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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. However, 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. Etter
On Memorial Day, May 30, 1925, Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko in a worked match to reclaim the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship that Stecher had lost in December 1920. Stecher was part of a conspiracy that paid Stanislaus Zbyszko to double-cross Wayne “Big” Munn in April 1925. Zbyszko defeated Munn legitimately in one of professional wrestling’s most famous double-crosses. As
On Thursday, July 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis gjorde et av de tidlige forsvarene av sin versjon av World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship i Tulsa, Oklahola. Lewis kjempet Howard Cantonwine foran 5,000 Fans på McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “Big” Munn legitimt, both Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis
Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Profesjonelle brytere som dør i ringen er sjelden, men skjer av og til. I 1936, 5,000 wrestling-fans i Washington, D.C. buet utilsiktet en død mann på slutten av Mike Romano vs. «Irsk» Jack Donovan-kamp på Griffith Stadium torsdag, June 25, 1936. Den 40 år gamle Romano satte Donovan over i en jobbet kamp. Aviser rapporterte unøyaktig Romano som
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Av 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. Omsider, Pesek did
Hvis han hadde vært større, Fred Beell ville ha vært en dominerende tungvekter i det første tiåret av det tjuende århundre. I stedet, større motstandere beseiret ofte Beell bare fordi motstanderen oppveide Beell med tretti til femti pund. I de sjeldne tilfellene at Beell kjempet med en mellomvekt, Beell knuste motstanderen. Januar 13, 1905, Beell kjempet H.P. Hansen inn
During March 1910, USAs statsadvokat i Council Bluffs, Iowa anklaget John C. Mabray (en versjon av hans faktiske navn, Mabry) og et dusin tiltalte med å bruke posten til å begå gamblingsvindel i profesjonell boksing, profesjonell bryting, og profesjonelt hesteveddeløp. Mabry, en husdyrforhandler som bor i Kansas City, Missouri, ansatte innsidere i boksing, bryting, og hest