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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Joe Stecher e John “Tiger Man” I Pesek erano principalmente lottatori legittimi “worked” epoca, dove gli incontri erano predeterminati a meno che qualcuno non decidesse di ingannare l'altro lottatore o promotore trasformando l'incontro in una gara legittima. Funzionavano solo i doppi giochi, se il lottatore potesse legittimamente vincere l'incontro. A John Pesek non piaceva la natura lavorata del wrestling e spesso si voltava
In 1922, Il promotore di New York Jack Curley si è scontrato con il Gold Dust Trio, manager Billy Sandow, Campione del mondo di wrestling dei pesi massimi Ed “Strangler” Lewis e il lottatore / genio della promozione Joseph “Toots” Mondt. Il Trio ha controllato il campionato del mondo e ha congelato Curley per non prenotare il campione. Per vendicarsi del Trio, Curley began aggressively promoting Olympic wrestling silver medalist and collegiate
Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States in 1909 seeking a match with recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To get in shape for this challenge and build anticipation for the title match, Zbyskzo toured most of the major cities in the United States. During May 1910, Zbyszko arrived in St. Louis for his match with capable wrestler Charles
Dicembre 14, 1922, a crowd of 10,000 fans filled the St. Louis Coliseum to watch the rematch between current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis and former champion Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis “defeated” Zbyszko for the title in Wichita, Kansas in March 1922. Unknown to these fans, the plan was for Zbyszko to lose the match to Lewis but
Nel mese di gennaio 1905, well-regarded wrestler Gus Schoenlein, also known as Americus, agreed to meet Fred Beell in Schoenlein’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein expected to beat Beell easily. At 5’10” e 210 sterline, “Americus” towered over the 5’04”, 170 pound Beell. While Beell was powerfully built, Schoenlein’s 40 pounds was a mountainous advantage. Both men were skilled wrestlers though. Secondo,
(This post is an exert from my newest book Masked Marvel to the Rescue: L'espediente che ha salvato il 1915 International Wrestling Tournament available on Amazon.) The fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament was struggling with attendance and interest, when promoter Sam Rachmann struck promotional gold by introducing a masked wrestler into his tournament. The Masked Marvel stormed
When Billy Sandow and Ed Lewis decided Stanislaus Zbyszko’s title reign had run out of promotional steam, they decided to “win” back the title in March 1922. St. Louis promoter John Contos was able to secure the big rematch, which would occur at the St. Louis Coliseum on Thursday, Dicembre 14, 1922. Ormai, American professional wrestling outside of
Il Sabato, Gennaio 30, 1904, George Hackenschmidt defended his Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championship against Ahmed Medrali. “Il russo Lion” would have to defeat “The Terrible Turk” to retain his championship. Promoters selected the giant Medrali, who was 6’02” e 224 sterline, to defeat the seemingly invincible Hackenschmidt. George Hackenschmidt stood only 5’09” tall and weighed 209 sterline. Despite his smaller
Giovedi ', Novembre 22, 1923, St. Louis promoter John Contos hosted a controversial card topped by a match between Joe Stecher and Dan Kolov, an up-and-coming Bulgarian wrestler. The card was covered by John E. Wray, the Sports Editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The card was controversial because two of the biggest stars in wrestling were advertised but didn’t
In una notte Giovedi, Novembre 25, 1909, Wrestling campione del mondo Frank Gotch incontrato Wrestling Polish Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko per una partita di handicap in Buffalo, New York. Gotch accettato di perdere l'incontro se non poteva gettare Zbyszko due volte in un'ora. Le dimensioni e la forza di Zbyszko creato problemi per Gotch, che pesava 190 sterline a Zbyszko di 260 sterline. Tuttavia, Zbyszko