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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
During June 1927, the Illinois state legislature rocked the professional boxing and professional wrestling worlds when a subcommittee started investigating the state athletic commission. The legislature believed that promoters were putting on “fake” contests in both sports. Before the committee concluded its work, it suspended the boxing and wrestling licenses of 130 athletes. These revelations further disillusioned wrestling fans aggravated
Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Men, Londos’ career took a major step forward when Londos started wrestling for the fledgling St. Louis promotion in the early 1920s. Londos headlined the first card in late 1921. Londos wrestled on the second card on Thursday, Januar 26, 1922, as well. Current
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Efter
På mindedagen, Maj 30, 1925, Joe Stecher besejrede Stanislaus Zbyszko i en arbejdede kamp for at generobre verdensmesterskabet i sværvægtsbrydning, som Stecher havde tabt i december 1920. Stecher var en del af en sammensværgelse, der betalte Stanislaus Zbyszko for at krydse Wayne "Big" Munn i april 1925. Zbyszko besejrede Munn legitimt i et af professionel wrestlings mest berømte dobbeltkryds. As
På torsdag, Juli 9, 1925, Ed "Strangler" Lewis lavede et af de tidlige forsvar af sin version af World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis kæmpede Howard Cantonwine foran 5,000 fans på McNulty Park. Efter Stanislaus Zbyszko dobbeltkrydsede Sandows og Lewis' salgsfremmende gruppe ved at besejre Wayne "Big” Munn lovligt, både Joe Stecher og Ed "Strangler" Lewis
Jim Londos udviklede sig til professionel wrestlings største box office-stjerne i løbet af 1930'erne. Londos kæmpede hovedbegivenheder mod Ed "Strangler" Lewis og Jim Browning på baseballstadioner. Disse kampe trak tilskuere på mere end 30,000 fans for første gang siden den anden Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt i 1911. Da Londos kæmpede i Grækenland, Londos tiltrak publikum, der anslås at være kl
Professionelle wrestlere, der dør i ringen, er sjældne, men det sker lejlighedsvis. I 1936, 5,000 wrestling-fans i Washington, D.C. buhede utilsigtet en død mand i slutningen af Mike Romano vs. "Irsk" Jack Donovan kamp på Griffith Stadium torsdag, Juni 25, 1936. Den 40-årige Romano satte Donovan over i en fungerende kamp. Aviser rapporterede unøjagtigt Romano som
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Ved 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Til sidst, Pesek did
Hvis han havde været større, Fred Beell ville have været en dominerende sværvægter i det første årti af det tyvende århundrede. Instead, større modstandere besejrede ofte Beell kun fordi modstanderen opvejede Beell med tredive til halvtreds pund. I sjældne tilfælde kæmpede Beell med en mellemvægter, Beell knuste sin modstander. Den January 13, 1905, Beell kæmpede H.P. Hansen i
During March 1910, den amerikanske justitsminister i Council Bluffs, Iowa anklagede John C. Mabray (en version af hans egentlige navn, Mabry) og et dusin tiltalte for at bruge posten til at begå spilsvindel i professionel boksning, professionel brydning, og professionelt hestevæddeløb. Mabry, en husdyrhandler bosat i Kansas City, Missouri, ansatte insidere i boksning, brydning, og hest