Double-Cross Marret Ħażin

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Kemm jekk kien double-cross jew attentat biex jitwaqqaf kompetizzjoni leġittima, It-tentattiv ta’ Paul Bowser li jassigura partita bejn Joe Stecher u Joe Malcewicz kważi rriżulta f’rewwixta f’Marzu 11, 1926. L-avvenimenti tas-sena ta’ qabel fil-fatt wasslu għal din id-diżgrazzja. Mill-aħħar ta 1922, it-Trio tat-Trab tad-Deheb tal-Ed “Strangler” Lewis, tiegħu

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Jenkins’ u Beell’s Closed Door Match

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Tom Jenkins kellu d-distinzjoni li kien l-uniku wrestler li għeleb lil Frank Gotch diversi drabi. Jenkins u Gotch innegozjaw il-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight bejn 1902 u 1906. Fil-ħin ta’ din il-partita, Jenkins reġa’ kien iċ-champion. Fred Beell kien ilu jikkampanja għal logħba ma’ Jenkins għal dawn l-aħħar xhur. Beell finalment ikkonvinċa lil Jenkins biex

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Caddock and W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

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Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock lilha biss professjonalment sakemm 1922. Madankollu, kien ikun rikonoxxut bħala champion tad-dinja wara li f’April għeleb lil Joe Stecher 1917. Caddock jitlef it-titlu lura

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“Toots” Mondt’s Injured in 1922

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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

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Taro Miyake Jiġġieled f'St. Louis

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Minn tard 1921 li 1923, John Contos ippromwova l-lotta professjonali f’St. Louis, Missouri. Madankollu, Contos iddeċieda li jħalli l-promozzjoni biex jiffoka fuq il-ġestjoni tal-karriera tal-istilla li qed tibdid Dan Kolov. Qabel ma titlaq minn St. Louis, Contos biegħ il-promozzjoni lil Tom Packs, in-neputi u l-assistent tiegħu fil-promozzjoni. Pakketti’ l-ewwel karta kienet skedata għall-Ġimgħa, Jannar 4, 1924.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Box Office Bust?

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Meta tiddiskuti renju tat-titlu ta 'Stanislaus Zbyszko minn 1921 li 1922, ir-raġuni ewlenija li ngħatat biex ħa t-titlu mingħandu kienet li r-renju tat-titlu tiegħu kien falliment fil-box office. In-numri jivvalidaw dan it-twemmin? Qabel ir-rebħ tal-kampjonat, Zbyszko wrestled ex champion Joe Stecher fil-71 Regiment Armory quddiem 7,000 fans. Fil 1915, l-

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Joe Stecher Beats Ad Santel

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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 “Hooker”, a wrestler skilled in submission holds. Stecher was a 22-year-old Nebraskan, who made

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Lewis Wrestles Mouths f’Kansas City

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Champion tad-Dinja tal-Lotta Heavyweight Ed “Strangler” Lewis ġġieled mijiet ta’ logħbiet leġittimi ta’ lotta ma’ Joseph “Toots” Mondt matul is-snin. Waqt konversazzjonijiet mal-protejat żagħżugħ tiegħu, Lou Thesz, Lewis qal li fil-karriera twila tiegħu kellu biss jinkwieta li jitlef kontra żewġ wrestlers. Mondt u Stanislaus Zbyszko biss kellhom iċ-ċans li jegħlbuh f'kompetizzjoni leġittima. Wieħed

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Nipprepara lil Munn għal Lewis

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On Sunday, Diċembru 14, 1924, “Big” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt fl-avveniment ewlieni tal-karta tal-lotta fil-Kansas City, Missouri, Sala tal-Konvenzjoni. 10,000 il-partitarji dehru jferrħu lil Munn, eks plejer tal-futbol tal-kulleġġ għall-Università ta’ Nebraska. Munn ġie fatturat għal 6’06”, li setgħet kienet esaġerazzjoni imma kien b’mod sinifikanti

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Gotch Bests Bulgarian

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Dwar April 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, f'Chicago, Illinois for his title. Il-partitarji qiesu lil Mahmout bħala sfidant iebes primarjament għax ma kinux raw lilu jissieltu. Emil Klank, Il-maniġer ta’ Gotch, kkonvinċa lottaturi barranin b'reputazzjoni tajba bħal Mahmout u Stanislaus Zbyszko biex jivvjaġġaw lejn l-Amerika biex jisfidaw lil Gotch. Fannijiet

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