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Joseph “Toots” Mondt va lluitar professionalment des de principis de la dècada de 1910 fins als anys 30, però va deixar la seva autèntica empremta com a reservador., agent de reserves i promotor. Mentre que Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis va considerar Mondt el seu igual en un partit de lluita legítima, Mondt té un geni per crear angles i acabats en exposicions de lluita lliure treballada. Mondt s'uniria a Lewis i al seu gerent Billy Sandow
Des de tard 1921 to 1923, John Contos va promoure la lluita lliure professional a St. Louis, Missouri. Però, Contos va decidir deixar la promoció per centrar-se a gestionar la carrera de l'estrella en aparició Dan Kolov. Abans de sortir de St. Louis, Contos va vendre la promoció a Tom Packs, el seu nebot i ajudant en la promoció. Paquets’ La primera targeta estava programada per divendres, Gener 4, 1924.
Quan es parla del títol de regne d'Stanislaus Zbyszko 1921 to 1922, la principal raó donada per prendre-li el títol va ser que el seu regnat del títol va ser un fracàs de taquilla. Els números validen aquesta creença? Abans de guanyar el campionat, Zbyszko va lluitar davant l'antic campió Joe Stecher a l'Armeria del 71è Regiment 7,000 fans. En 1915, la
Joe Stecher va començar 1915, un any fatídic per a la seva carrera, amb una victòria sobre Adolph Ernst. Ernst va lluitar sota el nom d'Otto fuster per a aquest partit, però se sap que els fans de la lluita lliure professional com Ad Santel. Santel tenia una reputació merescuda per ser un viciós “hooker”, Santel tenia. Santel tenia, qui va fer
Campió Mundial de Lluita Pes Pesat Ed “Estrangulador” 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. One
On Sunday, Desembre 14, 1924, “Gran” Wayne Munn wrestled Joseph “Toots” Mondt in the main event of the wrestling card at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Hall. 10,000 fans showed up to cheer on Munn, a former college football player for the University of Nebraska. Munn was billed at 6’06”, which may have been an exaggeration but he was significantly
A l'abril 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, a Chicago, Illinois for his title. Fans considered Mahmout a tough challenger primarily because they had not seen him wrestle. Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, convinced foreign wrestlers with good reputations like Mahmout and Stanislaus Zbyszko to travel to America to challenge Gotch. Fans
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg made headlines in 1917 during a lawsuit over his refusal to fulfill a wrestling committment in Boston during March 1917. Aberg agreed to wrestle Wladek Zbyszko, his main opponent during the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournaments, for Boston promoter George Touhey. Però, Aberg pulled out of the bout shortly after signing an agreement to wrestle his
After marrying his wife Gladys and beating Georg Hackenschmidt a second time, both in 1911, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch began to wrestle a more limited schedule. His wife Gladys was not a big fan of wrestling and wanted her new husband to spend more time at home in Humboldt, Iowa. In the world of wrestling at the time,
Al maig 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, New York. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American