter Jack Curley ran afoul of the Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Ed, campeón mundial de lucha libre de peso pesado “Strangler” Lewis and wrestler/promotional genius Joseph “Toots” Mondt. The Trio controlled the world championship and froze Curley out of booking the champion. To get even with the Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
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
En diciembre 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “derrotado” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
En enero 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” y 210 libras, “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. Segundo,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: El truco que salvó al 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) La versión de otoño del 1915 El Torneo Internacional de Lucha estaba luchando con la asistencia y el interés, cuando el promotor Sam Rachmann alcanzó el oro promocional al introducir a un luchador enmascarado en su torneo. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum el jueves, Diciembre 14, 1922. By this time, American professional wrestling outside of
El sábado, Enero 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defendió su Campeonato de Lucha greco-romana Mundial contra Ahmed Medrali. “El León de Rusia” tendría que derrotar “El Terrible Turk” para retener su campeonato. Los promotores seleccionados del gigante Medrali, que fue de 6’02” y 224 libras, para derrotar al aparentemente invencible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt situó sólo 5’09” de altura y pesaba 209 libras. Despite his smaller