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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. Megjithatë, 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, Janar 26, 1922, as well. Current
Kur i madhi Jack Johnson mundi Tommy Burns për Kampionatin Botëror të Boksit të Peshave të Rënda, Institucioni i boksit filloi të kërkonte një "shpresë të bardhë" për të mposhtur Johnson. Në dëshpërim për të gjetur dikë për të mposhtur Johnson, promovuesit dhe shkrimtarët e sportit filluan të lobojnë ish-kampionin botëror të peshave të rënda, James J. Jeffries të përfundojë pensionin e tij për të luftuar Johnson. Jeffries u tërhoq i pamposhtur në 1905. Pas
On Memorial Day, Maj 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
Të enjten, Korrik 9, 1925, Ed “Strangler” Lewis made one of the early defenses of his version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis wrestled Howard Cantonwine in front of 5,000 fans at McNulty Park. After Stanislaus Zbyszko double-crossed Sandow’s and Lewis’ promotional group by defeating Wayne “Big” Munn legitimately, 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
Mundësit profesionistë që vdesin në ring është e rrallë, por ndonjëherë ndodh. Në 1936, 5,000 tifozët e mundjes në Uashington, D.C. ka tundur pa dashje një burrë të vdekur në fund të ndeshjes Mike Romano vs. Ndeshja “irlandeze” e Jack Donovan në Griffith Stadium të enjten, Qershor 25, 1936. 40-vjeçari Romano po kalonte Donovan në një ndeshje të punuar. Gazetat raportuan në mënyrë të pasaktë Romanon si
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Nga 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. Përfundimisht, Pesek did
If he had been bigger, Fred Beell would have been a dominant heavyweight in the first decade of the Twentieth Century. Në vend të kësaj, larger opponents often defeated Beell only because the opponent outweighed Beell by thirty to fifty pounds. On the rare occasions that Beell wrestled a middleweight, Beell crushed his opponent. Ne Janar 13, 1905, Beell wrestled H.P. Hansen in
During March 1910, Prokurori i Përgjithshëm i Shteteve të Bashkuara në Këshillin Bluffs, Iowa akuzoi John C. Mabray (një version të emrit të tij aktual, Mabry) dhe një duzinë të pandehur për përdorimin e postës për të kryer mashtrime të lojërave të fatit në boksin profesionist, mundje profesionale, dhe gara profesionale me kuaj. Mabry, një tregtar bagëtish që jeton në Kansas City, Misuri, punësuar të brendshëm në boks, mundje, dhe kalë